Configuring `TeXMaker` to work with the `TeXLive` distribution
Using TeXMaker as the LaTeX editor I have been working with the MikTeX distribution for a number of years, successfully. Hearing it suggested that Tex Live may have a compilation speed advantage over MikTeX, I recently installed TexLive to see for myself, expecting that configuring TeXMaker to work with TeXLive in place of MiKTeX would be an easy thing. The Options menu offers Configure TeXMaker tab which provides fields LaTeX and PdfLaTeX presumably to be populated with the programs to be executed for LaTeX and PDFLaTeX compilations (function keys f2 and f6 respectively). Having found executables pdflatex.exe in C:/Users/Reinhard Neuwirth/AppData/Local/Programs/MikTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/X64 (my routinely used MikTeX distribution) as well as in C:/texlive/2018/bin/win32/ (the recently installed TeXLive distribution) I naively assumed that plugging either one or the other into the PDFLaTeX field would coerce TeXMaker to use the targeted distribution for compilation. Not so. The only entry in that field that seems to work is pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex, seemingly the default value - for the LaTeX field it is latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex.
The extensive discussion around the topic on the Stack Exchange, starting with Using MiKTeX and TeX Live on the same computer? asked Oct 11 '11 at 11:56 doncherry ... answered Oct 11 '11 at 12:21 Ulrike Fischer veers off into discussions of how to set PATHS in Windows etc., a place I don't want to go. Also, I am not at this stage interested in switching between MikTeX or TeXLive, just want to know how to configure TeXMaker to do one or the other through the Configure TeXMaker tab, if this can be done.
No MWE for this one.
texmaker
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Using TeXMaker as the LaTeX editor I have been working with the MikTeX distribution for a number of years, successfully. Hearing it suggested that Tex Live may have a compilation speed advantage over MikTeX, I recently installed TexLive to see for myself, expecting that configuring TeXMaker to work with TeXLive in place of MiKTeX would be an easy thing. The Options menu offers Configure TeXMaker tab which provides fields LaTeX and PdfLaTeX presumably to be populated with the programs to be executed for LaTeX and PDFLaTeX compilations (function keys f2 and f6 respectively). Having found executables pdflatex.exe in C:/Users/Reinhard Neuwirth/AppData/Local/Programs/MikTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/X64 (my routinely used MikTeX distribution) as well as in C:/texlive/2018/bin/win32/ (the recently installed TeXLive distribution) I naively assumed that plugging either one or the other into the PDFLaTeX field would coerce TeXMaker to use the targeted distribution for compilation. Not so. The only entry in that field that seems to work is pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex, seemingly the default value - for the LaTeX field it is latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex.
The extensive discussion around the topic on the Stack Exchange, starting with Using MiKTeX and TeX Live on the same computer? asked Oct 11 '11 at 11:56 doncherry ... answered Oct 11 '11 at 12:21 Ulrike Fischer veers off into discussions of how to set PATHS in Windows etc., a place I don't want to go. Also, I am not at this stage interested in switching between MikTeX or TeXLive, just want to know how to configure TeXMaker to do one or the other through the Configure TeXMaker tab, if this can be done.
No MWE for this one.
texmaker
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Reinhard NeuwirthReinhard Neuwirth
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Not tested, but maybe you could make use ofOptions --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.
– leandriis
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
Using TeXMaker as the LaTeX editor I have been working with the MikTeX distribution for a number of years, successfully. Hearing it suggested that Tex Live may have a compilation speed advantage over MikTeX, I recently installed TexLive to see for myself, expecting that configuring TeXMaker to work with TeXLive in place of MiKTeX would be an easy thing. The Options menu offers Configure TeXMaker tab which provides fields LaTeX and PdfLaTeX presumably to be populated with the programs to be executed for LaTeX and PDFLaTeX compilations (function keys f2 and f6 respectively). Having found executables pdflatex.exe in C:/Users/Reinhard Neuwirth/AppData/Local/Programs/MikTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/X64 (my routinely used MikTeX distribution) as well as in C:/texlive/2018/bin/win32/ (the recently installed TeXLive distribution) I naively assumed that plugging either one or the other into the PDFLaTeX field would coerce TeXMaker to use the targeted distribution for compilation. Not so. The only entry in that field that seems to work is pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex, seemingly the default value - for the LaTeX field it is latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex.
The extensive discussion around the topic on the Stack Exchange, starting with Using MiKTeX and TeX Live on the same computer? asked Oct 11 '11 at 11:56 doncherry ... answered Oct 11 '11 at 12:21 Ulrike Fischer veers off into discussions of how to set PATHS in Windows etc., a place I don't want to go. Also, I am not at this stage interested in switching between MikTeX or TeXLive, just want to know how to configure TeXMaker to do one or the other through the Configure TeXMaker tab, if this can be done.
No MWE for this one.
texmaker
asked yesterday
Reinhard NeuwirthReinhard Neuwirth
1,62111422
Using TeXMaker as the LaTeX editor I have been working with the MikTeX distribution for a number of years, successfully. Hearing it suggested that Tex Live may have a compilation speed advantage over MikTeX, I recently installed TexLive to see for myself, expecting that configuring TeXMaker to work with TeXLive in place of MiKTeX would be an easy thing. The Options menu offers Configure TeXMaker tab which provides fields LaTeX and PdfLaTeX presumably to be populated with the programs to be executed for LaTeX and PDFLaTeX compilations (function keys f2 and f6 respectively). Having found executables pdflatex.exe in C:/Users/Reinhard Neuwirth/AppData/Local/Programs/MikTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/X64 (my routinely used MikTeX distribution) as well as in C:/texlive/2018/bin/win32/ (the recently installed TeXLive distribution) I naively assumed that plugging either one or the other into the PDFLaTeX field would coerce TeXMaker to use the targeted distribution for compilation. Not so. The only entry in that field that seems to work is pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex, seemingly the default value - for the LaTeX field it is latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex.
The extensive discussion around the topic on the Stack Exchange, starting with Using MiKTeX and TeX Live on the same computer? asked Oct 11 '11 at 11:56 doncherry ... answered Oct 11 '11 at 12:21 Ulrike Fischer veers off into discussions of how to set PATHS in Windows etc., a place I don't want to go. Also, I am not at this stage interested in switching between MikTeX or TeXLive, just want to know how to configure TeXMaker to do one or the other through the Configure TeXMaker tab, if this can be done.
No MWE for this one.
texmaker
texmaker
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Not tested, but maybe you could make use ofOptions --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.
– leandriis
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
1
Not tested, but maybe you could make use ofOptions --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.
– leandriis
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
1
1
Not tested, but maybe you could make use of
Options --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.– leandriis
yesterday
Not tested, but maybe you could make use of
Options --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.– leandriis
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
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If you want to switch the texsystem you must change the path variable. The texsystems often call their tools themselves (e.g. to create a format or a tfm or search for files) and so must be able to find their own binaries. Simply trying to use C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe while everything else (including the kpathsea searches) points to miktex gives only chaos.
I don't know if texmaker has an option to change the path during a session -- with my editor winedt it is quite easy to do it on-the-fly by calling a macro.
But you can change the path to texlive between sessions rather easily:
Open a cmd window. Type
set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%
hit enter. Test if the correct pdflatex is found by typing
where pdflatex
and then start texmaker from this cmd window by typing in the path to the texmaker exe.
If something doesn't work, simply close texmaker and the cmd window and the path will be back to normal.
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My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt eitherset PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH%orset PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%will result inC:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasionwhere pdflatexproduces the Windows operating system response'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
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If you want to switch the texsystem you must change the path variable. The texsystems often call their tools themselves (e.g. to create a format or a tfm or search for files) and so must be able to find their own binaries. Simply trying to use C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe while everything else (including the kpathsea searches) points to miktex gives only chaos.
I don't know if texmaker has an option to change the path during a session -- with my editor winedt it is quite easy to do it on-the-fly by calling a macro.
But you can change the path to texlive between sessions rather easily:
Open a cmd window. Type
set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%
hit enter. Test if the correct pdflatex is found by typing
where pdflatex
and then start texmaker from this cmd window by typing in the path to the texmaker exe.
If something doesn't work, simply close texmaker and the cmd window and the path will be back to normal.
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt eitherset PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH%orset PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%will result inC:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasionwhere pdflatexproduces the Windows operating system response'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
If you want to switch the texsystem you must change the path variable. The texsystems often call their tools themselves (e.g. to create a format or a tfm or search for files) and so must be able to find their own binaries. Simply trying to use C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe while everything else (including the kpathsea searches) points to miktex gives only chaos.
I don't know if texmaker has an option to change the path during a session -- with my editor winedt it is quite easy to do it on-the-fly by calling a macro.
But you can change the path to texlive between sessions rather easily:
Open a cmd window. Type
set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%
hit enter. Test if the correct pdflatex is found by typing
where pdflatex
and then start texmaker from this cmd window by typing in the path to the texmaker exe.
If something doesn't work, simply close texmaker and the cmd window and the path will be back to normal.
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt eitherset PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH%orset PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%will result inC:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasionwhere pdflatexproduces the Windows operating system response'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
If you want to switch the texsystem you must change the path variable. The texsystems often call their tools themselves (e.g. to create a format or a tfm or search for files) and so must be able to find their own binaries. Simply trying to use C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe while everything else (including the kpathsea searches) points to miktex gives only chaos.
I don't know if texmaker has an option to change the path during a session -- with my editor winedt it is quite easy to do it on-the-fly by calling a macro.
But you can change the path to texlive between sessions rather easily:
Open a cmd window. Type
set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%
hit enter. Test if the correct pdflatex is found by typing
where pdflatex
and then start texmaker from this cmd window by typing in the path to the texmaker exe.
If something doesn't work, simply close texmaker and the cmd window and the path will be back to normal.
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
If you want to switch the texsystem you must change the path variable. The texsystems often call their tools themselves (e.g. to create a format or a tfm or search for files) and so must be able to find their own binaries. Simply trying to use C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe while everything else (including the kpathsea searches) points to miktex gives only chaos.
I don't know if texmaker has an option to change the path during a session -- with my editor winedt it is quite easy to do it on-the-fly by calling a macro.
But you can change the path to texlive between sessions rather easily:
Open a cmd window. Type
set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%
hit enter. Test if the correct pdflatex is found by typing
where pdflatex
and then start texmaker from this cmd window by typing in the path to the texmaker exe.
If something doesn't work, simply close texmaker and the cmd window and the path will be back to normal.
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
answered yesterday
Ulrike FischerUlrike Fischer
196k8302689
196k8302689
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt eitherset PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH%orset PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%will result inC:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasionwhere pdflatexproduces the Windows operating system response'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt eitherset PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH%orset PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH%will result inC:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasionwhere pdflatexproduces the Windows operating system response'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt either
set PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH% or set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH% will result in C:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
My current situation is that typing at the Command Prompt either
set PATH=C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe;%PATH% or set PATH=C:texlive2018binwin32;%PATH% will result in C:UsersReinhard Neuwirth>where pdflatex C:texlive2018binwin32pdflatex.exe C:UsersReinhard NeuwirthAppDataLocalProgramsMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64pdflatex.exe. The response suggests that PATH is loaded with texlive and miktex. I am doing something wrong here.– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasion
where pdflatex produces the Windows operating system response 'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
… further, on the odd occasion
where pdflatex produces the Windows operating system response 'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
2
2
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
if doesn't matter if both are in the path, the one found first is important.
– Ulrike Fischer
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
All works as it should now!
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday
add a comment |
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Not tested, but maybe you could make use of
Options --> configure TeXMaker --> Add to PATH.– leandriis
yesterday
Looks like a possibility, but have not been able to make it perform as intended.
– Reinhard Neuwirth
yesterday