---
name: "rumakeindex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rumakeindex"
---

# rumakeindex(1)

process a LaTeX index using Russian Cyrillic characters

## NAME

rumakeindex - process a LaTeX index using Russian Cyrillic characters

## SYNOPSIS

**rumakeindex** *basename*

## DESCRIPTION

**rumakeindex** is used to run [**makeindex**(1)](/makeindex/1.md) on `idx` files that use Russian characters.  It is part of the T2 package.

**rumakeindex** runs [**sed**(1)](/sed/1.md) on the `idx` file to convert Cyrillic character commands to 8-bit ASCII characters; pipes the results through [**makeindex**(1)](/makeindex/1.md); and then through [**tr**(1)](/tr/1.md) to do some final conversions.  The results are placed in a KOI8-R encoded `ind` file.

## FILES

-

  - *basename.idx*

  LaTeX index entry file

- *basename.ilg*

  LaTeX index log file

- *basename.ind*

  LaTeX processed index file

-

  ## BUGS

Email bug reports to \<https://lists.tug.org/tex-k\> (public mailing list).

## COPYRIGHT

The T2 package is Copyright 1997-1999 Werner Lemberg, Vladimir Volovich and any individual authors listed elsewhere in package files.

It may be distributed under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.1 of this license or (at your option) any later version.

## SEE ALSO

[**makeindex**(1)](/makeindex/1.md), [**sed**(1)](/sed/1.md), [**tr**(1)](/tr/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Werner Lemberg, Vladimir Volovich

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.