Re: Converting markdown to PDF
On Thu 01 Apr 2021 at 17:22:31 (-0400), Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:41:30PM +0100, Tixy wrote:
> > On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 16:34 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > > I'm trying to use pandoc to convert markdown files to PDF. But when I
> > > try,
> > > pandoc dumps out with an error that it needs "pdflatex" or some other
> > > similar converter to do its job. No such "pdflatex" package exists in
> > > the
> > > Buster stable archives. I'm sure something does this, but I don't
> > > know what
> > > it is. Does anyone else know?
> > >
> >
> > I just Google "debian pdflatex" and the top hit was Debian's search
> > page...
> >
> > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=pdflatex
> >
> > I'm sure someone will be along shortly to give an example of how the
> > search can be done from a commandline using Debian's packaging tools or
> > similar... :-)
>
> Cute but uncalled for. To wit...
In view of what you tried to install, I can only assume that you
didn't actually visit the link, which would give you the name of the
package within the following list:
You have searched for paths that end with pdflatex in suite buster,
all sections, and all architectures. Found 8 results.
File Packages
/usr/bin/bg5+pdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/bg5pdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/cef5pdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/cefpdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/cefspdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/gbkpdflatex latex-cjk-chinese
/usr/bin/pdflatex texlive-latex-base ←
/usr/bin/sjispdflatex latex-cjk-japanese
In any case, you might bookmark https://packages.debian.org/,
which gives you the wherewithal to construct your own searches.
> paulf@dudley:~$ uname -a
> Linux dudley 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> paulf@dudley:~$ sudo apt install pdflatex
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package pdflatex
On Thu 01 Apr 2021 at 17:45:03 (-0400), Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:46:09PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> > Paul M Foster writes:
> >
> > > I'm trying to use pandoc to convert markdown files to PDF. But when I try,
> > > pandoc dumps out with an error that it needs "pdflatex" or some other
> > > similar converter to do its job. No such "pdflatex" package exists in the
> > > Buster stable archives. I'm sure something does this, but I don't know what
> > > it is. Does anyone else know?
> >
> > pdflatex is provided by package texlive-latex-base.
> >
> > Some hints about which packages might be needed can be seen in pandoc's
> > "Suggests":
> >
> > ~$ aptitude show pandoc
>
> [snip]
>
> Thanks. When I used "-t latex" and tried outputting to PDF after installing
> some of these dependencies, I did get a PDF. Unfortunately, it looks about
> as horrible as most LaTeX docs. I'll keep tweaking it.
I assume that using -o foo.pdf doesn't produce what you want, so
is it the LaTeX code that you're tweaking, or the original markdown?
Cheers,
David.
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