[Tex/LaTex] Error with pygmentize when using minted package

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Problem:

I get multiple undefined control sequences when using the package minted and I believe it is caused by pygmentize.

Background

I use the software Texpad and the active LaTeX distribution is set to:

  • /usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-darwin

I then check both python and pygmentize:

  • which python results in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
  • which pygmentize results in /opt/local/bin/pygmentize

I have MacPorts installed and I check the active version by using:

  • port select --list python which results in python34 (active)

Question 1

This is where I get confused, shouldn't which python also point to /opt/local/bin/python?

Paths

I check my paths by doing nano ~/.bash_profile, which results in:

export PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-darwin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/:$PATH

##
# Your previous /Users/Batman/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/Batman/.bash_profile.macports-saved_$
##

# MacPorts Installer addition on 2017-02-12_at_00:07:31: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

Question 2

What is required given the above information in order for pygmentize to work?

Minimal Working Example (MWE):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{minted}

\usemintedstyle[php]{autumn}

\begin{document}
\begin{minted}{php}
<?php
    try {
        // Connect to SQL database
        $dsn = new PDO('mysql:host=servername;dbname=databasename', 'username', 'password');
    }
    catch (PDOException $e) {
        // Prints out error message
        echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
    }
?>
\end{minted}
\end{document}

Best Answer

So after some searching I found the answer here:

https://github.com/gpoore/minted/issues/81#issuecomment-125685237

and the solution was:

\usepackage[cache=false]{minted}

If the errors continue one might try:

\usepackage[cache=false,outputdir=.texpadtmp]{minted}

The issue seems to be with the minted package and not associated with pygmentize.

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