Latex setup

MacOS

1. MacTeX: choose smaller download, or by Homebrew:

   brew install mactex-no-gui
   

   or

   brew install basictex
   

2. Update tlmgr and add to PATH:

   sudo tlmgr update --self
   sudo tlmgr path add
   

3. Install tlmgr plugins, check ctan for more:

   sudo tlmgr install latexmk
   sudo tlmgr install ctex
   sudo tlmgr install collection-fontsrecommended
   

   note ctex supports Chinese words.

4. Install latexindent:

   brew install latexindent
   

Ubuntu

1. TexLive

   sudo apt-get install texlive-full
   

   or

   cd /tmp # working directory of your choice
   wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz # or curl instead of wget
   zcat install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
   cd install-tl-*
   perl ./install-tl --no-interaction # as root or with writable destination
   # Finally, prepend /usr/local/texlive/YYYY/bin/PLATFORM to your PATH, e.g., /usr/local/texlive/2022/bin/x86_64-linux
   

Vs Code

1. Install VS Code plugin: LaTex-Workshop.

2. Add following configs into VS Code's settings.json:

   "latex-workshop.latex.outDir": "./out/",
   "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
      {
         "name": "xelatex",
         "tools": ["xelatex"]
      },
      {
         "name": "latexmk",
         "tools": ["latexmk"]
      }
   ],
   "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
      {
         "name": "xelatex",
         "command": "xelatex",
         "args": [
            "-synctex=1",
            "-interaction=nonstopmode",
            "-file-line-error",
            "-output-directory=%OUTDIR%",
            "%DOC%"
         ]
      },
      {
         "name": "latexmk",
         "command": "latexmk",
         "args": [
            "-synctex=1",
            "-interaction=nonstopmode",
            "-file-line-error",
            "-pdf",
            "-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
            "%DOC%"
         ],
      }
   ]
   

   Note: we can choose a compiler to compile our files by LaTex Workshop: Build with recipe