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.. L1
{{{Show the first slide containing title, name of the production team along
with the logo of MHRD}}}
.. R1
Hello friends, welcome to the tutorial on 'LaTeX Installation'.
.. L2
{{{Show the slide containing the objectives}}}
.. R2
At the end of this tutorial you will,
1. Learn how to install LaTeX.
#. Learn how to install a TeX editor plug-in.
#. Know how to configure the TeX editor for LaTeX.
#. Know some useful information on LaTeX packages.
#. Be able to compile a TeX file to pdf.
.. L3
{{{Show the slide 'Prerequisites'}}}
.. R3
Before beginning this tutorial, you will need a TeX distribution, a good text
editor, DVI or PDF viewer. Also make sure to have a Linux Distribution as
Operating System on your computer & a working internet connection for
installing LaTeX over internet.
.. L4
{{{Show the slide 'TeX Distribution'}}}
.. R4
TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production
system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors
of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows.
.. L5
{{{Show the slide 'Installation'}}}
.. R5
There are multiple ways of installation. You may download a LaTeX distribution
and run the installer.
An other way is to install using the command: 'sudo apt-get install texlive'
for a subset Latex functionality or 'sudo apt-get install texlive-full' to
install Tex Live with all the functionalities (a complete distribution).
.. L6
{{{Show the slide 'Installation..'}}}
.. R6
We may also install LaTeX using a package manager like 'Synaptic Package
Manager in Ubuntu'.
Using 'Synaptic Package Manager': Open the 'Package Manager' > Search for
'texlive-full' > Mark for installation and apply.
.. L7
{{{Show the slide 'LaTeX Plug-in'}}}
.. R7
We may use a Text editor (as per your choice) as LaTeX editor.
However, we require a plug-in to do this.
We would like to illustrate the same using Gedit.
Install the plug-in: 'sudo apt-get install gedit-latex-plugin'.
To activate the plug-in: Click (Edit > Preferences > Plugins >
Check LaTeX Plugin).
.. L8
{{{Show the slide 'LaTeX Packages'}}}
.. R8
Add-on features for LaTeX are known as packages. Dozens of these are
pre-installed with LaTeX and can be used in your documents immediately.
Listed here are a few popular ones and their usage.
Latex-beamer package is used to create presentations.
TexPower package is used to create dynamic presentation online.
Prosper is a Latex class which helps writing transparencies and high quality
presentations.
.. L9
{{{Show the slide 'LaTeX Packages..'}}}
.. R9
Also graphic packages like texlive-pictures are available for drawing
graphics & texlive-latex-extra for additional add-on packages.
.. L10
{{{Show the slide 'Compilation'}}}
.. R10
A given LaTeX document may be compiled to pdf using the command:
'pdflatex filename.tex'
This produces an output file, in the pdf format.
.. L11
{{{Show the slide 'Summary'}}}
.. R11
This brings us to the end of the tutorial. In this tutorial, we have
learnt to,
1. Install LaTeX on your computer.
#. Install/Configure TeX editor with LaTeX plug-in.
#. Choose a LaTeX packages as per requirement.
#. Compile a TeX file to pdf.
.. L12
{{{ Show the slide 'Exercise' }}}
.. R12
1. How can we check the version of the LaTeX package installed ?
2. How can we check if the plug-in is properly configured with TeX editor ?
.. L13
{{{ Show the slide 'Solutions' }}}
.. R13
1. Use the command latex with -v option to check the version installed
2. In the editor select the edit menu and follow the sequence:
Edit > Preferences > Plugins > Check
LaTeX Plug-in
.. L14
{{{ Show the SDES & FOSSEE slide }}}
.. R14
Software Development techniques for Engineers and Scientists - SDES, is an
initiative by FOSSEE. For more information, please visit the given link.
Free and Open-source Software for Science and Engineering Education - FOSSEE, is
based at IIT Bombay which is funded by MHRD as part of National Mission on
Education through ICT.
.. L15
{{{ Show the ``About the Spoken Tutorial Project'' slide }}}
.. R15
Watch the video available at the following link. It summarises the Spoken
Tutorial project.If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and
watch it.
.. L16
{{{ Show the `` Spoken Tutorial Workshops'' slide }}}
.. R16
The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops using spoken tutorials,
gives certificates to those who pass an online test.
For more details, contact contact@spoken-tutorial.org
.. L17
{{{ Show the Acknowledgements slide }}}
.. R17
Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the "Talk to a Teacher" project.
It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD,
Government of India. More information on this mission is available at the
given link.
.. L18
{{{ Show the Thankyou slide }}}
.. R18
Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and found it useful.
Thank you!
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