[Discuss] Package Management is Bane of Latex

[pw]

Thanks Alan.

I know you're an authority on writing using TeX. You used to use
Makefiles for compiling your papers if I remember correctly.
(10 years ago)

The only other issue I have is fixing some of the defaults in the
apa6 BST settings. There appear to be italics used incorrectly in the 
references for the article title rather than just the journal name.

Peter


On 16-09-24 11:15 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> On 2016-09-23 12:55-0700 pw wrote:
>
>> Hello Again,
>>
>> All is well.
>> Installing texlive-full fixed my packages for all TeX editors.
>>
>> Kile is happy. Life is good.
>
> Hi Peter:
>
> I was going to say before you resolved this that the Debian TeX suite
> package management "just works" for me.  Also, I never use the CTAN
> site since it conflicts with the Debian packaged version of the Tex
> suite. Normally, I install just the Debian texlive packages that I
> need. However, if you installed also from the CTAN site, then you
> likely could resolve that conflict by overwriting those results via
> installing the Debian texlive-full package (which automatically
> installs all other Debian texlive packages via the Debian package
> dependency mechanism).
>
> Alan
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