diff --git a/packages/tinytex/install b/packages/tinytex/install
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+apt-get update -qq
+
+# install inkscape to use includesvg of LaTeX's svg package
+apt-get install -y inkscape
+
diff --git a/packages/tinytex/test.R b/packages/tinytex/test.R
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+options(download.file.method = "curl")
+install.packages("tinytex", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com")
+tinytex::install_tinytex()
+tinytex::tlmgr_install(c("svg", "koma-script", "trimspaces",
+                         "ifplatform", "catchfile", "transparent",
+                         "fp", "ms", "pgf"))
+tinytex::tlmgr_update()
+download.file(url = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Example.svg",
+              destfile = "test.svg")
+tex_document <- "
+\\documentclass{article}
+\\usepackage[inkscapearea=page]{svg}
+\\begin{document}
+\\includesvg{test}
+\\end{document}
+"
+write(tex_document, file = "test.tex")
+tinytex::latexmk(file = "test.tex", engine_args = "-shell-escape")
+file.remove("test.svg")
+file.remove("test.tex")