CTAN update: latexmk
Date: June 19, 2025 6:13:30 AM CEST
John Collins submitted an update to the
latexmk
package.
Version: 4.87 2025-06-15
License: gpl2
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation
Announcement text:
1. Update documentation for go mode. 2. Update installation instructions and latexmk.cmd. 3. Correct/improve some items in example_rcfiles/. 4. Update detection of missing files reported by index package. 5. Correct detection of .bbl and index files after change of aux_dir. 6. Option --pdflatex no longer sets $pdflatex, so its behavior matchex --lualatex etc. 7. Removed banner options from on-line help; they are essentially obsolete. 8. Correct some informational and warning messages. 9. Add -cnf-line=STRING to set of allowed options passed to *latex. Correct method of detection of need for biber or bibtex: (In some cases, latexmk would incorrectly run bibtex and get an error, e.g., with beamer package and its option 'show only notes'.)
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexmk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latexmk
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
1. Update documentation for go mode. 2. Update installation instructions and latexmk.cmd. 3. Correct/improve some items in example_rcfiles/. 4. Update detection of missing files reported by index package. 5. Correct detection of .bbl and index files after change of aux_dir. 6. Option --pdflatex no longer sets $pdflatex, so its behavior matchex --lualatex etc. 7. Removed banner options from on-line help; they are essentially obsolete. 8. Correct some informational and warning messages. 9. Add -cnf-line=STRING to set of allowed options passed to *latex. Correct method of detection of need for biber or bibtex: (In some cases, latexmk would incorrectly run bibtex and get an error, e.g., with beamer package and its option 'show only notes'.)
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexmk More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/latexmk
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
latexmk – Fully automated LaTeX document generation
Latexmk completely automates the process of generating a LaTeX document. Given the source files for a document, latexmk issues the appropriate sequence of commands to generate a .dvi, .ps, .pdf or hardcopy version of the document.
An important feature is the preview continuous
mode
, where the script watches all of the source files
(primary file and included TeX and graphics files), and reruns
LaTeX, etc., whenever a source file has changed. Thus a previewer
can offer a display of the document’s latest state.
| Package | latexmk |
| Version | 4.88 2026-03-09 |
| Copyright | 1998–2025 John Collins |
| Maintainer | John Collins Evan McLean (inactive) David J. Musliner (inactive) |