For people using ubuntu who get stranded here a better option (because it is 1/5 the size) is to use:
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
Which I found via https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/128309
For people using ubuntu who get stranded here a better option (because it is 1/5 the size) is to use:
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
Which I found via https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/128309