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  • Thank you Alan. I don't think my tex-live installation worked properly on first try. After going through the process again (tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html) I've just triggered the perl script installations. Is it meant to take so long? I've 4562 packages that are being installed and it's going to take around half an hour to get it all installed. Is this normal? I will do what you suggested straight after this installation has completed. Thanks for your really helpful response. Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 16:08
  • Just download the MacTeX installer instead. Much easier, then run TeX Live Utility to update the distribution to the latest versions. Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 16:30
  • Good point, but because I'm on WSL, I'm not sure that would work? Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 16:33
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    Oh sorry, I totally misread your question. The path I gave you is one that will work for the Mac, but not Linux. So instead of /Library/TeX/texbin you should add the path that gets returned when you type which pdflatex from the command line, once your installation is complete. Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 16:49
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    I've updated the answer with both Mac and Linux details. Commented Jul 18, 2023 at 17:54