Have done as you suggested. Here is the verbose log: mpholt55:Desktop kyle$ pandoc -r markdown --pdf-engine=pdflatex trial.md -o trial.pdf --verbose [makePDF] temp dir: /private/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/tex2pdf.5468 [makePDF] Command line: pdflatex "-halt-on-error" "-interaction" "nonstopmode" "-output-directory" "/private/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/tex2pdf.5468" "/private/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/tex2pdf.5468/input.tex" [makePDF] Environment: ("TEXINPUTS","/private/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/tex2pdf.5468:") ("TERM_PROGRAM","Apple_Terminal") ("SHELL","/bin/bash") ("TERM","xterm-256color") ("TMPDIR","/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/") ("Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render","/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.NXDmkrZaBu/Render") ("TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION","388.1.1") ("TERM_SESSION_ID","8FB45A14-DCBD-467E-8CAA-212CFEB01C0F") ("USER","kyle") ("SSH_AUTH_SOCK","/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.CJLCVbzkwg/Listeners") ("__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING","0x67480E71:0x0:0x2") ("PATH","/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin") ("PWD","/Users/kyle/Desktop") ("LANG","en_NZ.UTF-8") ("XPC_FLAGS","0x0") ("XPC_SERVICE_NAME","0") ("SHLVL","1") ("HOME","/Users/kyle") ("LOGNAME","kyle") ("DISPLAY","/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.2MooiJHYB4/org.macosforge.xquartz:0") ("SECURITYSESSIONID","186a7") ("_","/usr/local/bin/pandoc") ("OLDPWD","/Users/kyle") [makePDF] Contents of /private/var/folders/65/gpz82csd1_s358m496fk0ff5lmh3lj/T/tex2pdf.5468/input.tex: \PassOptionsToPackage{unicode=true}{hyperref} % options for packages loaded elsewhere \PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url} % \documentclass[]{article} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath} \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex} \usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{textcomp} % provides euro and other symbols \else % if luatex or xelatex \usepackage{unicode-math} \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX,Scale=MatchLowercase} \fi % use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments \IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{} % use microtype if available \IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{% \usepackage[]{microtype} \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts }{} \IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{% \usepackage{parskip} }{% else \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt} } \usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ pdfborder={0 0 0}, breaklinks=true} \urlstyle{same} % don't use monospace font for urls \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines \providecommand{\tightlist}{% \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0} % Redefines (sub)paragraphs to behave more like sections \ifx\paragraph\undefined\else \let\oldparagraph\paragraph \renewcommand{\paragraph}[1]{\oldparagraph{#1}\mbox{}} \fi \ifx\subparagraph\undefined\else \let\oldsubparagraph\subparagraph \renewcommand{\subparagraph}[1]{\oldsubparagraph{#1}\mbox{}} \fi % set default figure placement to htbp \makeatletter \def\fps@figure{htbp} \makeatother \date{} \begin{document} Hi \end{document} [makePDF] Run #1 [makePDF] Run #2 [makePDF] Run #3 Error producing PDF. On Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 3:58:18 PM UTC+13, John MacFarlane wrote: > > You only provided part of the log (and I didn't see any > error messages). Try converting with --pdf-engine=pdflatex > and a really simple input file like ("*hi*"). > > If it succeeds with the simple file, then the problem has > to do with the content in your file. In this case we'd > need to see more of the verbose log. > > +++ Kyle Eggleton [Nov 10 17 18:48 ]: > > Hi John. Thanks for getting back. I have tried both - yes pdflatex is > > executable at /Libary/TeX/Root/bin/x86_64-darwin/pdflatex and at the > > new Tex-2017 installation at /Library/Tex/texbin. Yes I have tried > > putting pdf-engine=pdflatex in the command and this produces the error > > message "Error producing PDF" with no other details. 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