Resume with AltaCV and LaTeX

Navigate to the GitHub repo AltaCV and clone it to your local system. In this example I have cloned it to ~/git.

  cd ~/git/
  git clone https://github.com/liantze/AltaCV

Install docker and docker-compose on your system. On Arch this can be made with the following:

  sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose  # Install docker and docker-compose
  sudo systemctl enable docker.service  # Make sure docker starts at boot
  sudo usermod -aG docker $USER         # Add your user to the docker group
  shutdown -r now                       # Reboot your system

It's important that you reboot your system to get group changes and systemd services to work!

marcellodesales have composed a docker image that contains all the dependencies we need to compile the AltaCV template.

Navigate to his project and copy his docker-compose example and add it to ~/git/AltaCV/docker-compose.yaml. My file looks like this:

  version: "3.3"

  services:
    tex_to_pdf:
      image: marcellodesales/texlive-full-biber
      working_dir: /resume
      environment:
        # Name of the tex file. Say "main.tex". Running latexpdf might generate main.aux (if references are included set WITH_BIB=true)
        - TEX_FILENAME=sample
        # If you have Bib references, just say so.
        - WITH_BIB=true
        # Clean the logs generated
        - CLEAN_LATEX_LOGS=true
        # Rename the final PDF with the name. Say "main.pdf -> RENAME_PDF_AS.pdf
        - RENAME_PDF_AS=john-herrlin-resume
      volumes:
        - "${PWD}:/resume"

Navigate to the sample.tex file and change your name. Save and the run:

  docker-compose up

Docker may run for a little white to download all the dependencies and then compile your LaTeX file to PDF. Then the file ~/git/AltaCV/john-herrlin-resume.pdf will be written to your local system.

This is the first page on my resume.

Thanks to liantze for creating and sharing the LaTeX template! https://github.com/liantze/AltaCV

Thanks to marcellodesales for creating the docker environment! https://github.com/marcellodesales/texlive-full-biber-docker