Docker LaTeX

• Based on Debian Jessie
• Latest LaTeX installed via the online texlive installer
• Runs LaTeXMK to compile the documents

TL;DR

# docker run --name $(basename "${PWD}") --rm -v "${PWD}":/data thubo/latexmk -pdf -gg -pvc -view=none input.tex

Available schemes are

• basic
• small
• medium
• tetex
• full (aka latest)

Usage

# docker run --rm thubo/latexmk

should print the help of latexmk

The working directory inside the container is /data.

To compile a document, assuming you have a folder containing your master.tex file, perform

# docker run --name $(basename "${PWD}") --rm -v "${PWD}":/data thubo/latexmk master.tex

What basically happens inside the container is

# cd /data
# latexmk master.tex

To add additional parameters simply run

# docker run --name $(basename "${PWD}") --rm -v "${PWD}":/data thubo/latexmk -outdir=build -xelatex -silent -time -jobname=title -pvc -view=none master.tex

What happens is equivalent to

# cd /data
# latexmk -outdir=build -xelatex -silent -time -jobname=title -pvc -view=none master.tex

Note You can always Ctrl+c the pvc mode to exit.

For details on latexmk see

# docker run --rm thubo/latexmk

or https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk/

SELinux

If you are using a host with SELinux enabled, you might need to mount the /data directory into your container with the :Z option, e.g.

# docker run [...] -v "${PWD}":/data:Z [...]

Building the Image

Run the docker_build.sh script.