Public bug reported:
It is possible for users to have a configuration where Hebrew doesn't
work in XeLaTeX without a reasonable cause.
The package texlive-lang-hebrew is a dummy package, that depends on
texlive-lang-other.
The package texlive-lang-other includes the "polyglossia" tex package, a modern
replacement for the "babel" package, and also includes Hebrew fonts.
When polyglossia is used in a tex document with RTL languages, such as Hebrew,
it automatically loads the "bidi" package.
However, the "bidi" tex package is not included in texlive-lang-other, only in
texlive-lang-arabic (the package for Arabic and Farsi).
Therefore, if a user only installs the Hebrew language pack, and uses
Hebrew in a tex document with polyglossia, she gets an error "File
`bidi.sty' not found".
My proposed solution: either
a) include bidi.sty and its dependencies in texlive-lang-other, or
b) make texlive-lang-hebrew a real package: split the hebrew fonts from
texlive-lang-other, and polyglossia, and maybe some other stuff, and also copy
the "bidi" package from texlive-lang-arabic.
** Affects: texlive-lang (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413808
Title:
texlive polyglossia bidi package missing in some configurations
Status in texlive-lang package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
It is possible for users to have a configuration where Hebrew doesn't
work in XeLaTeX without a reasonable cause.
The package texlive-lang-hebrew is a dummy package, that depends on
texlive-lang-other.
The package texlive-lang-other includes the "polyglossia" tex package, a
modern replacement for the "babel" package, and also includes Hebrew fonts.
When polyglossia is used in a tex document with RTL languages, such as
Hebrew, it automatically loads the "bidi" package.
However, the "bidi" tex package is not included in texlive-lang-other, only
in texlive-lang-arabic (the package for Arabic and Farsi).
Therefore, if a user only installs the Hebrew language pack, and uses
Hebrew in a tex document with polyglossia, she gets an error "File
`bidi.sty' not found".
My proposed solution: either
a) include bidi.sty and its dependencies in texlive-lang-other, or
b) make texlive-lang-hebrew a real package: split the hebrew fonts from
texlive-lang-other, and polyglossia, and maybe some other stuff, and also copy
the "bidi" package from texlive-lang-arabic.
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