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texlive-chemobabel

Convert chemical structures from ChemDraw, MDL molfile or SMILES

This package provides a way to convert and include chemical structure graphics from various chemical formats, such as ChemDraw files, MDL molfile or SMILES notations using Open Babel. To use this LaTeX package, it is necessary to enable execution of the following external commands via latex -shell-escape: obabel (Open Babel) inkscape or rsvg-convert (for SVG -> PDF/EPS conversion), pdfcrop or ps2eps (optional; for cropping large margins of PDF/EPS).

Installation

Install the latest version of texlive-chemobabel as follows:

guix install texlive-chemobabel

Or install a particular version:

guix install texlive-chemobabel@2025.2

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.

Badge code

You can use the following badge to inform users of texlive-chemobabel about the latest version available in Guix.

Example HTML:

<a href='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-chemobabel'><img src='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-chemobabel/badges/latest-version.svg' alt='Version in GNU Guix'></a>

Example Markdown:

[![Version in GNU Guix](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-chemobabel/badges/latest-version.svg)](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/texlive-chemobabel)

Example Org:

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