lualatex command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
lualatex: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: lualatex: command not found
Solutions to lualatex: command not found
How To Fix lualatex: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu lualatex is provided by texlive-latex-base package.
texlive-latex-base is:
These packages are either mandated by the core LaTeX team, or very widely used and strongly recommended in practice.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
ae – Virtual fonts for T1 encoded CMR-fonts
amscls – AMS document classes for LaTeX
amsmath – AMS mathematical facilities for LaTeX
atbegshi – Execute stuff at \shipout time
atveryend – Hooks at the very end of a document
auxhook – Hooks for auxiliary files
babel – Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX
babel-english – Babel support for English
babelbib – Multilingual bibliographies
bigintcalc – Integer calculations on very large numbers
bitset – Handle bit-vector datatype
bookmark – A new bookmark (outline) organization for hyperref
carlisle – David Carlisle’s small packages
colortbl – Add colour to LaTeX tables
epstopdf-pkg – Call epstopdf “on the fly”
etexcmds – Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands
fancyhdr – Extensive control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e
firstaid – First aid for external LaTeX files and packages that need updating
fix2col – Fix miscellaneous two column mode features
geometry – Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions
gettitlestring – Clean up title references
graphics – The LaTeX standard graphics bundle
graphics-cfg – Sample configuration files for LaTeX color and graphics
grfext – Manipulate the graphics package’s list of extensions
hopatch – Load patches for packages
hycolor – Implements colour for packages hyperref and bookmark
hyperref – Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX
intcalc – Expandable arithmetic operations with integers
kvdefinekeys – Define keys for use in the kvsetkeys package
kvoptions – Key value format for package options
kvsetkeys – Key value parser with default handler support
l3backend – LaTeX3 backend drivers
l3kernel – LaTeX3 programming conventions
l3packages – High-level LaTeX3 concepts
latex – A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX
latex-bin – LaTeX executables and man pages
latex-fonts – A collection of fonts used in LaTeX distributions
latexconfig – configuration files for LaTeX-related formats
letltxmacro – Let assignment for LaTeX macros
ltxcmds – Some LaTeX kernel commands for general use
ltxmisc – Miscellaneous LaTeX packages, etc
mfnfss – Packages to typeset oldgerman and pandora fonts in LaTeX
mptopdf – mpost to PDF, native MetaPost graphics inclusion
natbib – Flexible bibliography support
oberdiek – A bundle of packages submitted by Heiko Oberdiek
pagesel – Select pages of a document for output
pdfescape – Implements pdfTeX’s escape features using TeX or e-TeX
pslatex – Use PostScript fonts by default
psnfss – Font support for common PostScript fonts
pspicture – PostScript picture support
refcount – Counter operations with label references
rerunfilecheck – Checksum based rerun checks on auxiliary files
stringenc – Converting a string between different encodings
tools – The LaTeX standard tools bundle
uniquecounter – Provides unlimited unique counter
url – Verbatim with URL-sensitive line breaks
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-latex-base
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install texlive-latex-base.
sudo apt -y install texlive-latex-base
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install texlive-latex-base
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix lualatex command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.