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Compiling the thesis template

Krishna Kumar edited this page Dec 11, 2013 · 1 revision

Building your thesis

Windows (PDFLaTeX)

using the Batch file

  • Open command prompt and navigate to the directory with the tex file. Run:
`compile-thesis-windows.bat`.
  • Alternatively, double click on compile-thesis-windows.bat

Unix/Linux/MacOSX

using the Make file

The template supports PDF, DVI and PS formats. All three formats can be generated with the provided Makefile.

To build the PDF version of your thesis, run:

make

This build procedure uses pdflatex and will produce thesis.pdf.

To produce DVI and PS versions of your document, you should run:

make BUILD_STRATEGY=latex

This will use the latex command to build the document and will produce thesis.dvi, thesis.ps and thesis.pdf documents. You will need psutils installed

Clean unwanted files

To clean unwanted clutter (all LaTeX auto-generated files), run:

make clean

Note: the Makefile itself is take from and maintained at here.

Shell script for PDFLaTeX

Usage: sh ./compile-thesis.sh [OPTIONS] [filename]

[option] compile: Compiles the PhD Thesis

[option] clean: removes temporary files - no filename required