====== How to install TeX Live on Linux ======

Slackware installs [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/|TeX Live]] by default. However, extra packages and documentation require root permissions to install. This HOWTO explains how to install TeX Live as a non-root user.

<code bash>
# download the installer
cd /tmp
wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz

# uncompress it
tar xvf install-tl-unx.tar.gz

# install it
(
cd install-tl-[0-9]*
version=$(sed '/version [0-9]/!d; s/.*version //' release-texlive.txt)
./install-tl \
	--no-interaction \
	--texdir=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/$version \
	--texmflocal=$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/texmf-local \
	--texmfhome=$HOME/usr/local/share/texmf \
	--scheme=basic \
	--paper=letter

# create a symlink for paths
cd ~/usr/local/opt/texlive
ln -s $version current
)

# delete the installer
rm -rf install-tl-*

# add paths to TeX Live
cat << 'EOT' >> ~/.bash_profile

# TeX Live
export PATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
export MANPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
export INFOPATH="$HOME/usr/local/opt/texlive/current/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
EOT

# read them into the current session
. ~/.bash_profile
</code>

Use [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html|tlmgr]] (already installed with TeX Live) to install new packages.

You can use [[https://kile.sourceforge.io/|Kile]] (already installed by Slackware) to edit and compile LaTeX files. If you like Vim or Neovim, [[https://github.com/lervag/vimtex|VimTeX]] is a great plugin.

For reference management, [[https://www.jabref.org/|JabRef]] is good for [[https://www.bibtex.org/|BibTeX]]. I can install it for you.