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+====== 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.