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Frederick Ollinger
Asked: 2020-03-22 15:11:36 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 19.10 How To Get Pandoc Making PDF Files?

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Install pandoc:

  $ sudo apt install texlive-latex-base pandoc

Use pandoc to make pdf from a Markdown file:

  $ pandoc file.md -o file.pdf

Error message:

kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecrm1000
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for ecrm1000.
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2019/Debian) (preloaded base=mf)

kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecrm1000

! I can't find file `ecrm1000'.
<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: ecrm1000.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000' failed to make ecrm1000.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecrm1000
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for ecrm1000.
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2019/Debian) (preloaded base=mf)

kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecrm1000

! I can't find file `ecrm1000'.
<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: ecrm1000.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000' failed to make ecrm1000.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
Error producing PDF.
! Font T1/cmr/m/n/10=ecrm1000 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou
nd.
<to be read again> 
                   relax 
l.105 \fontencoding\encodingdefault\selectfont

make: *** [Makefile:4: lifting.pdf] Error 43
command-line pdf apt pandoc 19.10

1 Answers

  1. You have to install texlive-fonts-recommended as well.

    So in order for pandoc to actually create a PDF, you need to do the following:

      $ sudo apt install texlive-latex-base pandoc texlive-fonts-recommended

    Now the above command works (one a valid markdown document named file.md):

      $ pandoc file.md -o file.pdf
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