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clingonboy

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[SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

I try to use Pandoc to export a pdf file:

pandoc appunti.md -o appunti.pdf 

but I have this error back:

pdflatex not found. Please select a different --pdf-engine or install pdflatex

I looked for in the web and forum but I dont find how to install this pdf-engine named pdflatex
At really I dont find any information about what is a pdf-engine

Somebody know where I can find some reference ?

Thanks.

Last edited by clingonboy (2020-12-21 21:06:03)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

Did you check the optional dependencies for pandoc?

....
Optional Deps   : pandoc-citeproc: for citation rendering with pandoc-citeproc filter
                  pandoc-crossref: for numbering figures, equations, tables and cross-references to them with pandoc-crossref filter
                  texlive-core: for pdf output

Last edited by loqs (2020-12-21 20:12:34)

clingonboy

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

I don't know how to do that

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

See Pacman#Querying_package_databases .
See also Pacman#Search_for_a_package_that_contains_a_specific_file so you could locate pdflatex.

clingonboy

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

If I try:

pacman -F pdflatex
extra/texlive-bin 2020.54586-7
    usr/bin/pdflatex

but in any case if I try:

pandoc appunti.md --pdf-engine=pdflatex -o appunti.pdf 

I have the error:

pdflatex not found. Please select a different --pdf-engine or install pdflatex

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

pandoc lists texlive-core as an optional dependency with the description "for pdf output".  Installing texlive-core would install its dependency textlive-bin which provides /usr/bin/pdflatex.

clingonboy

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

I don't understand why if i try
pacman -Ss pdflatex
I don't have any result

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

The pacman -F command you've used showed you that texlive-bin is the package you want to install as that contains pdflatex

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

pdflatex is not a package name and is not listed in the description of any package,  so no matches.  You found it from the file search which told you which package provided /usr/bin/pdflatex.
The options dependencies also listed what to install for PDF support in pandoc.

clingonboy

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

Now is clear.
I installed texlive-core and now it works.

sorry I'm slow also because my connection is poor and this was other 450Mb

Thanks for your help.

clingonboy

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Re: [SOLVED] Pandoc not able to export pdf file

pdflatex is not a package name and is not listed in the description of any package,  so no matches.  You found it from the file search which told you which package provided /usr/bin/pdflatex.
The options dependencies also listed what to install for PDF support in pandoc.

Now I have understand enother point, I need to study better all the pacman options and how it works.