Difference between revisions of "Processing LaTeX with GNU/Linux systems"
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| − | Suppose you have a file <code>sample.tex</code> written in | + | Suppose you have a file <code>sample.tex</code> written in LaTeX and you want to process it into a readable document on a GNU/Linux system. |
| − | To convert it into a DVI file go to a command line and move to the directory in which you saved the file. There run | + | To convert it into a DVI file go to a command line and move to the directory in which you saved the file. There run |
| + | latex sample.tex | ||
| + | Unless there is a problem you should now find a file called <code>sample.dvi</code> in the directory. | ||
| − | To convert this into a PS postscript file which you can then print run | + | To convert this into a PS postscript file which you can then print run |
| + | dvips sample.dvi | ||
| − | To convert this into a PDF file run <code> | + | To convert this into a PDF file run |
| + | ps2pdf sample.ps | ||
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| + | To convert a LaTeX file <code>sample.tex</code> directly into a PDF file run | ||
| + | pdflatex sample.tex | ||
Latest revision as of 19:32, 24 December 2006
Suppose you have a file sample.tex written in LaTeX and you want to process it into a readable document on a GNU/Linux system.
To convert it into a DVI file go to a command line and move to the directory in which you saved the file. There run
latex sample.tex
Unless there is a problem you should now find a file called sample.dvi in the directory.
To convert this into a PS postscript file which you can then print run
dvips sample.dvi
To convert this into a PDF file run
ps2pdf sample.ps
To convert a LaTeX file sample.tex directly into a PDF file run
pdflatex sample.tex
