andreformento/latex repository overview

⁠Latex docker container

This container helps compiling latex sources without the need to install all latex packages on your system.

Check out my blog post⁠.

⁠Setup

First, add your local user to docker group:

sudo usermod -aG docker YOURUSERNAME

Pull image (from Hub⁠):

docker pull andreformento/latex

or build:

docker build -t andreformento/latex .

⁠Usage:

cd example

# Double to process refs
../dockercmd.sh pdflatex example.tex
../dockercmd.sh pdflatex example.tex

# Or better in one go (does not start container twice)
../dockercmd.sh /bin/sh -c "pdflatex example.tex && pdflatex example.tex"

# View
./example.pdf

Use dockercmd.sh to execute any command you like inside the container. WORKDIRs match, mounted to /data inside container.

⁠Why should I use this container?

• Easy setup
• Preserves UID and GID of local user
• Use container like local command
• texlive-full covers most of the available packages

⁠Docker utils

Remove:

docker kill latex
docker rm latex

Initialize

docker run -v "$PWD":/data --name latex -d -it andreformento/latex
docker attach latex