It should work OK. Maybe the titlesec package is not installed, check your 
TeX installation (<https://www.tug.org/texlive/>).

On Saturday, 15 May 2021 at 00:22:02 UTC+3 rurq...-Zl5T1cyB3pc@public.gmane.org wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I found several items on the web about customizing my pdf output from 
> Pandoc.
>
> I am calling pandoc with the following parameters:
>
>      pandoc *.md -H seccolor.tex -o test_doc.pdf --table-of-contents 
> --number-sections --indented-code-classes=javascript 
> --highlight-style=monochrome -V mainfont="Palatino" -V documentclass=report 
> -V papersize=A5 -V geometry:margin=1in -V monofont="Courier" 
> --pdf-engine=xelatex
>
> The seccolor.tex file is:
>
>     \usepackage{titlesec}
> \definecolor{DPurple}{rgb}{.75,.52,.153}
> \titleformat*{\section}{\color{DPurple}}
> % \sectionfont{\color{DPurple}}
>
> When i run the command i get:
>
> Error producing PDF.
> ! LaTeX Error: File `titlesec.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> Enter file name: 
> ! Emergency stop.
> <read *> 
>          
> l.98 \definecolor
>
> Should i be using another style? I WAS able to generate a standard PDF, 
> but just wanted to add a splash of color. From what I read, this snippet of 
> TeX should work.
>
> Can anyone suggest how I can fix this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ
>

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