On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:41:30PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 16:34 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > > I'm trying to use pandoc to convert markdown files to PDF. But when I > > try, > > pandoc dumps out with an error that it needs "pdflatex" or some other > > similar converter to do its job. No such "pdflatex" package exists in > > the > > Buster stable archives. I'm sure something does this, but I don't > > know what > > it is. Does anyone else know? > > > > I just Google "debian pdflatex" and the top hit was Debian's search > page... > > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=pdflatex > > I'm sure someone will be along shortly to give an example of how the > search can be done from a commandline using Debian's packaging tools or > similar... :-)
Cute but uncalled for. To wit... paulf@dudley:~$ uname -a Linux dudley 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux paulf@dudley:~$ sudo apt install pdflatex Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package pdflatex -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com