How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

[Lars Madsen]

I haven't used centos in years. I generally only use Ubuntu.

you might get away with

fmtutil --sys --all

to rebuild the formats (see fmtutil --help), otherwise you'll probably need to reinstall texlive

/Lars Madsen
Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@math<http://au.dk/daleif@imf> / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@math<http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf>

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From: Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan <madhavanbomidi at gmail.com>
Sent: 31 August 2020 08:15
To: Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk>
Cc: Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com>; texhax at tug.org <texhax at tug.org>
Subject: Re: How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

Hi,

Do you want me to uninstall the current tex-live installation and reinstall the same? Please suggest the commands for installation on Centos-7.

Look forward to your response,
Thanks and regards,
Madhavan

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:50 AM Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>> wrote:
That seems like your installation is incomplete. The actual formats have not been build, which is done as the last part of the installation.

/Lars Madsen
Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@math<http://au.dk/daleif@imf> / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@math<http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf>

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From: Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan <madhavanbomidi at gmail.com<mailto:madhavanbomidi at gmail.com>>
Sent: 31 August 2020 08:11
To: Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>>
Cc: Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com<mailto:rdtennent at gmail.com>>; texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org> <texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org>>
Subject: Re: How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

Hi,

Please check the attached screenshot showcasing the texstudio configuration.

Following is the error I get when I run the pdflatex via the command line:  ==> It seems pdflatex.fmt file is not found

[madhavan at localhost test_latexdiff]$ pdflatex version1.tex
warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf/web2c:/home/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan:/home/madhavan/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf/web2c.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdflatex)

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/anaconda2/texmf/web2c:/home/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan:/home/madhavan/share/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/share/texmf/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf-local/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf-dist/web2c:/home/madhavan/texmf/web2c.
/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/mktexfmt: kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT failed, aborting early.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/mktexfmt line 25.
I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!

Look forward to your response and support.
Thanks and regards,
Madhavan

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:13 AM Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>> wrote:
Then I don't understand the error message, it is the '/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/' that I do not understand

Can you run pdflatex by hand via the commandline?

How is pdflatex specified in the texstudio configuration?


/Lars Madsen
Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@math<http://au.dk/daleif@imf> / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@math<http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf>

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From: Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan <madhavanbomidi at gmail.com<mailto:madhavanbomidi at gmail.com>>
Sent: 31 August 2020 07:29
To: Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>>
Cc: Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com<mailto:rdtennent at gmail.com>>; texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org> <texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org>>
Subject: Re: How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

Hi,

Yes. The location of pdflatex is obtained as below:

(base) [madhavan at localhost ~]$ which pdflatex
~/anaconda2/bin/pdflatex

Look forward to your support.
Thanks and regards,
Madhavan

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:01 AM Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>> wrote:
Is pdflatex even at that specified location?


/Lars Madsen
Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@math<http://au.dk/daleif@imf> / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@math<http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf>

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From: texhax <texhax-bounces+daleif=imf.au.dk at tug.org<mailto:imf.au.dk at tug.org>> on behalf of Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan <madhavanbomidi at gmail.com<mailto:madhavanbomidi at gmail.com>>
Sent: 31 August 2020 06:23
To: Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com<mailto:rdtennent at gmail.com>>
Cc: texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org> <texhax at tug.org<mailto:texhax at tug.org>>
Subject: Re: How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

Hi Bob,

Greetings. I have a work computer with Centos 7 installed. On the 'downloads' section (https://miktex.org/download), Miktex is not available for installation on Centos 7. Though I tried to use the commands given for Centos 8, the installation is not happening. I am aware of tex-live as an alternative but I am well acquainted with Miktex for long-time. I have even installed tex-live along with TexStudio. When I click 'Build & view', I get the following error message:


Could not start Build & View:PdfLaTeX:

"/home/madhavan/anaconda2/bin/pdflatex" -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode


Look forward to your response.

Thanks and regards,
Madhavan
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Dr. Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL)
Gadanki - 517 112, Chittoor (Dist.)
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:09 PM Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com<mailto:rdtennent at gmail.com>> wrote:
 >|
 >|I have CentOS 7 on my working PC. I wanted to install
 >|Miktex on the same but surprised to find that it is
 >|available only for CentOS 8. Is there a way to get MikTex
 >|compatible on CentOS 7?

You'd be more likely to get a suitable response from the
MikTeX support site but my advice would be to follow
the suggested instructions for CentOS8. After all, the
miktex.repo file has

https://miktex.org/download/fedora/28/

as the baseurl so I doubt there's anything CentOS8-specific.

Bob T.
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