Currently Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa (same repository as Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
But epsf.tex is new dependency which not exist on previous version. I know it because we must patch and re-compile every released GCC package till now (official packages don't contain big endian libs)
I don't use recommended Ubuntu 14.04 because it's after end of life date.
Currently Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa (same repository as Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
But epsf.tex is new dependency which not exist on previous version. I know it because we must patch and re-compile every released GCC package till now (official packages don't contain big endian libs)
I don't use recommended Ubuntu 14.04 because it's after end of life date.