LatexTools not installing in Sublime Text 3

Question

I am using Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu 18.04. I have been trying to install the LatexTools package using Package Control. However, each time I try, the package seems not to have installed - it does not appear under "Package Settings" or "Installed Packages", when I try building latex files I get the message "no build system", and Latex is not an option under "Build System". I have already installed TexLive using apt-get install. Does anyone know what the issue might be here?

Answer 1

By default, Sublime Text's build system is set to Automatic. To determine which build system to use, your current document needs to match the build system's selector. In the case of LaTeX Tools, that selector is text.tex.latex.

Unless there's conflict of some sorts, Sublime Text will assign the selector once you save a LaTeX file with a compatible file-extension. Otherwise, you can set the syntax for any file manually from the command palette (e.g. Set Syntax: LaTeX) or by clicking in the right bottom of the Sublime Text window.

If all of the above fails, you can override default build system by changing it from Automatic to LaTeX:

Once the build system is set up correctly, it should report missing binaries if there are any.

Example:

Basic Builder: running pdflatex...

COULD NOT COMPILE!

Attempted command:pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 > untitled.tex

Build engine: Basic Builder