Has anyone had success with generating Latex files via pdflatex or xelatex?
-Brian
Nope. The latex distribution is too old. For instance, the package nag is missing completely. Now, I’m trying TravisCI based on https://github.com/mgmax/pdflatex-travis-example.
I gave up after I had following circle.yml file
dependencies:
pre:
# update and show only important apt output
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# `-o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0` hint by http://askubuntu.com/a/668859/196423
- sudo apt-get -qq -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 update
# remove all texlive related stuff to avoid problems
# hint: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/96977/9075
- sudo apt-get purge -qq texlive* tex-common*
# do not install documentation as this causes troubles during installation
# build error: https://circleci.com/gh/latextemplates/uni-stuttgart-computer-science-template/4
# hint: http://askubuntu.com/a/221275/196423
# installed pacakges:
# * latexmk for building
# * texlive-lang-german for dehyph-exptl - see http://www.mrunix.de/forums/showthread.php?73576-
- sudo apt-get -qq -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 --no-install-recommends install latexmk texlive-lang-german
test:
override:
- latexmk document
- mkdir build
- mv document.pdf $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS
This afternoon, I managed to get my Ruby gem Verku to work, which converts Markdown to PDF via LaTeX. This is in Circle 2.0
jobs:
build:
machine:
pre:
- sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
steps:
- checkout
- run:
name: Install Georgia
command: 'echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula select true | sudo debconf-set-selections; sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install ttf-mscorefonts-installer'
- run:
name: Install Texlive
command: 'sudo apt update && sudo apt install texlive texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-extra texlive-latex-extra texlive-plain-extra'
- run:
name: Install Verku
command: 'gem install verku'
- run:
name: Create pdf.
command: |
verku pdf;
mkdir /tmp/artifacts;
cp -R builds/* /tmp/artifacts/.
- store_artifacts:
path: /tmp/artifacts
Yes, it is very easy using CircleCI 2.0 and docker images. See https://github.com/koppor/docker-texlive
version: 2
jobs:
build:
docker:
- image: koppor/texlive
steps:
- checkout
- run: latexmk document.tex
By using that approach, I also generate PDFs and publish it into gh-pages. Example: http://latextemplates.github.io/scientific-thesis-template/ is generated using https://github.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template/blob/master/.circleci/config.yml
Hey!
Sorry to bump this thread, I’ve just used the textlive image and it worked great!
My question is: how can I install some prerequisites (I have custom fonts I need to install before building)? I tried using
dependencies:
pre:
- wget https://github.com/MihailJP/Inconsolata-LGC/releases/download/LGC-1.3.0/InconsolataLGC-1.3.0.tar.xz
...
But that didn’t seem to work when using the texlive docker image (I didn’t see any output from those commands, and my build failed for not finding the fonts). I ended up calling each command from steps.run…
Is there a better way? Am I holding this wrong? (sorry, very new to CircleCI and/or docker)
Hey @hmemcpy
I’m not familiar with the dependencies key. Are you using Docker 2.0? If so, just put your install command in a run section, as per the entries in Merovex’s post.
Note that fetching the fonts will not install them on its own - you’d need to put them in the right location. It’d be something like:
cd /path/to/fonts/dir && wget https://github.com/MihailJP/Inconsolata-LGC/releases/download/LGC-1.3.0/InconsolataLGC-1.3.0.tar.xz && gunzip InconsolataLGC-1.3.0.tar.xz && tar -xf InconsolataLGC-1.3.0.tar
I’m assuming the .xz is a gzipped file - if not, adjust the gunzip to something more suitable. And of course you’ll need to adjust the fonts dir.