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How do I install just the most recent version of the tikzmark package?

I tried to install texlive 2018, but it requires glibc 2.14, and my system (CentOS 6) only have glibc 2.12. I then installed the custom binaries for x86_64-linux-glibc2.12 but the system was unusable, nothing worked (e.g. IEEEtran), just the bare minimum (e.g. the article class). I reinstalled texlive 2016 and I am installing the more recent packages needed in my user texmf directory, but I don't know how to install the tikzmark package, as it is a library of the tikz package.

Thanks for any help.

Joao Alberto
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I describe below what I have done to install the most recent version of the tikzmark package.

I have a tex file that needs the most recent version of the tikzmark package and generates an error when I try to compile with an old version of the package.

I searched in the log for "tikzmark" and discovered the file path for the package files already installed. In my system, /user/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tikzmark/tikzlibrarytikzmark.code.tex.

I downloaded the package from CTAN, unzipped it, and generated the tikzlibrarytikzmark.code.tex and tikzmarklibrarylistings.code.tex library files through the command $ tex tikzmark.ins.

I then created my tex user directory by issuing the following command in the terminal: $ mkdir -p ~/texmf/tex/latex/tikzmark and moved the generated files to there.

Done!

Credits to @samcarter!

Joao Alberto
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You can glibc 2.14 along with 2.12 following this post: How to update glibc to 2.14 in CentOS 6.5.

You can activate glibc 2.14 whenever you need by typing the last line given in the post. 

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/glibc-2.14/lib

So you can first install texlive 2018. Enter the above mentioned export command and then try pdflatex.

This method worked for me. I didn't think adding the line export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/glibc-2.14/lib to .bashrc was a good idea and hence I made another file .latexrc in the home folder and added this line there. Doing source ~/.latexrc makes the terminal ready for running texlive commands.

nidhin
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