Hi, I installed
[I] app-text/pandoc Available versions: (~)1.12.4.2-r1(0/1.12.4.2)^t (~)1.13.2.1(0/1.13.2.1)^t (~)1.14.0.4(0/1.14.0.4)^t 1.15.0.6(0/1.15.0.6)^t (~)1.18(0/1.18)^t (~)1.19.2.1(0/1.19.2.1) (~)1.19.2.1-r1(0/1.19.2.1) {doc embed_data_files hscolour +http-conduit +https make-pandoc-man-pages +network-uri profile test trypandoc weigh-pandoc} Installed versions: 1.19.2.1-r1(06:19:39 PM 04/17/2017)(https network-uri -doc -embed_data_files -hscolour -profile -test -trypandoc -weigh-pandoc) Homepage: http://pandoc.org Description: Conversion between markup formats [I] dev-haskell/pandoc-citeproc Available versions: (~)0.1.2.1(0/0.1.2.1)^t (~)0.2(0/0.2)^t 0.3.1(0/0.3.1) (~)0.6(0/0.6)^t 0.7.2(0/0.7.2)^t (~)0.8.1.3(0/0.8.1.3)^t (~)0.10.4(0/0.10.4)^t (~)0.10.4.1(0/0.10.4.1)^t {+bibutils debug doc embed_data_files +hexpat hscolour +network profile +small_base test test_citeproc unicode_collation} Installed versions: 0.10.4.1^t(06:21:21 PM 04/17/2017)(bibutils -debug -doc -embed_data_files -hscolour -profile -test -test_citeproc -unicode_collation) Homepage: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-citeproc Description: Supports using pandoc with citeproc [I] dev-haskell/pandoc-types Available versions: 1.12.3(0/1.12.3) 1.12.4.5(0/1.12.4.5) (~)1.12.4.7(0/1.12.4.7) (~)1.17.0.4(0/1.17.0.4) {doc hscolour profile test} Installed versions: 1.17.0.4(06:16:02 PM 04/17/2017)(-doc -hscolour -profile -test) Homepage: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc Description: Types for representing a structured document which results in the installation of 116 different packages (WHOW!) finally. Then I wrote a very (VERY!) simple mardown four-liner and tried to convert that one to pdf...which fails: #>pandoc -o test.pdf test.md ! LaTeX Error: File `lmodern.sty' not found. Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed, or enter new name. (Default extension: sty) Enter file name: ! Emergency stop. <read *> l.3 \usepackage pandoc: Error producing PDF [1] 17128 exit 43 pandoc -o test.pdf test.md #>locate lmodern [1] 18188 exit 1 locate lmodern I googled for "panodc lmodern.sty" and it seems to be missing in various others distros too. Recommended fix: Install TeXlive package "lmodern". #>eix lmodern No matches found [1] 17806 exit 1 eix -n lmodern Is "lmodern.sty" included in a package, which is named totallu different for Gentoo? Why is that missing? What is the clean way to provide pandoc with lmodern.sty Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers Meino