How to get arara working with TeXstudio ? - TeX

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

definitely :)

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

a series of unfortunate events

samcarter replying to frougon

... complicated by the fact, that arara v3.0 logs don't contain the version number and are just identifiable by the lack thereof :) A really curious collection of particular circumstances!

frougon

The puzzling bit in the question was that it gave the TeXstudio message `Process started: "/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/arara"` but then `arara` printed a version number which was too old for TL 2021. This can be explained by the fact the `arara` executable is a simple script that locates the .jar file to load with `kpsewhich`, and if `kpsewhich` is from the system TeX installation, it will not look in the `texmf-dist` tree of user-installed TL 2021.

samcarter

This way it asks about the underlying problem, which could be interesting also for non-arara users (how dare they :) )

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

That's a tricky question! I think the most useful approach for future users would be to edit the question into something like  
  
> How to configure texstudio to use a specific texlive version  
>  
>In addition to the texlive version which ships with ubuntu, I installed a vanilla texlive 2021 and would like to use it in texstudio.   
 > 
>For the usage via the terminal, I added the path in my .bashrc and it works fine.  
 > 
>However in texstudio I have the problem, that even if I specify the full path, arara picks up the binaries from the system texlive versions. How can I change this this?

Tejas Shetty

I am wondering how would one put up an answer to this.

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

Please don't think like that.  You have gone beyond what anyone would do, to help me.

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

Fantastic to hear! (sorry for not being more helpful with setting the paths)

Tejas Shetty replying to निरंजन

It worked!!! Finally !! Thanks @niranjan

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

It worked!!! Finally !! Thank you so much for your time @samcarter.

Tejas Shetty replying to frougon

It worked!!! Finally!!! Thanks  @frougon

frougon replying to Tejas Shetty

Yes, you can create `$HOME/.xsessionrc` if it doesn't already exist.

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

removing  I added  to /etc/environment fixed  the login loop

Tejas Shetty replying to frougon

.xsessionrc does not exist on my system. Is it ok to create it?

Tejas Shetty

Strangely , the system seems stuck in a login loop. I wonder if it is because of it.

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/26962251/2777074

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

I have added the path to /etc/environment.

frougon

I doubt changing anything in `/etc/profile.d` will help, because AFAIK, this directory is used by some **shells**. When typical desktop environments start, they don't read shell configuration files to set up the environment, AFAIK. Hence my suggestion in the main chat room. More concretly, I'd suggest to first run `echo $PATH` in a shell, then write `export PATH=...` to `$HOME/.xsessionrc` where `...` is the corrected value after pasting what you just obtained **and** correcting it to make sure `/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux` comes before `/usr/bin` and friends. Save the file, log out, log back in and test in TeXstudio.

Tejas Shetty

along with export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/:$PATH in the texlive.sh

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

Do I need to include #! /bin/sh

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

The arara developer also sent me this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/26962251/2777074  and remarked   
  
> Regarding the path issue, maybe the user could create a e.g, `texlive.sh` file in /etc/profile.d with export PATH=/path/to/texlive:$PATH. 
  
There are also several suggestion in https://topanswers.xyz/tex?room=347

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

will do so

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

yeah so true. Can probably create a bot for it

samcarter

@Tejas I posted about the path issue in the https://topanswers.xyz/nix chat, maybe you can keep an eye open in case somebody answers

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

Which can basically all be answered with "use lua/xelatex or remove the problematic character"

Tejas Shetty

https://tex.stackexchange.com/search?tab=relevance&q=package%20inputenc%20error%20unicode

Tejas Shetty

There are  so many package inputenc error questions

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

ok, adjusting the path via bashrc will only affect the terminal but not programs like texstudio. There are a couple of ways to fix this, but I'm not really up to date with what's the preferred way to do this on ubuntu. I'll ask in the main chat room if there are any ubuntu users around.

Tejas Shetty

I had installed texlive 2021 via the dvd and then I have  followed the above steps

Tejas Shetty

Make a back up of the files you are going to edit

sudo cp /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash.backup$(date +"%Y%m%d").bashrc
sudo cp /etc/manpath.config /etc/manpath.backup$(date +"%Y%m%d").config


##########################################################

open bash.bashrc via

sudo subl /etc/bash.bashrc

in terminal and paste

PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH; export PATH
MANPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH; export MANPATH
INFOPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH; export INFOPATH

in it. Save the transformed bash.bashrc.
#################################################################

open manpath.config via

sudo subl /etc/manpath.config

in terminal and paste

MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux /usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/man

in it. Save the transformed manpath.config.

####################################################################

Adapted from https://askubuntu.com/a/60769/707756


export PATH=/usr/share/lib/something:$PATH

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samcarter

How did you add your texlive to the path for your terminal? Did add it to your `.bashrc` file or some other technique?

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

yes it does

samcarter

Just to make sure `/usr/bin/pdflatex -v` will say something about 2017, doesn't it?

samcarter

Let's see if we can do something about the paths

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

ok, so no easy fix then.

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

yeah

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

I did not change it, once you told me to set the command

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

from the modification date, this looks like the old texlive

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar  5  2018 /usr/bin/pdflatex -> pdftex

samcarter

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samcarter[ *— an hour ago*](#c107290)  
>Can you try adding the texlive binaries to the "Commands" paths in texstudio, e.g.   
>![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 16.39.33.png](/image?hash=89ead895c43c2f5a1473da6c37aa1fd387c00e18f346770558c71a0757660650)
:::

samcarter

Or maybe it works if you now set again the "Command" field like in this comment

samcarter

Can you check `ls -l /usr/bin/pdflatex` if there are links to the old texlive version?

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

Thanks! My guess: with `PATH=/home/tejas/.local/bin:/home/tejas/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/ ` it will first look into folders like `/usr/local/bin`  where there are probably links to the texlive2017 installation from your ubuntu installation, so it never get to search your texlive2021 which is at the very end of the path

Tejas Shetty

rocess started: bash -c env

CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=xim
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
LANG=en_IN
DISPLAY=:0
GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu
USERNAME=tejas
XDG_VTNR=2
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=19452
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.mandatory.path
XDG_SESSION_ID=2
USER=tejas
DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
QT4_IM_MODULE=xim
TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale/
DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.default.path
PWD=/home/tejas/Dropbox/my/qc_books/latex/editors/texstudio/demo/1
HOME=/home/tejas
TEXTDOMAIN=im-config
SSH_AGENT_PID=5160
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
WINDOWPATH=2
SHELL=/bin/bash
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=2
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/texstudio.desktop
XDG_SEAT=seat0
SHLVL=1
LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
GDMSESSION=ubuntu
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
LOGNAME=tejas
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
PATH=/home/tejas/.local/bin:/home/tejas/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux/
GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
SESSION_MANAGER=local/g4:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/5064,unix/g4:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5064
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
_=/usr/bin/env

Process exited normally





Process started: grep PATH

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

If you run the new user command `user0` or however you called it, what does it show in the texstudio message pane? It should show something like ![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 17.26.41.png](/image?hash=dba8663e19e385e04504711d8a900619f33cb3faf794ee1dfb4506b9eef14417)

samcarter replying to Tejas Shetty

that's using texlive2017, so we better solve your path problem.

Tejas Shetty

run after adding path finder

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef646x257pws4tv/carter1.log?dl=0

Tejas Shetty replying to samcarter

ok

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