Automatically install font package at usage of setmainfont

[koppor]

MiKTeX brings the functionality to automatically install CTAN packages when a LaTeX package is required by \usepackage{...}.

When using a \setmainfont (.e.g, \setmainfont{TeX Gyre Termes}) the respective package tex-gyre is not installed. One has to manually install it (mpm --install=tex-gyre) to resolve fontspec error: "font-not-found".

Since lualatex / fontspec gets more and more popular, such a feature of MiKTeX would be really helpful.

Side comments:

• First reported at master missing dependency for font "TeX Gyre Heros"? latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template#88.
• A CTAN package is different from a LaTeX package - see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/247530/difference-between-cfr-lm-and-lm-package/247533#247533

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[koppor]

I hoped, this was a quick win to implement. 😇

[ivankokan]

Similar concept #429. (Not saying that the implementation could be similar.)

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[koppor]

I hoped, this was a quick win to implement. 😇

[koppor]

Other errors:

• Package fontspec Error: The font "Inconsolatazi4" cannot be found. Install "inconsolata" package manually
• Package fontspec Error: The font "LinuxLibertineO" cannot be found.. Install "libertine" package manually
• Package fontspec Error: The font "TeXGyreTermes" cannot be found.. Install "tex-gyre" and "tex-gyre-math" packages manually

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