[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX Minted package using custom output-directory=build

Question

Given the following LaTeX document (minimal.tex):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document} 
\begin{minted}{c} 
int main() {
    printf("hello, world");
    return 0;
}
\end{minted} 
\end{document}

I can build it with:

pdflatex -shell-escape  minimal.tex

But I would like to put the build files in another directory, so I use -output-directory=build, like:

pdflatex -shell-escape -output-directory=build minimal.tex

But this way I get:

...
(/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/color.cfg)
(/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
(/usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkii/supp-pdf.mkii
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
))) (./_minted-minimal/default-pyg-prefix.pygstyle)Error: cannot read infile: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'minimal.pyg'
system returned with code 256


! Package minted Error: Missing Pygments output; \inputminted was
probably given a file that does not exist--otherwise, you may need 
the outputdir package option, or may be using an incompatible build tool.

See the minted package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.9 \end{minted}

The minimal.pyg actually is inside build directory, but it seems not to be found.

What can I do?

Answer 1

You need \usepackage[outputdir=build]{minted} to tell minted where the files went.