The preparation in order to get mtheme works on my system.

latex_mtheme.md

Introduction

I'm now trying to move from MS Powerpoint to LaTeX Beamer, and thus I've found a theme on Github called mtheme (Metropolis package). It's somehow hard to use at first so that I write this Gist to remind myself when next time installation comes. The system for this setup is Mac OSX 10.10.5 with BasicTeX 2015.

Dependencies

• BasicTeX - lightweight MacTeX distribution
• Textmate - free text editor with LaTeX live preview bundle
• Skim - pdf viewer with sync support
• Fira Sans Font - font by Mozilla
• Fira Mono Font - font by Mozilla

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LaTeX Packages Installation

Open TeX Live Utility and install the following packages:

• pgfopts.sty
• ccicons.sty
• pgfplots.sty

mtheme Installation

1. Clone mtheme repo.

• In the cloned directory, check if any error raised by compiling demo.tex - this also compiles mtheme.dtx.

$ make

• If there is any error appears, install them (mostly should be .sty).
• Install theme by using $ make install command.

Create Slide

A minimal example:

\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
\usetheme{m}                          % load mtheme
\title{A modern beamer theme}         % define title
\date{\today}                         % define date
\author{Matthias Vogelgesang}         % define author
\institute{Institute}                 % define institute
\begin{document}
\maketitle                            % create titlepage
\section{First Section}               % create section
\begin{frame}{First Frame}            % first frame
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Second Frame}           % second frame
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
\end{frame}