Compiling LaTeX Documents with Nix

The easy way

$ nix-shell -p texlive.combined.full
$ latexmk main.tex

The not-so easy way

let
   pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
   tex = (pkgs.texlive.combine {
     inherit (pkgs.texlive) scheme-basic
     arydshln fontawesome5 latexmk multirow metafont pgf;
   });
 in {

   devShells.x86_64-linux.default = pkgs.mkShell {
     packages = [ tex ];
   };

Lots of looking in nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/tlpdb.nix

Using a derivation

packages.x86_64-linux.default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
  pname = "my-document";
  version = "2023.10";
  src = ./.;

  buildInputs = [ tex ];
  buildPhase = ''
    echo $(pwd)
    latexmk -pdf main.tex
  '';

  installPhase = ''
    mkdir -p $out
    cp main.pdf $out/document-name.pdf
  '';
};

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 tcsl1095
mkdir: cannot create directory '././homeless-shelter': Permission denied
mktexpk: /nix/store/7z9knc5c299c6jxfdbk38g33ga3yhp57-texlive-combined-2022-texmfdist/web2c/mktexdir /homeless-shelte>
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/58697

https://github.com/dnadales/nix-latex-template - nice resource!