- Install Termux from F-Droid. This part is important, not from Google Play Store. GPlay restricts some functionality of Termux.
- Upgrade dependencies:
pkg update && pkg upgrade - To access device storage, run this command. It's needed to access created LaTeX and PDF files:
termux-setup-storage - cd into local storage:
cd ~/storage/shared - Create LaTeX project folder. We'll save our files here and access them from this folder from our device:
mkdir LaTeX - Install TeX Live installer:
pkg install texlive-installer - Install TeX Live. Important note, do not change any option here:
termux-install-tl - Create bash config file with these configurations:
nvim ~/.bashrc
export TEXMFROOT="$PREFIX/share/texlive"
export TEXMFOS="$TEXMFROOT"
export TEXMFDIST="$TEXMFROOT/texmf-dist"
export TEXMFLOCAL="$TEXMFROOT/texmf-local"
export TEXMFVAR="$HOME/.local/texlive2022/texmf-var"
export TEXMFCONFIG="$HOME/.local/texlive2022/texmf-config"
export TEXMFHOME="$HOME/.local/texmf"- Reload config:
. ~/.bashrc - Fix missing binaries:
texlinks - cd into home directory:
cd ~ - Create symlink for LaTeX folder:
ln -s /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/shared/LaTeX LaTeX - cd into LaTeX folder:
cd LaTeX - Start creating files!