How can I install MikTex on CentOS 7?

[Lars Madsen]

I have no idea what an anaconda installation is, I only manually install the upstream TeXLive.

If there are stuff missing then either the installation is incomplete, or the anaconda installation is installing via CentOS packages, we knbow that linux dists have a tendency to split texlive into smaller pieces making it harder for users to know what to install.

Which is why I always manually install the upstream 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 09:46
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,

Thanks for your suggestion. It is working now. Apart from running this command, I found that tex is also found at '/usr/bin'. In the configuration file, I have given the path ('/usr/bin/') for all the requisite libraries and it is working fine. All the tex files are compiling. It seems the anaconda2 installation of tex-live has some issues with missing fonts.

Thanks for your support.

With best regards,
Madhavan



On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 11:56 AM Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>> wrote:
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<mailto:madhavanbomidi at gmail.com>>
Sent: 31 August 2020 08:15
To: Lars Madsen <daleif at math.au.dk<mailto:daleif at math.au.dk>>
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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
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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>>
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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
---------------------------------
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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