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I am unable to use the package "fontawesome5" as my compilation fails with the following error:

'! LaTeX Error: File `fontawesome5.sty' not found.'

The compilation runs fine on my Windows machine but I cannot get it working on Linux.

So far I have tried downloading the fontawesome package and extracting its contents under the directory returned by running kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME (which I had to create). I then ran texhash on this directory.

This did not resolve my issue however.

FYI I am using texlive-latex-extra. Maybe texlive-full comes with the fontawesome package and I wouldn't have to worry about manually installing it?

But there has to be a simpler solution. How can I get my compiler to find this fontawesome5.sty file?

Luca Guarro
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    latex won't "find" it you need to install it. If you installed tex from tug, then tlmgr install fontawesome5 would do it. if you use the linux packaged tex it depends on your distribution, you need to install a suitable collection via apt or whatever linux package manager you use – David Carlisle Mar 08 '22 at 22:02
  • when I try to tug, i get /usr/bin/tlmgr: unexpected return value from verify_checksum: -5 – Luca Guarro Mar 09 '22 at 00:42
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    Did you install texlive from your distro's repos, or from tug? If from your distro, then if on a Debian based system, like Ubuntu, try installing texlive-fonts-extra. If on an Arch-based system, try installing texlive-fontsextra. (I think it's also called texlive-fontsextra on RPM-based distros like Fedora.) – frabjous Mar 09 '22 at 04:25
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    Check this post about the verify_checksum error. – frabjous Mar 09 '22 at 04:27

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