On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:46:09PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > Paul M Foster writes: > > > 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? > > pdflatex is provided by package texlive-latex-base. > > Some hints about which packages might be needed can be seen in pandoc's > "Suggests": > > ~$ aptitude show pandoc
[snip] Thanks. When I used "-t latex" and tried outputting to PDF after installing some of these dependencies, I did get a PDF. Unfortunately, it looks about as horrible as most LaTeX docs. I'll keep tweaking it. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com