texlive

TexLive

Use texlive to generate PDFs from LaTeX files.

Build the image

docker build --tag latex .

Or using podman

podman build --tag latex .

Generate the PDF

1. Add this alias to ~/.bashrc

   alias latex='docker container run --rm --volume "${PWD}:/data" --name latex latex'

   Or using podman

   alias latex='podman container run --privileged --rm --volume "${PWD}:/data" --name latex latex'
   alias latex='podman container run --rm --volume "${PWD}:/data:Z" --name latex latex'

2. Navigate to the directory containing the .tex file and run

   latex filename.tex

Tip

Using podman helps in avoiding the owner as root for the generated PDF files. However, it requires the --privileged flag to disable SELinux host isolation.