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11.88; It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?

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From: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: 11.88; It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:40:25 +0200

Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and
what in fact did happen.

Be sure to consult the FAQ section in the manual before submitting
a bug report. In addition check if the bug is reproducable with an
up-to-date version of AUCTeX. So please upgrade to the version
available from http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ if your
installation is older than the one available from the web site.

If the bug is triggered by a specific (La)TeX file, you should try
to produce a minimal sample file showing the problem and include it
in your report.

Your bug report will be posted to the AUCTeX bug reporting list.
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It does not produce the pdf file. How can I correct it?

Emacs : Aquamacs 3.2 GNU Emacs 24.4.51.2
(x86_64-apple-darwin14.0.0, NS apple-appkit-1343.14)
of 2014-11-07 (Aquamacs-3.2) on watson.local
Package: 11.88

current state:
==============
(setq
AUCTeX-date "2014-10-29"
window-system 'ns
LaTeX-version "2e"
TeX-style-path '("/Volumes/Aquamacs 
Emacs/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/var/auctex" 
"/Volumes/Aquamacs 
Emacs/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/style" 
"/Users/riccardotedeschi/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs 
Emacs/Packages/auctex/auto" 
"/Users/riccardotedeschi/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs 
Emacs/Packages/auctex/style" "auto" "style")
TeX-auto-save nil
TeX-parse-self t
TeX-master t
TeX-command-list '(("TeX" "%(PDF)%(tex) %(extraopts) 
%`%S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
(plain-tex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help "Run plain TeX")
("LaTeX" "%`%l%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help
"Run LaTeX")
("Makeinfo" "makeinfo %(extraopts) %t" TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode)
:help "Run Makeinfo with Info output")
("Makeinfo HTML" "makeinfo %(extraopts) --html %t" TeX-run-compile nil
(texinfo-mode) :help "Run Makeinfo with HTML output")
("AmSTeX" "%(PDF)amstex %(extraopts) %`%S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX
nil (ams-tex-mode) :help "Run AMSTeX")
("ConTeXt" "texexec --once --texutil %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t" 
TeX-run-TeX
nil (context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt once")
("ConTeXt Full" "texexec %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t" TeX-run-TeX nil
(context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt until completion")
("BibTeX" "bibtex %s" TeX-run-BibTeX nil t :help "Run BibTeX")
("Biber" "biber %s" TeX-run-Biber nil t :help "Run Biber")
("View" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function nil t :help "Run Viewer")
("Print" "%p" TeX-run-command t t :help "Print the file")
("Queue" "%q" TeX-run-background nil t :help "View the printer queue" 
:visible
TeX-queue-command)
("File" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-command t t :help
"Generate PostScript file")
("Index" "makeindex %s" TeX-run-command nil t :help "Create index file")
("Xindy" "texindy %s" TeX-run-command nil t :help
"Run xindy to create index file")
("Check" "lacheck %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) :help
"Check LaTeX file for correctness")
("ChkTeX" "chktex -v6 %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) :help
"Check LaTeX file for common mistakes")
("Spell" "(TeX-ispell-document \"\")" TeX-run-function nil t :help
"Spell-check the document")
("Clean" "TeX-clean" TeX-run-function nil t :help
"Delete generated intermediate files")
("Clean All" "(TeX-clean t)" TeX-run-function nil t :help
"Delete generated intermediate and output files")
("Other" "" TeX-run-command t t :help "Run an arbitrary command")
("Jump to PDF" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function nil t :help "Run Viewer"))
)

Message #8 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>
Cc: 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23375: 11.88;
 It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:52:13 +0200

Ciao Riccardo,

2016-04-25 11:40 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
> It does not produce the pdf file. How can I correct it?

What's exactly your problem?  What did you try to do?  Do you have a
working TeX distribution installed on your system?

Bye,
Mosè

Message #11 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>, 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23375: 11.88;
 It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:55:07 +0200

2016-04-26 9:30 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
> Il 25/04/16, 23:52, Mosè Giordano ha scritto:
>
> I have installed a Latex program and now I am using Aquamacs as a support.
> But after the latest update of my Mac OS X Yosemite Aquamacs stopped
> producing  the pdf file therfore I can't see the results of my work.

Do you get a particular error in AUCTeX when you try compiling?  After
issuing the command, see the output buffer with C-c C-l.  Can you
compile from the command line?  OS X Yosemite messed up MacTeX
distribution, that may be the origin of your problem.

Bye,
Mosè

Message #14 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>, 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23375: 11.88;
 It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:45:39 +0200

2016-04-26 18:32 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
> Il 26/04/16, 12:55, Mosè Giordano ha scritto:
>>
>> 2016-04-26 9:30 GMT+02:00 Riccardo
>> Tedeschi<riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
>
> After running a typical Latex file I get the following error message:
> /bin/sh: pdflatex command not found
>
> TeX Output exited abnormally with code 127 at Tue Apr 26 18:08:03

I stand corrected, it was El Capitan, and not Yosemite, that messed up
permissions of MacTeX.[1]

Anyway, you didn't answer whether you're able to run pdflatex from
the command line.  If so, you only have to correctly setup Emacs, in
particular you have to make sure to add the directory containing *tex
binaries to `exec-path' and to PATH environment variable (the one
visible to Emacs, not the system one).  If the PATH environment
variable is correctly set on your system (ie, you can run pdflatex
from the command line), then the easiest way to setup `exec-path' and
PATH environment variable in Emacs is automatically inherit them from
the shell with the `exec-path-from-shell' package available in
Marmalade and MELPA.  See

- http://melpa.org/#/getting-started
- https://marmalade-repo.org/#download

for how to setup the two repositories

Bye,
Mosè



Note:

[1] Here https://tug.org/mactex/UpdatingForElCapitan.pdf you can find
some information on how to cope with this problem.

Message #17 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>, 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23375: 11.88;
 It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:58:30 +0200

2016-04-27 10:19 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
>
> Sorry to bother you again, but before putting my hands in the system, I
> tried to run pdflatex from the command line and it didn't work. And if you
> try running pdflatex from terminal it says command does not exist. Therefore
> what is the best strategy?

I don't use OS X, but I can tell you that you should look for the
directory where MacTeX binaries reside and add it to the PATH
environment variable.  My understanding is that the directory should
be

    /usr/texbin

until MacTeX 2014, and

    /Library/TeX/texbin

for MacTeX 2015 and later versions.  Once you've determined your
MacTeX versions, add to your ~/.bash_profile file one of the following
line

    export PATH="/usr/texbin:$PATH"

or

    export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"

Please, don't reply just to me but use "Reply all" button, so that all
your emails will go to the bug tracker.

Bye,
Mosè

Message #22 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>, 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23375: 11.88;
 It does not produce the pdfile. How can I mend it?
Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 22:24:21 +0200

Hi Riccardo,

do you still have problems with setting AUCTeX up?  Did you configure
the PATH environment variable in your system?

Please, don't open new bug tickets, just "Reply All" to this email.

Bye,
Mosè


2016-04-27 11:58 GMT+02:00 Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>:
> 2016-04-27 10:19 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
>>
>> Sorry to bother you again, but before putting my hands in the system, I
>> tried to run pdflatex from the command line and it didn't work. And if you
>> try running pdflatex from terminal it says command does not exist. Therefore
>> what is the best strategy?
>
> I don't use OS X, but I can tell you that you should look for the
> directory where MacTeX binaries reside and add it to the PATH
> environment variable.  My understanding is that the directory should
> be
>
>     /usr/texbin
>
> until MacTeX 2014, and
>
>     /Library/TeX/texbin
>
> for MacTeX 2015 and later versions.  Once you've determined your
> MacTeX versions, add to your ~/.bash_profile file one of the following
> line
>
>     export PATH="/usr/texbin:$PATH"
>
> or
>
>     export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"
>
> Please, don't reply just to me but use "Reply all" button, so that all
> your emails will go to the bug tracker.
>
> Bye,
> Mosè

Message #25 received at 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 23375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>
Subject: Re: bug#23398: 11.88;
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:20:36 +0100

Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 2016-04-27 10:19 GMT+02:00 Riccardo Tedeschi <riccardo.tedeschi <at> fis.unipr.it>:
>>
>> Sorry to bother you again, but before putting my hands in the system, I
>> tried to run pdflatex from the command line and it didn't work. And if you
>> try running pdflatex from terminal it says command does not exist. Therefore
>> what is the best strategy?
>
> I don't use OS X, but I can tell you that you should look for the
> directory where MacTeX binaries reside and add it to the PATH
> environment variable.  My understanding is that the directory should
> be
>
>     /usr/texbin
>
> until MacTeX 2014, and
>
>     /Library/TeX/texbin
>
> for MacTeX 2015 and later versions.  Once you've determined your
> MacTeX versions, add to your ~/.bash_profile file one of the following
> line
>
>     export PATH="/usr/texbin:$PATH"
>
> or
>
>     export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"
>
> Please, don't reply just to me but use "Reply all" button, so that all
> your emails will go to the bug tracker.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

More information was requested, but not provided.  Therefore I'm closing
this report for now.  We can reopen if new input arrives.

Best, Arash

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