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.
