Unofficial TeX Live Dockerfile for various versions. Prebuild images can be found at this Dockerhub repository.
Please notice: TeX Live <= 2023 is frozen forever according to tuc.org. You should only use it, if you need it for a specific project or template which is incompatible with newer versions.
After installing Docker, just run the following command inside your LaTeX workspace.
It will mount the current directory to /data inside the container.
This path will be used as working directory as defined in the Dockerfile.
docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/data maxkratz/textlive:latest pdflatex <yourfile>.texIf you have a Makefile defined just run the following command from your workspace:
docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/data maxkratz/texlive:latest makeYou can also use other compilers, e.g., lualatex:
docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/data maxkratz/texlive:latest lualatex <yourfile>.texThis Docker image is available in various versions which each represent a tag. Currently, there are the following tags published:
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| base | Base image with updates and prerequesites installed |
| latest | Newest (stable) TeX Live version available |
| 2024 | TeX Live version 2024 |
| 2024-gradle | TeX Live version 2024 + OpenJDK 21 + Gradle |
| 2024-python | TeX Live version 2024 + Python 3 + pip |
| 2023 | TeX Live version 2023 |
| 2023-gradle | TeX Live version 2023 + OpenJDK 21 + Gradle |
| 2023-python | TeX Live version 2023 + Python 3 + pip |
| 2022 | TeX Live version 2022 (from archive) |
| 2022-gradle | TeX Live version 2022 + OpenJDK 21 + Gradle (from archive) |
| 2021 | TeX Live version 2021 (from archive) |
| 2020 | TeX Live version 2020 (from archive) |
| 2019 | TeX Live version 2019 (from archive) |
| 2018 | TeX Live version 2018 (from archive) |
| 2017 | TeX Live version 2017 (from archive) |
| 2016 | TeX Live version 2016 (from archive) |
Please notice, that the base tag does not have any TeX packages installed. It is used as a base for the other builds and builds on top of the ubuntu 24.04 image.
The Dockerfiles can be found at the Github repository sorted in folders by year.
The following packages are installed in this Docker image:
- Some utility packages like wget and build essentials etc.
- TeX Live (thats the whole point ...)
If you find any problems, bugs or missing packages, feel free to open an issue on Github.