texlive2025, TeXstudio, reinstallation

[Greg Bennett]

Axel, success!!

As far as I could I rid myself of the previous install, then,
I installed re-installed TeXLive according according to 
www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html using the -gui option so I could see
all those possibilities. I chose paper=letter, scheme=full and off it 
went getting 4940 files.

Line 3 -4 if install-tl.log read:
Loading 
https://ca.mirrors.cicku.me/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
Installing TeX Live 2025 from: 
https://ca.mirrors.cicku.me/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)

Having had previous experience of the repositories for TeXstudio 
installing its own, partial texlive, I got the 4.9.0
via the ppa on code.launchpad.net/~sunderme/+archive/ubuntu/texstudio

Then tried to hook the two together and failing.

But back to SUCCESS, for which I am your debt. I looked at your image in 
TeXworks_preferences.png,
added (by +) the /usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux directory, 
used up-arrow to move it to the top,
clicked OK, loaded the test file, hit the green > and, VOILA!, the 
desired result.

Went to a larger test and all went well there too.

I'm used to tabbed files to edit, but that can come (possibly) as I look 
further in preferences.

I already has that directory in a $PATH item in TeXstudio - no luck.

I see your ^^^ above . The head of the log for the larger test is :
<snip>
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.28 (TeX Live 2025) 
(preloaded format=pdflatex 2025.11.24)  24 NOV 2025 20:32
entering extended mode
  restricted \write18 enabled.
  %&-line parsing enabled.
**TEST-LinalgDRv25DEC2017.tex
(./TEST-LinalgDRv25DEC2017.tex
<snip>
no mention of Debian now!

and googled for install texlive not the Debian package. That pointed me 
to get the installer from
mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz

The method I used from  www.tug.ord/texlive/quickinstall.html (above) 
pointed me at
mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz

which is exactly the same as immediately above.

Many, many thanks for your help so far

Cheers
Greg


On 2025-11-24 18:43, Axel E. Retif wrote:
> (Please put the list in your replies, so others can correct me if I 
> say something wrong.)
>
>
> On 11/24/25 13:45, Greg Bennett wrote:
>
>> I have installed TeXworks, no issues during installation.
>>
>> When I tried to process my simple test file (~/gtest.tex) I 
>> immediately get the old complaint
>>
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023/Debian)
>                                             here is the problem ^^^^^^^
>> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>
> From what I gather, your installed TeXLive from TUG, and set the PATH 
> according to TUG instructions (where and how?), that's why it worked 
> in the terminal.
>
> Then, I think, you installed TeXstudio from the repositories, and the 
> installer (Software Manager, Synaptic or command line) installed the 
> repositories version of TeXLive (2023) to satisfy dependencies as it 
> didn't know you already had TL from TUG.
>
>  > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
>>
>> mktexfmt: No such file or directory
>>
>> I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
>>
>> which pdflatex.fmt returns nothing
>>
>> however it is in the directory 
>> /usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/ pdflatex
>>
>> (so that the file is 
>> /usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/pdflatex/ pdflatex.fmt)
>>
>> Let me ask whether you did anything particular when setting up 
>> TeXworks, such as
>>
>> setting paths in addition to those it provides ?
>
> Yes, by all means, *you have to*. Look at the screen capture I sent. 
> Ignore the first two lines, as those are for my particular setup, 
> because I have TeXLive in a separate partition that mounts on a 
> TeXLive folder I have in my home.
>
> See the third line, that reads
>
>     /usr/local/texlive/2024/bin/x86_64-linux
>
> That's what yours should look like (but, of course, 2025 instead of 
> 2024). In the Paths section of TeXworks preferences --> Typesetting 
> click in the + sign and navigate to the
>
>     /usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux
>
> directory and press Choose. Now use the arrows to put that new path on 
> top of everything else and restart TeXworks, and you're done.
>
> Something similar should work for TeXstudio..., I guess.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Axel
>