measuring tex packages

2025-09-02 23:00:10 +02:00
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--- a/writing/tex/tex_packages.md
+++ b/writing/tex/tex_packages.md
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Search packages:
 ```sh
 tlmgr search --global epstopdf
 ```
-
 Can't find what you need?
 Search for a specific file instead:

@@ -60,8 +59,16 @@ tlmgr search --global --file epstopdf-base.sty
 sudo tlmgr install epstopdf-pkg
 ```

-## Recommended Packages
+Check how many unique licences LaTeX packages use:

+```sh
+tlmgr info --list --json
+jq -r '.[].cataloguedata.license' < tex.json  | sort | uniq | wc -l
+```
+
+Please remember: the world does not need any more licences.
+
+## Recommended Packages

 ```
 latexmk