From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rupert Swarbrick Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Installing auctex from source Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:34:09 +0000 Organization: albasani.net Message-ID: References: <94766835-f8a9-41d0-9787-be5bbaf6d127@v38g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235382284 30238 80.91.229.12 (23 Feb 2009 09:44:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:44:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 23 10:46:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LbXNt-00022A-4U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:45:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60359 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LbXMY-0001fC-IS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:44:34 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net NlRwAYVy6izFh0ki+Vbr+jhnf//MftzVYZef1X/1vjhf86mRfs9WJHdhWQbKXDQrmmjSDisq1EWmiJdCGOnqnyv9zUbviEhkBj5in+ntaxgA2ra1MD0z3z42YR1x/uUM Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:34:15 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: rl6Uv/5QQKlXPcdnl2n2iBNX0+BCBPY64yK1SrrNXAI= Cancel-Lock: sha1:y0jgKj+bgfnAcjV2D3rJNUwSa+Q= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: Q4M/GuhR9LbvvupcmCPaxnK2XD0ZlSODL6ezI+Av+0M= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:166971 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:62279 Archived-At: --=-=-= smanek writes: > A buffer called *document output* is also opened that reads: > """ > Running `LaTeX' on `ps0' with ``latex -interaction=nonstopmode > "\input" document.tex'' > /bin/sh: latex: not found > > LaTeX exited abnormally with code 127 at Mon Feb 23 01:31:25 > """ > > latex is in my path. When I open up a terminal, I can execute latex > and 'which pdflatex' responds correctly. As Peter suggested in another reply, it seems that emacs hasn't got access to your environment variables (because you're presumably launching it in some weird fashion). To check this, type M-x getenv PATH and see whether the directory in which you installed latex comes up in the list. Rupert --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQECAAYFAkmibZIACgkQRtd/pJbYVoZ8OQP+JDD/ZvoKpzql0WgqkBkMr4tq eN9NhxX0ajQ57gHqJ+JPHNjgzR1j4z+/F0wazjzflxlWrOTQFyEp+CaXMv9kO9Hr mC2bRe1vzCVzG887wZV2cqVMz5lC+J+CQmXYUFSWfCtdqAvF2It9/Qe3ELOZN+TG JOsofGswb/9U6vdB3cY= =uzd3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--