I think what I did is only applicable for Mac OS users. The TeX distribution for Mac is MacTeX, this contains the full distribution (4GB) and other components like GUI applications, which I think is not needed for the tasks at the moment.
I opted for the smaller distribution which is the BasicTeX (also for Mac users), it contains the standard tools of TeX Live such as TeX, LaTeX, pdfTeX, and more. And the BasicTeX is only 95MB. :) Hope this is helpful for the other participants, since you're using Ubuntu, maybe it's different for your case.
Thanks a lot for the info! I am sure will be useful in the future.
Exactly, for me in Ubuntu was different. Probably there is a way to install even only more basic packages.
We will try to see what we can do at the code level. This is definitely something that needs to be fixed.
I have open a GitHub issue to remember, and will try to address it at some point (I was in the US for work this week, and had no time to be close to the chain).
Definitely! :)