From 41e6c247e3235e79470a036e81dc60194d844fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AadilRn <aadilrehan02@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:58:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add commands to create missing bibtex link and prebuild
 pdflatex

---
 .github/workflows/latex-pages.yml | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
index 27f1dff..648b8de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,22 @@ jobs:
           # with "Font rm-lmr7 at 600 not found".
           sudo updmap-sys >/dev/null
 
+          # Restore the bibtex symlink skipped by cache-apt-pkgs postinst
+          if ! command -v bibtex >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if [ -f /usr/bin/bibtex.original ]; then
+              sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/bibtex.original /usr/bin/bibtex
+            elif [ -f /usr/bin/bibtexu ]; then
+              sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/bibtexu /usr/bin/bibtex
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          # Pre-generate pdflatex format at system level to suppress
+          # user-mode warning
+          sudo fmtutil-sys --byfmt pdflatex >/dev/null
+
           pdflatex --version | head -1
+          # add missing bibtex version check verifying executable exists
+          bibtex --version | head -1 
           pandoc --version | head -1
           kpsewhich article.cls
           kpsewhich amsmath.sty
@@ -215,17 +230,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: public
 
-  deploy:
-    needs: build
-    # Only the real branch publishes. A pull request, especially one from a
-    # fork, has a read-only token and cannot deploy, so without this the
-    # deploy job fails on every pull request.
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5
+  # deploy:
+  #   needs: build
+  #   # Only the real branch publishes. A pull request, especially one from a
+  #   # fork, has a read-only token and cannot deploy, so without this the
+  #   # deploy job fails on every pull request.
+  #   if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   environment:
+  #     name: github-pages
+  #     url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+  #       id: deployment
+  #       uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5

From 0543b6db5de3ea49b5614052f4b003150d7604ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AadilRn <aadilrehan02@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:02:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] removed comments from deploy job

---
 .github/workflows/latex-pages.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
index 648b8de..30be21a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latex-pages.yml
@@ -230,17 +230,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: public
 
-  # deploy:
-  #   needs: build
-  #   # Only the real branch publishes. A pull request, especially one from a
-  #   # fork, has a read-only token and cannot deploy, so without this the
-  #   # deploy job fails on every pull request.
-  #   if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   environment:
-  #     name: github-pages
-  #     url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-  #       id: deployment
-  #       uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    # Only the real branch publishes. A pull request, especially one from a
+    # fork, has a read-only token and cannot deploy, so without this the
+    # deploy job fails on every pull request.
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5