| Summary: | Okular "Cannot find latex executable." | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] okular | Reporter: | rms.des.web |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Okular developers <okular-devel> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | aacid |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 21.08.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Flatpak | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
I'm not sure this belongs here or https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.okular but well, doesn't matter :D Yes, probably someone should figure out if org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive can be used, if you have time/knowledge it would be welcome. |
SUMMARY Trying to add annotations containing LaTeX in PDF fails with "Cannot find latex executable." Okular is installed through Flatpak. Flatpak's texlive installation was performed with org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive. Host system (Linux Mint 20) also has a working latex installation. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Okular and texlive through Flatpak 2. Annotate some pdf with a pop-up note containing latex. for instance $$\frac{a}{b}$$ OBSERVED RESULT Latex rendering failed - Okular Cannot find latex executable. EXPECTED RESULT Display of mathematical formula SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: NA macOS: NA Linux/KDE Plasma: Linux 5.4.0-81-generic (Linux Mint 20.1) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: NA KDE Frameworks Version: KDE Frameworks 5.85.0 Qt Version: Qt 5.15.3 (built against 5.15.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I suppose the problem is related to: " QString latexExecutable = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("latex")); " line 144 latexrenderer.cpp due to the sandbox, perhaps it cannot find the latex command, even if I give full access to the system? flatpak has the org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive extension, perhaps it could be used if it was added as a possible dependency?