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| author | Loek Le Blansch <loek@pipeframe.xyz> | 2024-10-31 15:39:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Loek Le Blansch <loek@pipeframe.xyz> | 2024-10-31 15:39:20 +0100 |
| commit | c914e226cf9b21bcb307059ef44ab3ff4b3cb8de (patch) | |
| tree | 15674bf31baab3b1cb6120cb3ecfd7fc2d4dd8e7 | |
| parent | 969b5d9b25be2b8840b4b6c33e9e4a13c2d7f898 (diff) | |
add manual plantuml upgrade instructions to readme
| -rw-r--r-- | readme.md | 24 |
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ snippets for specific formatting. Prerequisites: - A LaTeX distribution that includes XeLaTeX and latexmk -- PlantUML +- PlantUML ([1.2024.7 or later](#plantuml)!) - Python 3 - Fonts (see see [style.md](./style.md) for download links) @@ -33,7 +33,29 @@ additional configuration files for the following editors: - `sources.bib` contains all bibliography entries / references - `glossary.bib` contains all glossary entries +## PlantUML + +To check if your PlantUML version is recent enough, run: +``` +$ plantuml -version +``` + +To upgrade PlantUML manually, download the latest (GPL) \.jar from +[here][plantuml], and overwrite the \.jar file installed by your package +manager: + +``` +$ curl -sLo- https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/releases/download/v1.2024.7/plantuml-1.2024.7.jar > plantuml.jar +# mv plantuml.jar /usr/share/plantuml/plantuml.jar +``` + +> NOTE: Ubuntu, Debian and Mint all place PlantUML's \.jar file under +> `/usr/share/plantuml/plantuml.jar`, while it's under +> `/usr/share/java/plantuml/plantuml.jar` on Arch. Check the contents of the +> file returned by `command -v plantuml` to confirm this. + [vscode]: https://code.visualstudio.com [latexworkshop]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop [vimtex]: https://github.com/lervag/vimtex +[plantuml]: https://plantuml.com/en/download |