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texliveonfly: Use a custom TeX Live `bin` folder.
$ texliveonfly --texlive_bin=${path-to-texlive_bin} ${source-tex}
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This command is most likely used in a Unix-like operating system (e.g., Linux) to run a TeX document using the texliveonfly script.

Here is the breakdown of the command:

texliveonfly: This is the name of the script being executed. It is a utility provided by the TeX Live distribution to automatically download and install any missing packages required by a TeX document.

--texlive_bin=${path-to-texlive_bin}: This is an option passed to the script specifying the location of the texlive_bin directory. The ${path-to-texlive_bin} placeholder should be replaced with the actual path to the directory containing the TeX Live binaries.

${source-tex}: This is another placeholder that should be replaced with the actual path to the TeX source file (*.tex) you want to compile.

When this command is executed with the appropriate values for ${path-to-texlive_bin} and ${source-tex}, the texliveonfly script will be invoked to compile the TeX document. It will check for any missing packages using the specified texlive_bin directory and automatically download and install them if needed, ensuring that the document can be successfully compiled without any missing dependencies.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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