Why cannot Texmaker find Latex?

Question

I installed Texlive into /opt/texlive. Also I've added the path of Latex to $PATH in ~/.bashrc. Thereafter I installed Texmaker.

I launched Texmaker by searching in Unity dash. But when compiling the .tex files, Texmaker fails to find latex.

What should I do?

Thanks for your replying. But I really want to keep the current status and to find a way to solve it. — aban, Oct 12 '13 at 09:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 12 '13 at 06:35

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When you are in Texmaker, go to Options → Configure Texmaker and change the paths for the programs.

answered Oct 12 '13 at 06:35

Radu Rădeanu

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Thanks. In fact, I tried. There is blank in "Configure Texmaker" which is marked as "Add to PATH", I add my path "/opt/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux" to the blank space. But Still not work. – aban Oct 12 '13 at 10:02
@user200979 That is not the right path. You should insert the executable filename also. – Radu Rădeanu Oct 12 '13 at 10:05
Do you mean I have to modify "latex" with /opt/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux/latex ? – aban Oct 12 '13 at 10:15
@aban The path should be this: /opt/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux/latex – Radu Rădeanu Oct 12 '13 at 10:22
Yes, I tried, but still not work for me. – aban Oct 12 '13 at 10:47
I solved it now. Thanks any way. My Solution is : add "the path of latex to ~/.profile". It works well now. – aban Oct 12 '13 at 11:06
@aban It will work if you remove that path from Texmaker configuration? – Radu Rădeanu Oct 12 '13 at 11:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '13 at 02:41

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I find a solution and share with friends who encountered the similar problems. I just add some commands into the ~/.profile file. Here are the command:

if [ -d "/opt/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux" ] ; then
  PATH="/opt/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
fi

answered Oct 13 '13 at 02:41

aban

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You don't tell us how you installed TL. But see the section "Post-install: setting PATH" at https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html – Martin Schröder Oct 13 '13 at 20:51

Why cannot Texmaker find Latex?

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