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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 9e79641736..a6b74ce9c7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -14175,6 +14175,16 @@ TeX package: guix import texlive fontspec @end example +Additional options include: + +@table @code +@item --recursive +@itemx -r +Traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively +and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet +in Guix. +@end table + @item json @cindex JSON, import Import package metadata from a local JSON file. Consider the following @@ -45928,47 +45938,48 @@ will not have the desired effect. @xref{Package Transformation Options, Guix provides packages for the @TeX{}, @LaTeX{}, ConTeXt, LuaTeX, and related typesetting systems, taken from the @uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, @TeX{} Live distribution}. However, -because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding your way in this maze -is tricky, we thought that you, dear user, would welcome guidance on how -to deploy the relevant packages so you can compile your @TeX{} and -@LaTeX{} documents. +because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding one's way in this +maze is tricky, so this section provides some guidance on how to deploy +the relevant packages to compile @TeX{} and @LaTeX{} documents. -@TeX{} Live currently comes in two flavors in Guix: +@TeX{} Live currently comes in two mutually exclusive flavors in Guix: @itemize @item The ``monolithic'' @code{texlive} package: it comes with @emph{every -single @TeX{} Live package} (more than 7,000 of them), but it is huge -(more than 4@tie{}GiB for a single package!). +single @TeX{} Live package} (roughly 4,200), but it is huge---more than +4@tie{}GiB for a single package! @item -The ``modular'' @samp{texlive-} packages: you start off with -a combination of @TeX{} Live @dfn{collections} and -@dfn{schemes}---``meta-packages'' such as -@code{texlive-collection-fontsrecommended}, or -@code{texlive-collection-context}, that provide the set of packages -needed in this particular domain, schemes being the name for collections -of such collections. This grants you core functionality and the main -commands---@command{pdflatex}, @command{dvips}, @command{luatex}, -@command{mf}, etc. You can then complete your selection with additional -collections or individual packages that provide just the features you -need---@code{texlive-listings} for the @code{listings} package, -@code{texlive-beamer} for Beamer, @code{texlive-pgf} for PGF/TikZ, and -so on. +A ``modular'' @TeX{} Live distribution, in which you only install the +packages, always prefixed with @samp{texlive-}, you need. @end itemize -We recommend using the modular package set because it is much less -resource-hungry. To build your documents, you would use commands such -as: +So to insist, these two flavors cannot be combined@footnote{No rule +without exception! As the monolithic @TeX{} Live does not contain the +@command{biber} executable, it is okay to combine it with +@code{texlive-biber}, which does.}. If in the modular setting your +document does not compile, the solution is not to add the monolithic +@code{texlive} package, but to add the set of missing packages from the +modular distribution. + +Building a coherent system that provides all the essential tools and, at +the same time, satisfies all of its internal dependencies can be +a difficult task. It is therefore recommended to start with sets of +packages, called @dfn{collections}, and @dfn{schemes}, the name for +collections of collections. The following command lists available +schemes and collections (@pxref{guix-search,, Invoking guix package}): @example -guix shell texlive-scheme-basic texlive-cm-super -- pdflatex doc.tex +guix search texlive-\(scheme\|collection\) | recsel -p name,description @end example -You can quickly end up with unreasonably long command lines though. The -solution is to instead write a manifest, for example like this one, -which would probably be a reasonable starting point for a French -@LaTeX{} user: +If needed, you may then complete your system with individual packages, +particularly when they belong to a large collection you're not otherwise +interested in. + +For instance, the following manifest is a reasonable, yet frugal +starting point for a French @LaTeX{} user: @lisp (specifications->manifest @@ -45977,31 +45988,18 @@ which would probably be a reasonable starting point for a French "texlive-scheme-basic" "texlive-collection-latexrecommended" "texlive-collection-fontsrecommended" - "texlive-babel-french" - ;; PGF/TikZ - "texlive-pgf" - - ;; Additional font. - "texlive-kpfonts")) + ;; From "latexextra" collection. + "texlive-tabularray" + ;; From "binextra" collection. + "texlive-texdoc")) @end lisp -You can then pass it to any command with the @option{-m} option: - -@example -guix shell -m manifest.scm -- pdflatex doc.tex -@end example - -@xref{Writing Manifests}, for more on manifests. In the future, we plan -to provide more collections and schemes. That will allow you to list -fewer packages. - -The main difficulty here is that using the modular package set forces -you to select precisely the packages that you need. You can use -@command{guix search}, but finding the right package can prove to be -tedious. When a package is missing, @command{pdflatex} and similar -commands fail with an obscure message along the lines of: +If you come across a document that does not compile in such a basic +setting, the main difficulty is finding the missing packages. In this +case, @command{pdflatex} and similar commands tend to fail with obscure +error messages along the lines of: @example doc.tex: File `tikz.sty' not found. @@ -46017,7 +46015,7 @@ kpathsea: Running mktexmf phvr7t @end example How do you determine what the missing package is? In the first case, -you'll find the answer by running: +you will find the answer by running: @example $ guix search texlive tikz @@ -46027,11 +46025,11 @@ version: 59745 @end example In the second case, @command{guix search} turns up nothing. Instead, -you can search the @TeX{} Live package database using the @command{tlmgr} -command: +you can search the @TeX{} Live package database using the +@command{tlmgr} command: @example -$ guix shell texlive-bin -- tlmgr info phvr7t +$ tlmgr info phvr7t tlmgr: cannot find package phvr7t, searching for other matches: Packages containing `phvr7t' in their title/description: @@ -46046,32 +46044,10 @@ tex4ht: texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/alias/adobe/helvetic/phvr7t.htf @end example -The file is available in the @TeX{} Live @code{helvetic} package, which is -known in Guix as @code{texlive-helvetic}. Quite a ride, but we found -it! - -There is one important limitation though: Guix currently provides a -subset of the @TeX{} Live packages. If you stumble upon a missing -package, you can try and import it (@pxref{Invoking guix import}): - -@example -guix import texlive @var{package} -@end example - -Additional options include: - -@table @code -@item --recursive -@itemx -r -Traverse the dependency graph of the given upstream package recursively -and generate package expressions for all those packages that are not yet -in Guix. -@end table - -@quotation Note -@TeX{} Live packaging is still very much work in progress, but you can -help! @xref{Contributing}, for more information. -@end quotation +@noindent +The file is available in the @TeX{} Live @code{helvetic} package, which +is known in Guix as @code{texlive-helvetic}. Quite a ride, but you +found it! @node Security Updates @chapter Security Updates |