---
name: "latex-mk"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "latex-mk"
version: "2.1-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/latex-mk"
---

# latex-mk(1)

automate compilation of LaTeX files.

## NAME

latex-mk - automate compilation of LaTeX files.

## SYNOPSIS

**latex-mk** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **latex-mk** commands. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.

**latex-mk** is a wrapper script used by the LaTeX-Mk makefile system for LaTeX documents. Its purpose is to run LaTeX the appropriate number of times to resolve all references and page changes associated with resolving references.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show description of the script.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-b** **--bibtex**

  Force call to BibTeX.

- **--clean**

  Delete log file.

- **--debug**

  Enable debug mode.

- **--ignore-errors**

  Ignore errors.

- **--pdflatex**

  Use pdflatex instead of latex.

- **--tex2page**

  Use tex2page instead of latex.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Rafael Laboissiere \<rafael@debian.org\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Rafael Laboissiere\