Install BFH CI Packages on Windows

Fresh installation

BFH CI

Warning

It is a legacy documentation; please use this one instead.

  • Download the latest ZIP archive of BFH CI

  • Get the default LaTeX search path of the system. To do so, open a command prompt.

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  • Use the command kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME

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  • You should get a similar default TeX search directory path as shown in the picture. If not, use the displayed path on your system instead.

  • Create the path if it doesn’t exist already

  • Copy the ZIP archive into the TEXMFHOME directory in a sub-directory called dist. Create the directory if it does not exist yet

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  • Change into the dist directory

  • Move the downloaded ZIP bfh-ci_x.x.x.zip to the dist directory

  • Extract the ZIP archive and copy its contents (tex\latex and subfolders) into the directory known as TEXMFHOME on your system

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  • You should get a directory listing similar to the one shown below (TEXMFHOME\tex\latex\bfh-ci)

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  • Update your search paths with Live Tex Manager

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  • Regenerate the filename database

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Note

If you extracted the ZIP somewhere else, make sure you add the absolute path of that folder to the search path of your TeX distribution.

  • The installation failed if you use a BFH class and get an error message like bfhtesis.cls not found. Repeat the installation procedure.

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The BFH Logo package

Warning

The BFH Logo package is available for BFH members only.

  • Download the latest ZIP archive of BFH Logos.

  • Extract the ZIP archive. You should now have a bfh-logo or bfh-logo_VERSION directory in your download folder. Move it to some location where you’d like to keep the files.

  • As of version 1.6.x, the logo bundle is l3build-enabled, simplifying the installation process massively.

  • As some Windows users fear Terminal usage, we provide a batch script to simplify the installation procedure. Start the batch script ./l3build_install.bat by double-clicking the file. It will copy the logo files from this bundle into your TEXMFHOME directory. This is usually in C:\Users\<User>\texmfhome. The LaTeX compilers will then be able to find it.

  • For more details and the uninstall procedure, see the README.md file.

The BFH Fonts package

Warning

BFH Fonts are available for BFH members only.

  • Download the latest ZIP archive of BFH Fonts.

  • Extract the ZIP archive using the same procedure as the BFH Logo.

    Note

    There is no need to update the search paths anymore.

  • Select all OTF-files, right-click and select “Install”

Note

As the BFH font is an open type font (OTF), the LaTeX engine must be LuaTeX.

Update an old installation

  • Go to the TEXMFHOME directory and remove the target folder:

    Remove either the tex\latex\bfh-ci, bfh-logos or Unit (fonts) directory in TEXMFHOME, depending on your update target.

  • Download the new version of the target ZIP archive BFH-CI, BFH Logo or BFH Fonts

    • Copy the ZIP archive into the TEXMFHOME/dist directory and unzip it.

      (Look up in the fresh installation guideline for proper commands.)

    • Do the same steps as in the fresh installation, but overwrite existing files.

Remove installed packages

  • Head to the TEXMFHOME directory and remove the target folder

    • Remove either tex\latex\bfh-ci, bfh-logos or Unit (fonts) folder in TEXMFHOME, depending on what your target is.

  • To complete the deinstallation, remove the ZIP archive(s) located in the subdirectory dist, too.