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Updating to the latest TeX on Ubuntu 16.04

andrewmemoryblog@gmail.com (Andrew's Memory Blog) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:42:26 -0700

I had problems running the TeXLive package manager tlmgr on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS install. Apparently the package manager changed formats in 2016, so the version that is included with Ubuntu is out of date (and presumably so is TeX/LaTeX).

Luckily, there’s a repo with the latest TeX as described here: tipsonubuntu.com/2016/09/16/install-tex-live-2016-ubuntu-16-04-14-04/

In short, if you have TeX already installed, do this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/texlive sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade

After that you’ll run into the following bug: bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=824137 You’ll need to do the following to get around it: sudo apt -f remove texlive-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-pictures texlive-pstricks texlive-base-bin prosper texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-fonts-extra-doc texlive-latex-base texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-extra-doc texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-pictures-doc texlive-pstricks-doc tipa sudo apt install texlive-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-pictures texlive-pstricks texlive-base-bin prosper texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-fonts-extra-doc texlive-latex-base texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-extra-doc texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-pictures-doc texlive-pstricks-doc tipa

After that, you should be running the latest TexLive.

Editions of ARRL Hints and Kinks Books

andrewmemoryblog@gmail.com (Andrew's Memory Blog) — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:51:02 -0700

I’ve been looking around the web for a list of the ARRL “Hints & Kinks for the Radio Amateur” editions. I wasn’t able to find one, so here’s what I know:

Edition	Year	Orig Price	Preface
First volume (unlabeled)	1933	0.50
Volume Two	1937	0.50	Ross A. Hull (VK3JU operating as ARRL station W1MK/W1AW?)
Volume Three	1945	0.50	unsigned
Volume Four	1949	1.00	A. L. Budlong (W1BUD)
Volume Five	1954	1.00	A. L. Budlong (W1BUD)
Volume Six	1959	1.00	A. L. Budlong (W1BUD)
Volume Seven	1965	1.00	John Huntoon W1LVQ
8th Edition	1968	1.00	John Huntoon W1LVQ
9th Edition	1973? 1974?	2.00
Edition	Year	Orig Price	Editor
10th Edition	1978	4.00	Stuart Leland W1JEC
11th Edition	1982	4.00	Charles L. Hutchinson K8CH, Stuart B. Leland W1JEC, Larry D. Wolfgang WA3VIL
12th Edition	1989	5.00	Charles L. Hutchinson K8CH, David Newkirk AK7M
13th Edition	1992	10.00	David Newkirk WJ1Z
14th Edition	1997	12.00	Robert Schetgen KU7G, David Newkirk W9VES
15th Edition	2000	12.00	Larry Wolfgang WR1B
16th Edition	2003	15.95	Steve Ford WB8IMY
17th Edition	2004	17.95	Dana G. Reed W1LC
18th Edition	2012	22.95	Steve Ford WB8IMY

All the editions from 10 on are the large format (8 x 11 inches) and have an editor; the editions from 1 through 9 are 6 x 9 inch and sometimes have the writer of the preface/forward listed. N4MW has info about the earlier editions as well as other classic ARRL publications.

Thanks also to James Smith for clarifications about three of the earlier editions.