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tlmgr-paper:tldr:b808e
tlmgr-paper: Set the default paper size for a specific TeX Live program to A4.
$ sudo tlmgr ${pdftex} paper ${a4}
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This command utilizes the package manager of TeX Live, which is called tlmgr, with the sudo command to execute it with administrative privileges. The purpose of this command is to modify the default paper size used by the PDFTeX engine in the TeX typesetting system.
- ${pdftex} - This variable represents the PDFTeX engine, which is a popular implementation of TeX that can directly generate PDF files.
- paper - It is a command used in conjunction with tlmgr to adjust the paper size settings.
- ${a4} - This variable specifies the desired paper size format, in this case, A4 paper size. It represents the standard international paper size used in many countries around the world.
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