Re: find and install a LaTeX package

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Marco van Hulten <marco@hulten.org> writes:

> * CTAN packages in Guix are sometimes named 'texlive-PACKAGE' and
>   sometimes 'texlive-latex-PACKAGE'.  I find it hard to decide if
>   something is LaTeX-specific, so should I search for something like
>   'texlive*-PACKAGE'?

Those named “texlive-{latex,generic,tex…}-PACKAGE” are old and are in
need of serious fixes.

Do not search for Guix package names.  Instead look at

    $(guix build texlive-bin)/share/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb

and then deduce the name of the Guix package.

-- 
Ricardo