LaTeX is a typesetting software to produce high-quality documents
like articles, books, letters, and also presentations.
It allows the writer to focus on the content rather than its formatting.
Different LaTeX distributions exist. Debian includes TeX Live.
To install TeX Live and LaTeX packages, execute the following command:
sudo apt install texlive texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra
To add support for specific languages, install corresponding packages:
sudo apt install texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-german
Kile is a user-friendly LaTeX editor:
sudo apt install kile
Given a TeX file, pdflatex generates a PDF file:
pdflatex document.tex
To get all cross-references right, pdflatex needs to be invoked multiple times.
Here are a few examples of various types of documents.
These examples can be used as templates.
The generated output (PDF) is found below each example.
article.tex\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\title{My Article}
\author{John Doe}
\date{2020-10-20}
\begin{document}
\selectlanguage{english}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:introduction}
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\begin{equation}
\label{eq:pythagoras}
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
\end{equation}
\end{document}
Output: article.pdf
presentation.tex\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\title{My Presentation}
\author{John Doe}
\date{2020-10-20}
\begin{document}
\selectlanguage{english}
\maketitle
\begin{frame}{Contents}
\tableofcontents
\end{frame}
\section{Introduction}
\begin{frame}{First Slide}
\begin{block}{Important things}
\begin{itemize}
\item First
\item Second
\item Third
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\begin{block}{Pythagorean theorem}
\begin{equation*}
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
\end{equation*}
\end{block}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Output: presentation.pdf
letter.tex\documentclass[a4paper,fromalign=right]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Max Mustermann}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{%
Hauptstraße 1\\
8020 Graz\\
Austria%
}
\setkomavar{place}{Graz}
\setkomavar{date}{2020-10-20}
\setkomavar{subject}{Lorem Ipsum}
\begin{document}
\selectlanguage{english}
\begin{letter}{%
John Doe\\
123 Maple Street\\
Anytown, PA 17101\\
United States%
}
\opening{Dear John,}
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\closing{Best regards,}
\encl{Instructions}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
Output: letter.pdf