Error with inserting citation in LaTeX file: "No such file or directory tex-site"

[ashton314]

Description

When I try to invoke citar-insert-citation from a LaTeX file, I get an error saying Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, tex-site. However, the command works just fine if I'm in an org-mode buffer.

Debugger *Backtrace* buffer

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Cannot open load file" "No such file or directory" "tex-site")
  require(tex-site)
  load-with-code-conversion("/Users/ashton/Projects/emacs-debugging/elpaca/buil..." "/Users/ashton/Projects/emacs-debugging/elpaca/buil..." t t)
  require(tex nil t)
  byte-code("\300\301!\210\300\302\303\304#\210\300\305!\210\300\306!\210\307\310\311\312\313DD\314\315\316\317\320&\7\210\307\321\311\312\322DD\323\315\301\317\324\325\326&\11\210..." [require citar tex nil t reftex-parse reftex-cite custom-declare-variable citar-latex-cite-commands funcall function #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x19800016fe914>) "Citation commands and their argument specs.\n\nThe a..." :group citar-latex :type (alist :key-type (repeat string) :value-type sexp) citar-latex-prompt-for-cite-style #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x19800016fe5d4>) "Whether to prompt for a citation command when inse..." (radio (const :tag "Prompt for a command" t) (const :tag "Do not prompt for a command" nil)) :safe always citar-latex-default-cite-command #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1980009fd5dd4>) "Default command for citations.\n\nMust be in `citar-..." string citar-latex-prompt-for-extra-arguments #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x19800016fe5d4>) "Whether to prompt for additional arguments when in..." boolean] 10)
  citar-latex-local-bib-files()
  citar--major-mode-function(local-bib-files ignore)
  #<subr F616e6f6e796d6f75732d6c616d626461_anonymous_lambda_37>(#<buffer paper.tex>)
  citar--bibliography-files(#<buffer paper.tex>)
  #<subr F616e6f6e796d6f75732d6c616d626461_anonymous_lambda_38>(#<buffer paper.tex>)
  citar--bibliographies()
  citar--format-candidates()
  citar-select-refs()
  byte-code("\302\303!\203\13\0\304 \10D\207\305\306\11\"\207" [current-prefix-arg major-mode citar--get-major-mode-function insert-citation citar-select-refs error "Citation insertion is not supported for %s"] 3)
  command-execute(citar-insert-citation)

Reproducing

Here's an example that should work with Emacs 29.1-rc1 (haven't had time to upgrade from the rc yet) with the --init-directory flag. You will need to update the path in citar-bibliography.

early-init.el

(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
(setq byte-compile-warnings '(not obsolete))

init.el

;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

(defvar elpaca-installer-version 0.5)
(defvar elpaca-directory (expand-file-name "elpaca/" user-emacs-directory))
(defvar elpaca-builds-directory (expand-file-name "builds/" elpaca-directory))
(defvar elpaca-repos-directory (expand-file-name "repos/" elpaca-directory))
(defvar elpaca-order '(elpaca :repo "https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca.git"
                              :ref nil
                              :files (:defaults (:exclude "extensions"))
                              :build (:not elpaca--activate-package)))
(let* ((repo  (expand-file-name "elpaca/" elpaca-repos-directory))
       (build (expand-file-name "elpaca/" elpaca-builds-directory))
       (order (cdr elpaca-order))
       (default-directory repo))
  (add-to-list 'load-path (if (file-exists-p build) build repo))
  (unless (file-exists-p repo)
    (make-directory repo t)
    (when (< emacs-major-version 28) (require 'subr-x))
    (condition-case-unless-debug err
        (if-let ((buffer (pop-to-buffer-same-window "*elpaca-bootstrap*"))
                 ((zerop (call-process "git" nil buffer t "clone"
                                       (plist-get order :repo) repo)))
                 ((zerop (call-process "git" nil buffer t "checkout"
                                       (or (plist-get order :ref) "--"))))
                 (emacs (concat invocation-directory invocation-name))
                 ((zerop (call-process emacs nil buffer nil "-Q" "-L" "." "--batch"
                                       "--eval" "(byte-recompile-directory \".\" 0 'force)")))
                 ((require 'elpaca))
                 ((elpaca-generate-autoloads "elpaca" repo)))
            (progn (message "%s" (buffer-string)) (kill-buffer buffer))
          (error "%s" (with-current-buffer buffer (buffer-string))))
      ((error) (warn "%s" err) (delete-directory repo 'recursive))))
  (unless (require 'elpaca-autoloads nil t)
    (require 'elpaca)
    (elpaca-generate-autoloads "elpaca" repo)
    (load "./elpaca-autoloads")))
(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'elpaca-process-queues)
(elpaca `(,@elpaca-order))

(elpaca elpaca-use-package
  (elpaca-use-package-mode)
  (setq elpaca-use-package-by-default t))

(elpaca-wait)

(use-package vertico
  :config
  (vertico-mode))

(use-package citar
  :bind (("C-c b" . citar-insert-citation))
  :custom
  (citar-bibliography '("~/Research/refs.bib")))    ;; FIXME!!!

(use-package auctex
  :bind (("C-c RET" . latex-close-block)))

Load that up, then open a .tex file, then try to run citar-insert-citation.

Expected behavior

Just insert the darn citation like it used to! :)

Emacs version

GNU Emacs 29.1.50 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin22.6.0, NS appkit-2299.70 Version 13.5 (Build 22G74)) of 2023-07-31

[bdarcus]

I don't really use citar with latex-mode; updating my Emacs build to test this.

Any chance this earlier issue sheds any light?

#370

I doubt it, since it seems you are installing AucTeX ...

[bdarcus]

So I can reproduce it, but have no idea what's going on. The backtrace, IUC, shows that AucTeX is trying load that file; not citar. We rely on AucTeX to parse the citations and such.

Any ideas @aikrahguzar?

[bdarcus]

This, from straight, may have some hints?

radian-software/straight.el#240

EDIT: seems you ran into this issue before with Elpaca?

progfolio/elpaca#14

But it's been awhile, so the solution prog provides doesn't work.

[ashton314]

auctex is such a headache—I forget why I had it installed in the first place. I think I wanted some nice capf functionality, but it's just not worth it. (Wasn't good with auctex to begin with.)

Something funny happened the first time I tried using citar without auctex, so I installed it again. But after removing it from that example file I sent, citar worked like a charm.

Ugh. Auctex, why can't you just be normal?!

[ashton314]

Oh! New problem! Sorry @bdarcus .

Without Auctex, the popup shows as normal. However, when I select a citation, I get an error that says "Please install AUTeX".

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Please install AUCTeX")
  error("Please install AUCTeX")
  citar-latex--macro-bounds()
  citar-latex-insert-citation(("culpepperFortifyingMacros2012") nil nil)
  citar--major-mode-function(insert-citation ignore ("culpepperFortifyingMacros2012") nil)
  citar-insert-citation(("culpepperFortifyingMacros2012") nil)
  funcall-interactively(citar-insert-citation ("culpepperFortifyingMacros2012") nil)
  command-execute(citar-insert-citation)

[bdarcus]

Yeah, so you'll have to figure out how to install it with elpaca.

Maybe ask a follow-up to that issue?

[ashton314]

Sorry—I missed a message in this thread. I bet I can figure it out now. I'll let you know if it goes sideways. Thank you so much for your help and the speedy response!

[ultronozm]

Try this:

(use-package latex
  :elpaca  (auctex
            :files ("*.el" "*.info" "dir"
                    "doc" "etc" "images" "latex" "style")
            :pre-build 
            (("./autogen.sh")
             ("./configure" "--with-texmf-dir=$(dirname $(kpsexpand '$TEXMFHOME'))")
             ("make")
             ("make" "install")))
  :demand)