Installation on Linux

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Installation on Windows

LaTeX

with chocolatey you can install the texlive.iso you need very easy, execute the following command in an admin power shell terminal:

choco install texlive

texlive is for the interpretation of your latex file.

VS-Code

In the same admin terminal you launch for installing texlive you can install vs-code if you don’t have it

choco install vscode

Zotero

Also in the same admin terminal run the command to install zotero

choco install zotero

Configuration of VS-Code

open vs-code and press Ctrl + Shift + P to open the command pallet. In the command pallet you can copy the following.

ext install James-Yu.latex-workshop

This command installed the extension latex-workshop for you.

If the extension is installed, you have to configure the extension. Press Ctrl + Shift + P again and type in User json. You should see the option Preferences:Open User Settings (JSON), select that. Now you should have a file open with the name settings.json in the {} of the file copy the following settings:

"latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
 {
  "name": "latexmk",
  "command": "latexmk",
  "args": [
   "-synctex=1",
   "-interaction=nonstopmode",
   "-file-line-error",
   "-pdf",
   "-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
   "%DOC%"
  ],
  "env": {}
 },
 {
  "name": "xelatex",
  "command": "xelatex",
  "args": [
   "-synctex=1",
   "-interaction=nonstopmode",
   "-file-line-error",
   "%DOC%"
  ],
  "env": {}
 },
 {
  "name": "pdflatex",
  "command": "pdflatex",
  "args": [
   "-synctex=1",
   "-interaction=nonstopmode",
   "-file-line-error",
   "%DOC%"
  ],
  "env": {}
 },
 {
  "name": "bibtex",
  "command": "bibtex",
  "args": [
   "%DOCFILE%"
  ],
  "env": {}
 }
],
"latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
 {
  "name": "pdfLaTeX",
  "tools": [
   "pdflatex"
  ]
 },
 {
  "name": "latexmk 🔃",
  "tools": [
   "latexmk"
  ]
 },
 {
  "name": "xelatex",
  "tools": [
   "xelatex"
  ]
 },
 {
  "name": "pdflatex ➞ bibtex ➞ pdflatex`×2",
  "tools": [
   "pdflatex",
   "bibtex",
   "pdflatex",
   "pdflatex"
  ]
 },
 {
 "name": "xelatex ➞ bibtex ➞ xelatex`×2",
 "tools": [
   "xelatex",
   "bibtex",
   "xelatex",
   "xelatex"
  ]
 }
]

credits Jia Jia

after that i recommend you to install the extension Zotero LaTeX in vs-code with the command pallet (Ctrl + Shift + P ) with the command:

ext install bnavetta.zoterolatex

After that you should Alt-Z pick a reference that you added in Zotero beforehand. With the command pallet (Ctrl + Shift + P) you can checkout the other command look for Zotero and you should be shown some option.

![[/assets/blog/how_to_write_bachelor_thesis_effortlessly/command_pallet.png]]

Remember that you have to have a .tex file open to see this option like shown in the image. I highly recommend the browser add-on for Zotero.

• Firefox
• Chrome