Asked 1 month ago by EclipsePioneer629
How can I configure a custom TeXLive Docker image on Debian to properly load fonts?
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Asked 1 month ago by EclipsePioneer629
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I'm building a Docker container on Debian with a custom TeXLive installation, but I'm encountering issues with xelatex and lualatex not finding fonts. I use tlmgr to add extra font packages (e.g., tex-gyre, droid, cm-unicode, roboto, junicode, lm, qualitype, arphic-ttf, fandol), which works fine on Arch Linux. However, in my Docker image the fonts aren’t being recognized.
Below are the shell commands I use on Arch Linux (or Debian):
BASHperl install-tl --profile=texlive.profile # After the TeXLive installer has finished mkdir -p ~/.fonts.conf.d sudo cp ~/texlive/2024/texmf-var/fonts/conf/texlive-fontconfig.conf ~/.fonts.conf.d/09-texlive.conf # Arch Linux yes | sudo pacman -S fontconfig # Debian sudo apt-get install -y fontconfig fc-cache -fv tex -v && latex -v && bibtex -v && xetex -v && pdftex -v && luatex -v # Use tlmgr to update tlmgr update --self --all # Use tlmgr to install font package tlmgr install tex-gyre droid cm-unicode roboto junicode lm qualitype arphic-ttf fandol # The font cache needs to be refreshed again fc-cache -fv
Here is my Dockerfile:
DOCKERFILEFROM debian:latest ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 \ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive RUN apt-get update \ && apt-get install -y \ wget perl fontconfig make xz-utils bzip2 ca-certificates curl \ && apt-get clean \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* COPY texlive.profile . ARG TL_VERSION=2024 ARCH=x86_64-linux TL_URL=http://mirror.ctan.org RUN wget -q ${TL_URL}/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz \ && tar -xzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz \ && rm install-tl-unx.tar.gz \ && ./install-tl-*/install-tl --profile=texlive.profile --repository=${TL_URL}/systems/texlive/tlnet --no-verify-downloads \ && rm -rf install-tl-* ENV PATH="/usr/local/texlive/${TL_VERSION}/bin/${ARCH}:$PATH" RUN tlmgr update --self --all \ && tlmgr install tex-gyre droid cm-unicode roboto junicode lm qualitype arphic-ttf fandol \ && fc-cache -fv RUN \ tex -v && printf '\n' && \ latex -v && printf '\n' && \ bibtex -v && printf '\n' && \ xetex -v && printf '\n' && \ pdftex -v && printf '\n' && \ luatex -v printf '\n'
and the corresponding texlive.profile
:
TEXTselected_scheme scheme-custom TEXDIR /usr/local/texlive/2024 TEXMFCONFIG ~/.texlive2024/texmf-config TEXMFHOME ~/texmf TEXMFLOCAL /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local TEXMFSYSCONFIG /usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-config TEXMFSYSVAR /usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-var TEXMFVAR ~/.texlive2024/texmf-var binary_x86_64-linux 1 collection-basic 1 collection-bibtexextra 1 collection-binextra 1 collection-fontutils 1 collection-formatsextra 1 collection-langchinese 1 collection-langcjk 1 collection-langenglish 1 collection-latex 1 collection-latexextra 1 collection-latexrecommended 1 collection-luatex 1 collection-mathscience 1 collection-metapost 1 collection-pictures 1 collection-plaingeneric 1 collection-pstricks 1 collection-xetex 1 instopt_adjustpath 0 instopt_adjustrepo 1 instopt_letter 0 instopt_portable 0 instopt_write18_restricted 1 tlpdbopt_autobackup 1 tlpdbopt_backupdir tlpkg/backups tlpdbopt_create_formats 1 tlpdbopt_desktop_integration 1 tlpdbopt_file_assocs 1 tlpdbopt_generate_updmap 0 tlpdbopt_install_docfiles 0 tlpdbopt_install_srcfiles 0 tlpdbopt_post_code 1 tlpdbopt_sys_bin /usr/local/bin tlpdbopt_sys_info /usr/local/share/info tlpdbopt_sys_man /usr/local/share/man tlpdbopt_w32_multi_user 1
How can I adjust my Dockerfile so that TeXLive finds and uses the installed fonts properly in this Debian environment?
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Answer by TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago
Below is an example Dockerfile that installs TeXLive with custom packages (including extra font packages) and then copies TeXLive’s fontconfig settings into the system directory so that the fonts can be found. In this example the installation steps are similar to your commands but note that the key difference is copying the TeXLive font configuration file into /etc/fonts/conf.d (the standard location on Debian/Ubuntu) before running fc-cache. This ensures that fontconfig picks up the TeXLive fonts.
Below is an example Dockerfile:
DOCKERFILEFROM debian:latest # Set locale and noninteractive mode ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 \ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive # Install required packages (including fontconfig) RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y \ wget \ perl \ fontconfig \ make \ xz-utils \ bzip2 \ ca-certificates \ curl && \ apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # Copy the TeXLive profile COPY texlive.profile . ARG TL_VERSION=2024 ARG ARCH=x86_64-linux ARG TL_URL=http://mirror.ctan.org # Download and install TeXLive using the provided profile RUN wget -q ${TL_URL}/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz && \ tar -xzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz && \ rm install-tl-unx.tar.gz && \ ./install-tl-*/install-tl --profile=texlive.profile --repository=${TL_URL}/systems/texlive/tlnet --no-verify-downloads && \ rm -rf install-tl-* # Add TeXLive binaries to PATH ENV PATH="/usr/local/texlive/${TL_VERSION}/bin/${ARCH}:$PATH" # Update tlmgr and install additional font packages RUN tlmgr update --self --all && \ tlmgr install tex-gyre droid cm-unicode roboto junicode lm qualitype arphic-ttf fandol # Copy the TeXLive-provided fontconfig configuration file to the system’s fonts config directory, # then refresh the font cache so that xelatex and lualatex can find the fonts. RUN cp /usr/local/texlive/${TL_VERSION}/texmf-var/fonts/conf/texlive-fontconfig.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/09-texlive.conf && \ fc-cache -fv # Verify installations (optional) RUN tex -v && \ latex -v && \ bibtex -v && \ xetex -v && \ pdftex -v && \ luatex -v CMD ["bash"]
Prerequisites:
The image installs prerequisites such as wget, perl, fontconfig, and others. Installing fontconfig is essential since it builds the font cache and uses the configuration file.
TeXLive Installation:
The TeXLive installer is downloaded, unpacked, and executed using your provided texlive.profile
. The installer’s output is removed to keep the image lean.
PATH Setup:
The PATH is updated so that TeXLive’s binaries are available in later steps.
Updating and Installing Packages:
The TeXLive package manager (tlmgr) is updated, and then additional font packages are installed with it.
Font Configuration:
Instead of relying on per-user (e.g., ~/.fonts.conf.d) settings, the Dockerfile copies the TeXLive-generated font configuration file into /etc/fonts/conf.d/09-texlive.conf
(which is scanned by fontconfig) and then refreshes the cache using fc-cache -fv
.
Validation:
Basic commands (tex, latex, etc.) are run to validate the installation.
This approach ensures that the Docker container uses the same system-wide font configuration for TeXLive as you would expect when running the commands interactively.
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Answer by SolarGuide868 • 1 month ago
I used this one
DOCKERFILEFROM registry.gitlab.com/islandoftex/images/texlive:base # whether to install documentation and/or source files # this has to be yes or no ARG DOCFILES=no ARG SRCFILES=no ARG SCHEME=full # the mirror from which we will download TeX Live ARG TLMIRRORURL # whether to create font and ConTeXt caches ARG GENERATE_CACHES=yes # Make sure apt-get never asks a question (https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debconf-doc/debconf.7.fr.html#noninteractive) ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive WORKDIR /tmp # download and install equivs file for dummy package RUN curl https://tug.org/texlive/files/debian-equivs-2022-ex.txt --output texlive-local && \ sed -i "s/2022/9999/" texlive-local && \ # freeglut3 does not ship with debian testing, so we remove it because there # is no GUI need in the container anyway (see #28) sed -i "/Depends: freeglut3/d" texlive-local && \ apt-get update && \ # Mark all texlive packages as installed. This enables installing # latex-related packges in child images. # Inspired by https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/95373/9075. apt-get install -qy --no-install-recommends equivs \ # at this point also install gpg and gpg-agent to allow tlmgr's # key subcommand to work correctly (see #21) gpg gpg-agent \ # we install using rsync so we need to have it installed rsync \ # 2024-11-05 debian:testing-slim does not offer libcurl, needed by asy (#48) libcurl4t64 && \ # we need to change into tl-equis to get it working equivs-build texlive-local && \ dpkg -i texlive-local_9999.99999999-1_all.deb && \ apt-get install -qyf --no-install-recommends && \ # reverse the cd command from above and cleanup rm -rf ./*texlive* && \ # save some space apt-get remove -y --purge equivs && \ apt-get autoremove -qy --purge && \ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \ apt-get clean && \ rm -rf /var/cache/apt/ RUN echo "Fetching installation from mirror $TLMIRRORURL" && \ rsync -a --stats "$TLMIRRORURL" texlive && \ cd texlive && \ # create installation profile for full scheme installation with # the selected options echo "Building with documentation: $DOCFILES" && \ echo "Building with sources: $SRCFILES" && \ echo "Building with scheme: $SCHEME" && \ # choose complete installation echo "selected_scheme scheme-$SCHEME" > install.profile && \ # … but disable documentation and source files when asked to stay slim if [ "$DOCFILES" = "no" ]; then echo "tlpdbopt_install_docfiles 0" >> install.profile && \ echo "BUILD: Disabling documentation files"; fi && \ if [ "$SRCFILES" = "no" ]; then echo "tlpdbopt_install_srcfiles 0" >> install.profile && \ echo "BUILD: Disabling source files"; fi && \ echo "tlpdbopt_autobackup 0" >> install.profile && \ # furthermore we want our symlinks in the system binary folder to avoid # fiddling around with the PATH echo "tlpdbopt_sys_bin /usr/bin" >> install.profile && \ # actually install TeX Live ./install-tl -profile install.profile && \ cd .. && \ rm -rf texlive WORKDIR /workdir RUN echo "Set PATH to $PATH" && \ $(find /usr/local/texlive -name tlmgr) path add && \ # Temporary fix for ConTeXt (#30) (sed -i '/package.loaded["data-ini"]/a if os.selfpath then environment.ownbin=lfs.symlinktarget(os.selfpath..io.fileseparator..os.selfname);environment.ownpath=environment.ownbin:match("^.*"..io.fileseparator) else environment.ownpath=kpse.new("luatex"):var_value("SELFAUTOLOC");environment.ownbin=environment.ownpath..io.fileseparator..(arg[-2] or arg[-1] or arg[0] or "luatex"):match("[^"..io.fileseparator.."]*$") end' /usr/bin/mtxrun.lua || true) && \ # pregenerate caches as per #3; overhead is < 5 MB which does not really # matter for images in the sizes of GBs; some TL schemes might not have # all the tools, therefore failure is allowed if [ "$GENERATE_CACHES" = "yes" ]; then \ echo "Generating caches and ConTeXt files" && \ (luaotfload-tool -u || true) && \ # also generate fontconfig cache as per #18 which is approx. 20 MB but # benefits XeLaTeX user to load fonts from the TL tree by font name (cp "$(find /usr/local/texlive -name texlive-fontconfig.conf)" /etc/fonts/conf.d/09-texlive-fonts.conf || true) && \ fc-cache -fsv && \ if [ -f "/usr/bin/context" ]; then \ mtxrun --generate && \ texlua /usr/bin/mtxrun.lua --luatex --generate && \ context --make && \ context --luatex --make; \ fi \ else \ echo "Not generating caches or ConTeXt files"; \ fi RUN \ # test the installation; we only test the full installation because # in that, all tools are present and have to work if [ "$SCHEME" = "full" ]; then \ latex --version && printf '\n' && \ biber --version && printf '\n' && \ xindy --version && printf '\n' && \ arara --version && printf '\n' && \ context --version && printf '\n' && \ context --luatex --version && printf '\n' && \ asy --version && printf '\n' && \ if [ "$DOCFILES" = "yes" ]; then texdoc -l geometry; fi && \ if [ "$SRCFILES" = "yes" ]; then kpsewhich amsmath.dtx; fi; \ fi && \ python --version && printf '\n' && \ pygmentize -V && printf '\n'
Works on Ubuntu 24.04.
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