Re: pandoc pdflatex conversion on M1 Mac

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

Pandoc will look for pdflatex in your PATH.
So, just make sure that /Library/TeX/texbin is in your PATH.
If `which pdflatex` doesn't find it, then pandoc won't either.

Martin Eiermann <martin.eiermann-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I just upgraded to a new Mac with M1 chip and OS X 11.4. I'm writing mostly 
> in Atom, then using pandoc to convert Markdown/LaTeX outputs to PDF. But I 
> now get the following error: 
>
> *pandoc: pdflatex not found. pdflatex is needed for pdf output.*
>
> I installed (and re-installed) the latest 2021 release of BasicTeX, but 
> pdflatex doesn't appear in the terminal:
>
> *pdflatex -- version *
> *zsh: command not found: pdflatex *
>
> But pdflatex is in /Library/TeX/texbin/. And I can also manually locate it 
> in the terminal: 
>
> *locate pdflatex 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pgf/pgf_pdflatex.pdf 
> /usr/local/texlive/2021basic/bin/universal-darwin/pdflatex 
> /usr/local/texlive/2021basic/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini 
> /usr/local/texlive/2021basic/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt 
> /usr/local/texlive/2021basic/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.log*
>
> Is pandoc looking for pdflatex in the wrong directory? I'm a bit out of my 
> comfort zone here, so any advice is much appreciated. Many thanks! 
>
> Martin
>
>
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