A lightweight, cross-platform, portable, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution based on TeX Live. TinyTeX, is a custom LaTeX distribution based on TeX Live that is small in size but still functions well in most cases. Even if you run into the problem of missing LaTeX packages, it should be super clear to you what you need to do. In fact, if you are an R Markdown user, there is nothing you need to do, because missing packages will just be installed automatically. You may not even know the existence of LaTeX at all since it should rarely bother you. Currently, TinyTeX works best for R users. Other users can use it, too—it is just that missing LaTeX packages won’t be automatically installed, and you need to install them manually. Or you can go to the extreme to install all packages, but remember there are thousands of them.
Features
- A lightweight, cross-platform, portable, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution based on TeX Live
- Functions well in most cases, especially for R users
- You only install LaTeX packages you actually need
- Documentation available
- Examples available
- Installing and maintaining TinyTeX is easy for R users
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