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* PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
@ 2023-10-20  8:49 Mario Forzanini
  2023-10-20  8:54 ` Sergiu Ivanov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mario Forzanini @ 2023-10-20  8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-guix

Hello everyone,

I recently started to use TeX on Guix but I noticed that compiling documents is 
really slow, as most of the time is spent loading packages.

E.g. compiling a 22 page beamer presentation takes 2 minutes:

<snip>
$ wc -l presentation.tex
213 /home/mario/doc/uni/Tesi/thesis/presentation.tex
$ time lualatex presentation.tex
[...]
Output written on presentation.pdf (22 pages, 5682550 bytes).
Transcript written on presentation.log.
35.486u 126.397s 162.888r 	 lualatex 
/home/mario/doc/uni/Tesi/thesis/presentation.tex
</snip>

For reference these are the texlive packages I installed:

<snip>
$ guix package --list-installed | grep texlive
texlive-concmath-otf    66594                   out 
/gnu/store/3xcd0ggqw268h47m6ydvrq0q4rmf5zm4-texlive-concmath-otf-66594
texlive-cmupint         66594                   out 
/gnu/store/pb22zhac68a8k6d3684rv2b4gj926y7l-texlive-cmupint-66594
texlive-cm-unicode      66594                   out 
/gnu/store/6hrb17sg28g5mf2ikd5f4farwmiabk6m-texlive-cm-unicode-66594

$ guix home describe --list-installed='texlive-*'
  Generation 160  ott 16 2023 09:07:04    (current)
   file name: /var/guix/profiles/per-user/mario/guix-home-160-link
   canonical file name: /gnu/store/0kas044z218jr31661vdy2jf7pmsqdhk-home
   channels:
     guix:
       repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
       branch: master
       commit: 9b77bd0b9b4f3de69390da0ba7db5b9dbc01e554
     nonguix:
       repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
       branch: master
       commit: 5e5167168efbdaf561a53edd5622531f411a051b
   configuration file: /gnu/store/xfn5ikvj1rgdzs51ppq1kwj60qxgh6zk-configuration.scm
   packages:
     texlive-scheme-medium       66594   out 
/gnu/store/rqndj9hy42d7ln5yy0ikmq5nxp6m043d-texlive-scheme-medium-66594
     texlive-asana-math          66594   out 
/gnu/store/cznng0m9c3aqpbw7idw3z4l1mn4nn3sl-texlive-asana-math-66594
     texlive-latex-bin           66594   out 
/gnu/store/vi0cr68279q3d6f2217cxbf45xrxp6vp-texlive-latex-bin-66594
     texlive-pdfx                66594   out 
/gnu/store/46c4c5lqqj86qrpldz2532w7p19bja6x-texlive-pdfx-66594
     texlive-cabin               66594   out 
/gnu/store/wlcwkgj7rp7pnx0dvmchmhdnm2yrmf8l-texlive-cabin-66594
     texlive-concrete            66594   out 
/gnu/store/53xqziaid6i7apgnc916mdwgi0mkyrin-texlive-concrete-66594
     texlive-beton               66594   out 
/gnu/store/8vasp88pgbhx5qsccdnap5l02b1lag2y-texlive-beton-66594
     texlive-concmath            66594   out 
/gnu/store/b1xhcv873zvivkivkavdph7ld70x6d30-texlive-concmath-66594
     texlive-ccfonts             66594   out 
/gnu/store/1m24hz3jm6ypf208902cz1qb6bcwb253-texlive-ccfonts-66594
     texlive-etbb                66594   out 
/gnu/store/blkgyzwmk6m4wmsyf1n2dlm6lj9ivf6j-texlive-etbb-66594
     texlive-fbb                 66594   out 
/gnu/store/pm1j0iv593fqfwl2by1r2ix7f9rps406-texlive-fbb-66594
     texlive-ly1                 66594   out 
/gnu/store/pzbjd2yg1xshfpyz89mcr3i5yn2x49fl-texlive-ly1-66594
     texlive-eulervm             66594   out 
/gnu/store/bwr4j5almkza8fw5989vd23bz7lr5fsx-texlive-eulervm-66594
     texlive-eulerpx             66594   out 
/gnu/store/dnzszhddk0ppmigq54fsky7wpx7vjj85-texlive-eulerpx-66594
     texlive-xmpincl             66594   out 
/gnu/store/jzsq2kk4f0m2s6i9xldg361zdhyw27bv-texlive-xmpincl-66594
     texlive-breakurl            66594   out 
/gnu/store/04l7bmkb5xd43l95icaafa22rvszzg8r-texlive-breakurl-66594
     texlive-physics             66594   out 
/gnu/store/d80g72gifxik8c4vy8akp0cs1jd3cq9i-texlive-physics-66594
     texlive-wrapfig             66594   out 
/gnu/store/lyz6sm75mq3d0j2y08iiajml9sm5qy0b-texlive-wrapfig-66594
     texlive-hyperref            66594   out 
/gnu/store/2g23q5adznq03rvkxrlgzhcng8z3882r-texlive-hyperref-66594
     texlive-hyperxmp            66594   out 
/gnu/store/xql82lsh0yn15v9k4d9nzxqr6v8qdsqz-texlive-hyperxmp-66594
     texlive-ifmtarg             66594   out 
/gnu/store/37aw16q11ancy51ralcn4dc2grahgqsy-texlive-ifmtarg-66594
     texlive-palatino            66594   out 
/gnu/store/b183inwmg5k17navgw52smhav3zssqm8-texlive-palatino-66594
     texlive-amsfonts            66594   out 
/gnu/store/0ab193snbbq7h2c6fnf10fhwrnr5gmpb-texlive-amsfonts-66594
     texlive-charter             66594   out 
/gnu/store/46ybzxp18fqi1k83654bjnl656w4pd97-texlive-charter-66594
     texlive-cm                  66594   out 
/gnu/store/an16s3x631z5qd7msv24g7y2nyv26njr-texlive-cm-66594
     texlive-cm-super            66594   out 
/gnu/store/vd2sp19f1vn9pz6z96j89v21saqfpd86-texlive-cm-super-66594
     texlive-ec                  66594   out 
/gnu/store/fq1f9hv2hpp3pf823skgw84acx607mph-texlive-ec-66594
     texlive-iwona               66594   out 
/gnu/store/hvvgjvzhmrxjwg8d7dilwakvpqxh38z8-texlive-iwona-66594
     texlive-knuth-lib           66594   out 
/gnu/store/nxjbmpd3r6cbamhgdb0f9i2mlwz66dwd-texlive-knuth-lib-66594
     texlive-fontaxes            66594   out 
/gnu/store/i68xphnnwmlqq15gkgpn057n04ly9li7-texlive-fontaxes-66594
     texlive-geometry            66594   out 
/gnu/store/swmnz5vrdxr7ax9iyx0jkxw9yar8mikj-texlive-geometry-66594
     texlive-latex               66594   out 
/gnu/store/016zjnvgyw7nlgyh87d9bafaavlhrjcw-texlive-latex-66594
     texlive-lm                  66594   out 
/gnu/store/8bkfl7xyqk0fz0fvwdq97n7ql5lana87-texlive-lm-66594
     texlive-mflogo-font         66594   out 
/gnu/store/zy0qjmicb65dr11vgb0akbs995q91ysh-texlive-mflogo-font-66594
     texlive-newtx               66594   out 
/gnu/store/0a4q3f557g7i0wh5hggy3bhhmi09n4qr-texlive-newtx-66594
     texlive-newtxsf             66594   out 
/gnu/store/yflymi4g5s705x8im5cpbnn5g67jjhm4-texlive-newtxsf-66594
     texlive-newtxtt             66594   out 
/gnu/store/x4n527jr63rhfl4p69dc2dp7n5xa71qv-texlive-newtxtt-66594
     texlive-rsfs                66594   out 
/gnu/store/53rf39y8wxl1mvhprpk9yzrkrqnvwvvx-texlive-rsfs-66594
     texlive-stmaryrd            66594   out 
/gnu/store/bm6vpk4v832lj1fjn44q6pfqr0z1b0lj-texlive-stmaryrd-66594
     texlive-txfonts             66594   out 
/gnu/store/ss5bbl2sf7rkbd57mgihayryjb29qsqh-texlive-txfonts-66594
     texlive-xypic               66594   out 
/gnu/store/gn0p3l0b0z29223b0db4z5yjwldkpb9k-texlive-xypic-66594
     texlive-xstring             66594   out 
/gnu/store/a15ka7hvyrk97dm8gphxs4swsvx22496-texlive-xstring-66594
     texlive-beamer              66594   out 
/gnu/store/afwf8nmmsmjl6wr0wn5kzm59jv8jpmhl-texlive-beamer-66594
</snip>

Hopefully thunderbird did not butcher the output too much... I also see similar 
compile times with pdflatex.

Am I the only one experiencing this? Are my expectations too high when it comes 
to compilation time?

Have a good day
-- 
Mario


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* Re: PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
  2023-10-20  8:49 PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow Mario Forzanini
@ 2023-10-20  8:54 ` Sergiu Ivanov
  2023-10-20 10:09   ` Mario Forzanini
  2023-10-20 10:51   ` Andreas Enge
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sergiu Ivanov @ 2023-10-20  8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mario Forzanini; +Cc: help-guix

Hi Mario,

Mario Forzanini <mf@marioforzanini.com> [2023-10-20T11:49:05+0300]:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I recently started to use TeX on Guix but I noticed that compiling
> documents is really slow, as most of the time is spent
> loading packages.

I used to have similar symptoms last summer, which is well summarized
here: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64772 (by someone else). As far as
I am concerned, the problem was fixed by the end of August.

So a trivial idea coming to my head is asking whether you are using the
latest Guix.  If not, updating your system may solve the issue.

For the reference, I install the monolithic package texlive.

-
HTH,
Sergiu



> E.g. compiling a 22 page beamer presentation takes 2 minutes:
>
> <snip>
> $ wc -l presentation.tex
> 213 /home/mario/doc/uni/Tesi/thesis/presentation.tex
> $ time lualatex presentation.tex
> [...]
> Output written on presentation.pdf (22 pages, 5682550 bytes).
> Transcript written on presentation.log.
> 35.486u 126.397s 162.888r 	 lualatex
> /home/mario/doc/uni/Tesi/thesis/presentation.tex
> </snip>
>
> For reference these are the texlive packages I installed:
>
> <snip>
> $ guix package --list-installed | grep texlive
> texlive-concmath-otf    66594                   out
> /gnu/store/3xcd0ggqw268h47m6ydvrq0q4rmf5zm4-texlive-concmath-otf-66594
> texlive-cmupint         66594                   out
> /gnu/store/pb22zhac68a8k6d3684rv2b4gj926y7l-texlive-cmupint-66594
> texlive-cm-unicode      66594                   out
> /gnu/store/6hrb17sg28g5mf2ikd5f4farwmiabk6m-texlive-cm-unicode-66594
>
> $ guix home describe --list-installed='texlive-*'
>  Generation 160  ott 16 2023 09:07:04    (current)
>   file name: /var/guix/profiles/per-user/mario/guix-home-160-link
>   canonical file name: /gnu/store/0kas044z218jr31661vdy2jf7pmsqdhk-home
>   channels:
>     guix:
>       repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>       branch: master
>       commit: 9b77bd0b9b4f3de69390da0ba7db5b9dbc01e554
>     nonguix:
>       repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
>       branch: master
>       commit: 5e5167168efbdaf561a53edd5622531f411a051b
>   configuration file: /gnu/store/xfn5ikvj1rgdzs51ppq1kwj60qxgh6zk-configuration.scm
>   packages:
>     texlive-scheme-medium       66594   out
>     /gnu/store/rqndj9hy42d7ln5yy0ikmq5nxp6m043d-texlive-scheme-medium-66594
>     texlive-asana-math          66594   out
>     /gnu/store/cznng0m9c3aqpbw7idw3z4l1mn4nn3sl-texlive-asana-math-66594
>     texlive-latex-bin           66594   out
>     /gnu/store/vi0cr68279q3d6f2217cxbf45xrxp6vp-texlive-latex-bin-66594
>     texlive-pdfx                66594   out
>     /gnu/store/46c4c5lqqj86qrpldz2532w7p19bja6x-texlive-pdfx-66594
>     texlive-cabin               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/wlcwkgj7rp7pnx0dvmchmhdnm2yrmf8l-texlive-cabin-66594
>     texlive-concrete            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/53xqziaid6i7apgnc916mdwgi0mkyrin-texlive-concrete-66594
>     texlive-beton               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/8vasp88pgbhx5qsccdnap5l02b1lag2y-texlive-beton-66594
>     texlive-concmath            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/b1xhcv873zvivkivkavdph7ld70x6d30-texlive-concmath-66594
>     texlive-ccfonts             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/1m24hz3jm6ypf208902cz1qb6bcwb253-texlive-ccfonts-66594
>     texlive-etbb                66594   out
>     /gnu/store/blkgyzwmk6m4wmsyf1n2dlm6lj9ivf6j-texlive-etbb-66594
>     texlive-fbb                 66594   out
>     /gnu/store/pm1j0iv593fqfwl2by1r2ix7f9rps406-texlive-fbb-66594
>     texlive-ly1                 66594   out
>     /gnu/store/pzbjd2yg1xshfpyz89mcr3i5yn2x49fl-texlive-ly1-66594
>     texlive-eulervm             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/bwr4j5almkza8fw5989vd23bz7lr5fsx-texlive-eulervm-66594
>     texlive-eulerpx             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/dnzszhddk0ppmigq54fsky7wpx7vjj85-texlive-eulerpx-66594
>     texlive-xmpincl             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/jzsq2kk4f0m2s6i9xldg361zdhyw27bv-texlive-xmpincl-66594
>     texlive-breakurl            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/04l7bmkb5xd43l95icaafa22rvszzg8r-texlive-breakurl-66594
>     texlive-physics             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/d80g72gifxik8c4vy8akp0cs1jd3cq9i-texlive-physics-66594
>     texlive-wrapfig             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/lyz6sm75mq3d0j2y08iiajml9sm5qy0b-texlive-wrapfig-66594
>     texlive-hyperref            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/2g23q5adznq03rvkxrlgzhcng8z3882r-texlive-hyperref-66594
>     texlive-hyperxmp            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/xql82lsh0yn15v9k4d9nzxqr6v8qdsqz-texlive-hyperxmp-66594
>     texlive-ifmtarg             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/37aw16q11ancy51ralcn4dc2grahgqsy-texlive-ifmtarg-66594
>     texlive-palatino            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/b183inwmg5k17navgw52smhav3zssqm8-texlive-palatino-66594
>     texlive-amsfonts            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/0ab193snbbq7h2c6fnf10fhwrnr5gmpb-texlive-amsfonts-66594
>     texlive-charter             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/46ybzxp18fqi1k83654bjnl656w4pd97-texlive-charter-66594
>     texlive-cm                  66594   out
>     /gnu/store/an16s3x631z5qd7msv24g7y2nyv26njr-texlive-cm-66594
>     texlive-cm-super            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/vd2sp19f1vn9pz6z96j89v21saqfpd86-texlive-cm-super-66594
>     texlive-ec                  66594   out
>     /gnu/store/fq1f9hv2hpp3pf823skgw84acx607mph-texlive-ec-66594
>     texlive-iwona               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/hvvgjvzhmrxjwg8d7dilwakvpqxh38z8-texlive-iwona-66594
>     texlive-knuth-lib           66594   out
>     /gnu/store/nxjbmpd3r6cbamhgdb0f9i2mlwz66dwd-texlive-knuth-lib-66594
>     texlive-fontaxes            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/i68xphnnwmlqq15gkgpn057n04ly9li7-texlive-fontaxes-66594
>     texlive-geometry            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/swmnz5vrdxr7ax9iyx0jkxw9yar8mikj-texlive-geometry-66594
>     texlive-latex               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/016zjnvgyw7nlgyh87d9bafaavlhrjcw-texlive-latex-66594
>     texlive-lm                  66594   out
>     /gnu/store/8bkfl7xyqk0fz0fvwdq97n7ql5lana87-texlive-lm-66594
>     texlive-mflogo-font         66594   out
>     /gnu/store/zy0qjmicb65dr11vgb0akbs995q91ysh-texlive-mflogo-font-66594
>     texlive-newtx               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/0a4q3f557g7i0wh5hggy3bhhmi09n4qr-texlive-newtx-66594
>     texlive-newtxsf             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/yflymi4g5s705x8im5cpbnn5g67jjhm4-texlive-newtxsf-66594
>     texlive-newtxtt             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/x4n527jr63rhfl4p69dc2dp7n5xa71qv-texlive-newtxtt-66594
>     texlive-rsfs                66594   out
>     /gnu/store/53rf39y8wxl1mvhprpk9yzrkrqnvwvvx-texlive-rsfs-66594
>     texlive-stmaryrd            66594   out
>     /gnu/store/bm6vpk4v832lj1fjn44q6pfqr0z1b0lj-texlive-stmaryrd-66594
>     texlive-txfonts             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/ss5bbl2sf7rkbd57mgihayryjb29qsqh-texlive-txfonts-66594
>     texlive-xypic               66594   out
>     /gnu/store/gn0p3l0b0z29223b0db4z5yjwldkpb9k-texlive-xypic-66594
>     texlive-xstring             66594   out
>     /gnu/store/a15ka7hvyrk97dm8gphxs4swsvx22496-texlive-xstring-66594
>     texlive-beamer              66594   out
>     /gnu/store/afwf8nmmsmjl6wr0wn5kzm59jv8jpmhl-texlive-beamer-66594
> </snip>
>
> Hopefully thunderbird did not butcher the output too much... I also
> see similar compile times with pdflatex.
>
> Am I the only one experiencing this? Are my expectations too high when
> it comes to compilation time?
>
> Have a good day



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* Re: PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
  2023-10-20  8:54 ` Sergiu Ivanov
@ 2023-10-20 10:09   ` Mario Forzanini
  2023-10-20 10:51   ` Andreas Enge
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mario Forzanini @ 2023-10-20 10:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sergiu Ivanov; +Cc: help-guix

On 20/10/23 10:54, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> Hi Mario,
> 
> Mario Forzanini <mf@marioforzanini.com> [2023-10-20T11:49:05+0300]:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I recently started to use TeX on Guix but I noticed that compiling
>> documents is really slow, as most of the time is spent
>> loading packages.
> 
> I used to have similar symptoms last summer, which is well summarized
> here: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64772 (by someone else). As far as
> I am concerned, the problem was fixed by the end of August.
> 
> So a trivial idea coming to my head is asking whether you are using the
> latest Guix.  If not, updating your system may solve the issue. 

Hi Sergiu,
Thank you for your quick response, indeed I am using the "latest" guix:

<snip>
$ guix describe
Generation 44   ott 19 2023 13:15:29    (current)
   guix 589a165
     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
     branch: master
     commit: 589a165de1895875a9849c2ededa69726a185a8c
</snip>

I'll check out the previous bug report to see if there's something I'm doing 
differently.
-- 
Mario



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* Re: PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
  2023-10-20  8:54 ` Sergiu Ivanov
  2023-10-20 10:09   ` Mario Forzanini
@ 2023-10-20 10:51   ` Andreas Enge
  2023-10-20 10:52     ` Mario Forzanini
  2023-10-20 13:31     ` Mario Forzanini
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Enge @ 2023-10-20 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sergiu Ivanov; +Cc: Mario Forzanini, help-guix

Hello,

Am Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:54:16AM +0300 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
> For the reference, I install the monolithic package texlive.

I think this is the difference, so using the monolithic package is a
personal stop-gap measure, until we have figured out why the problem
occurs with the modular packages.

Andreas



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* Re: PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
  2023-10-20 10:51   ` Andreas Enge
@ 2023-10-20 10:52     ` Mario Forzanini
  2023-10-20 13:31     ` Mario Forzanini
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mario Forzanini @ 2023-10-20 10:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andreas Enge, Sergiu Ivanov; +Cc: help-guix

On 20/10/23 12:51, Andreas Enge wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Am Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:54:16AM +0300 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
>> For the reference, I install the monolithic package texlive.
> 
> I think this is the difference, so using the monolithic package is a
> personal stop-gap measure, until we have figured out why the problem
> occurs with the modular packages.

I'll try that after lunch, thank you!

-- 
Mario



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* Re: PdfLatex and LuaLatex are slow
  2023-10-20 10:51   ` Andreas Enge
  2023-10-20 10:52     ` Mario Forzanini
@ 2023-10-20 13:31     ` Mario Forzanini
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mario Forzanini @ 2023-10-20 13:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andreas Enge, Sergiu Ivanov; +Cc: help-guix

On 20/10/23 12:51, Andreas Enge wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Am Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:54:16AM +0300 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov:
>> For the reference, I install the monolithic package texlive.
> 
> I think this is the difference, so using the monolithic package is a
> personal stop-gap measure, until we have figured out why the problem
> occurs with the modular packages.

I installed the monolithic 'texlive' package and compilation times went down to 
under 10 sec. Thank you!
-- 
Mario



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