LaTeX Thesis Template

How to build

Use the make or make build command to compile the final PDF. For more information about the provided targets (tasks) use make help.

Installation guide

Web Editor

You can use tools like Overleaf as web editor if you don`t want to install LaTeX locally. Just upload the files and you should be good to go!

Local Setup (Linux)

• Install latexmk, TexLive and used packages, e.g. on Ubuntu based systems via sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-lang-german biber latexmk
• Install the LaTeX editor of your choice

Local Setup (macOS)

MacTeX is a full LaTeX distribution (>4 GB) including a GUI application and all necessary packages. Install MacTeX via Homebrew or download it from https://www.tug.org/mactex/.

• brew install mactex or brew install mactex-no-gui and restart the terminal.

Structure

This template was designed so that you can focus on content and not on presentation. The following files may be edited:

• myconfiguration.sty - set your personal details such as your name and thesis title, and any additional packages you wish to include. Also define your chosen language.
• mybibliography.bib - your referenced materials. A short selection of Prof. Riehle`s works have been included.
• contents/zusammenfassung.tex - if the thesis is being written in English, remove the file.
• contents/ - all files in this directory are meant to be edited. Section headings should be retained when they are provided, if applicable. The existing content is provided only as a guide or example.

We are making use of BibLaTeX instead of BibTeX. If you have not used BibLaTeX before you may need to install biber. BibLaTeX is a modern bibliography tool which has more robust handling of unicode and URLs.