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I have installed my shiny server on Ubuntu. In addition I installed Texlive- full 2017 on the server as well. The problem is that downloading report from the shiny app on the server does not work (on my local computer is working !!!) the error is :

pandoc: pdflatex not found. pdflatex is needed for pdf output.
Warning: Error in : pandoc document conversion failed with error 41

I followed this steps as well to create the symbolic link, but nothing has changed !

my pdflatex is in this path :

/usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/x86_64-linux

so I have create the symbolic linke like :

ln -s /usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/x86_64-linux  /usr/texbin

and I have added the usr/texbin to the path. Can anyone could tell me what I am missing here ?!!

Ali Hadjihoseini
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  • Just installing `texlive-latex-base` should be sufficient. What's the output of `which pdflatex`? Is the `pdflatex` binary in `/usr/texbin`? – tarleb Oct 19 '17 at 19:57

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sudo apt install texlive-latex-base seems to install pdflatex.

sunapi386
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    You also need two more packets or you will get some font related errors. `apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended` – Andrea Feb 15 '19 at 21:36
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    in addition to `texlive-latex-recommended` and `texlive-fonts-recommended`, I also had to install `texlive-latex-extra` (on ubuntu) – Matt Aug 05 '22 at 22:00
  • These methods still work end-July 2023 (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS). Thanks all! – kyle-G Jul 31 '23 at 13:40