docker-latex-alpine

A minimal docker container for latex on alpine including texlive-full and biber

How-To Build your Latex Document

Assumption: Your main document ist called document.tex.

$ pdflatex --halt-on-error document.tex
$ biber document
$ pdflatex --halt-on-error document.tex
$ pdflatex --halt-on-error document.tex

Using for CI Tools

The image is initially build for using in CI environments. Especially for group works it is really helpful to have a always same working environment.

Gitlab CI/CD

image: julianahrens/latex-alpine:latest

build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - pdflatex -halt-on-error document.tex
    - biber document
    - pdflatex -halt-on-error document.tex
    - pdflatex -halt-on-error document.tex
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - document.pdf
      - document.log
    expire_in: 6 mos

Github Actions

For using with Github Actions is the Latex Biber Action available. This action is based on these docker image.