Ii texlive-latex-base 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages Ii texlive-generic-recommended 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Recommended generic packages Ii texlive-fonts-recommended-doc 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-fonts-recommended Ii texlive-fonts-recommended 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Recommended fonts Ii texlive-fonts-extra-doc 2012.20120611-2 all TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-fonts-extra Ii texlive-fonts-extra 2012.20120611-2 all TeX Live: Extra fonts Ii texlive-font-utils 2012.20120611-2 all TeX Live: Graphics and font utilities Ii texlive-extra-utils 2012.20120611-2 all TeX Live: TeX auxiliary programs Ii texlive-doc-base 2012.20120611-1 all TeX Live: TeX Live documentation

Ii texlive-common 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Base component Ii texlive-binaries 2012.20120628-4 amd64 Binaries for TeX Live ii texlive-base 2012.20120611-5 all TeX Live: Essential programs and files I am currently using Debian wheezy (stable). These probably include most of the packages required for basic usage. OTOH, the list of packages I have installed is as follows. You may also find LaTeX: Debian Wiki useful. This installs a lot of stuff that you won't need, but if disk space is not a concern, then that is the simplest way to go. If you want a simple way to install the TeX Live Debian packages, you could just install the meta-package texlive-full. I think most people here would recommend a manual installation, but I use the TeX Live Debian packages and they work fine.

The major issue is that the packages get outdated. Norbert Preining and others have gone to a lot of trouble to make sure these packages work well.

I'm not sure what problem you are having with the Debian/Ubuntu TeX Live packages.

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