This is a repository which provides all the necessary dependencies to build the MiKTeX distribution of TeX (other dependencies are in the official repos). It works, but I intend to try to remove more of the dependencies.
MiKTeX provides a package manager which can install packages as they are needed at compilation time ("on-the-fly"), which helps to keep the installed size small(er).
NOTE: TeX Live, another TeX distribution, has also been packaged for KISS.
The latest release of MiKTeX uses a C++ class which is not implemented for Linux (yet). See the issue here.
Fixed with latest release (21.7)
log4cxx 0.12.0 has been released upstream, including some changes to the version of C++ being used, and MiKTeX's build is currently incompatible with it (see the issue upstream). Therefore, log4cxx has not been updated (yet).
This seems to be fixed now. log4cxx has been updated and it all builds for me.
This package of MiKTeX now uses gettext-tiny instead of gettext. This is much more lightweight than the GNU version, weighing in at 340 kB compared to 19 MB. Of course, it is less featureful.
To use, clone the repo and add it to KISS_PATH, then run:
$ cd boost && kiss b
This builds the version of boost from this repo, which includes locale support. (Keep
that in mind when a boost update comes along - or put this repo earlier in KISS_PATH
than the community repo.
By the way, I really do intend to patch out all the locale requirements from MiKTeX.
One day.
Next,
$ kiss b graphite-harfbuzz
This will take a moment, then print a message telling you to run
kiss alternatives. MiKTeX needs the harfbuzz font libraries to be built with
graphite support, so now run:
$ kiss a | grep graphite-harfbuzz | kiss a -
to switch the necessary libraries to include graphite support. Now, you can sit back and run
$ kiss b miktex
This might take a while.
After installing, you need to complete the setup. MiKTeX can be installed either
- for all users on your system, in which case you'll need root privileges;
- or just for your own user.
If installing user-wide, every command must be run as root (ie. use
sudo, doas, or similar) and with the --admin flag.
Otherwise, omit these and run as a normal user. I'm going to give the commands
as to install MiKTeX for the whole system.
# mpm --admin --update-db
Enable on-the-fly package installation: (this is optional)
# initexmf --admin --set-config-value [MPM]AutoInstall=1
# initexmf --admin --update-fndb
Create symlinks to executables (such as pdflatex):
# initexmf --admin --mklinks
Install basic packages and fonts to /usr/local/share:
# mpm --admin --verbose --package-level=basic --upgrade
# initexmf --admin --mkmaps
# initexmf --admin --update-fndb
Finally, update the databases (you'll probably have to run these two several times)
# mpm --admin --update
$ mpm --update
Test compiling a sample document: (this will download some packages if you enabled on-the-fly package installation)
$ pdflatex sample2e
If anything fails, it's probably a network error, so try again. Your first check should be the error logs (MiKTeX will tell you where to find them).
Check the documentation at https://miktex.org/howto/build-unx.
The output of initexmf --report, both with and without
root privileges and --admin, may be useful.
Feel free to open an issue.