xelatex not found

[yoyo25]

Bug description

Any help?

processing file: try.qmd

output file: try.knit.md

pandoc
to: latex
output-file: try.tex
standalone: true
pdf-engine: xelatex
variables:
graphics: true
tables: true
default-image-extension: pdf
toc: true
number-sections: true

metadata
documentclass: scrartcl
classoption:
- DIV=11
- numbers=noendperiod
papersize: letter
header-includes:
- '\KOMAoption{captions}{tableheading}'
block-headings: true
title: My document
colorlinks: true

running xelatex - 1
command xelatex not found, attempting install
finding package for xelatex

1 package to install
installing xelatex (1 of 1)
ERROR: tlmgr returned a non zero status code
The system cannot find the path specified.

Checklist

• Please include a minimal, fully reproducible example in a single .qmd file? Please provide the whole file rather than the snippet you believe is causing the issue.
• Please format your issue so it is easier for us to read the bug report.
• Please document the RStudio IDE version you're running (if applicable), by providing the value displayed in the "About RStudio" main menu dialog?
• Please document the operating system you're running. If on Linux, please provide the specific distribution.
• Please provide the output of quarto check so we know which version of quarto and its dependencies you're running.

[cderv]

Can you try latest versions ? https://quarto.org/docs/download/

it is possible you are on windows and updated to TeX Live 2023 which will not find correctly the tools.

If it is still does not work with latest version, please share more informations - this is issue is probably because your LaTeX installation is not correctly found.

[yoyo25]

I am using the Rstudio to work with quarto

[cderv]

it is possible you are on windows and updated to TeX Live 2023

And do you know if you updated to TeX Live 2023 ? Do you know which LaTeX distribution you have installed ?

Can you run tlmgr --version in your terminal ? or tinytex::tlmgr_version() in R with the tinytex package ?

If you are using 2023, then you'll need to update to 1.2 patch version or 1.3 Release candidate as the RStudio bundled quarto version does not work with new TeX Live (released last week).

This is also some guess as you did not share the information about your LaTeX distribution

[yoyo25]

I don't have texlive installed I work with MikTek and used to work fine with Quarto before the last update.

tlmgr revision 66457 (2023-03-08 00:07:12 +0100)
tlmgr using installation: C:/Users/OS/AppData/Roaming/TinyTeX
TeX Live (https://tug.org/texlive) version 2023

[cderv]

I don't have texlive installed I work with MikTek

If you use MikTeX you need to install / update the package manually

tlmgr revision 66457 (2023-03-08 00:07:12 +0100)
tlmgr using installation: C:/Users/OS/AppData/Roaming/TinyTeX
TeX Live (tug.org/texlive) version 2023

But this shows you have TinyTeX installed. So Quarto is probably using it. As I thought it got updated to 2023 version, and you are on windows.

This means you are encountering this issue: #4908

it has been fixed but you need to use 1.2 patched version or new Release candidate 1.3. You can install them independent from RStudio IDE. It will not use the bundled quarto if another newer one is found on PATH.

[cderv]

@yoyo25 still an issue or can we close ? Thanks

[yoyo25]

No it’s solved. Thank you so much. Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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