[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX Workshop in VSCode failed to compile

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I am trying to use LaTeX Workshop in VSCode to compile my tex file. I have no idea why it can not successfully compile it. The error log is as follows:

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My tex file is downloaded from overleaf. It looks like (The following content is simplified but having the same issue):

\documentclass[sigconf,review, anonymous]{acmart}

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \providecommand\BibTeX{{%
    \normalfont B\kern-0.5em{\scshape i\kern-0.25em b}\kern-0.8em\TeX}}}

% \setcopyright{acmcopyright}
% \copyrightyear{2021}
% \acmYear{2021}
% \acmDOI{10.1145/1122445.1122456}

%% These commands are for a PROCEEDINGS abstract or paper.
\acmConference[ISSTA 2021]{ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis}{12-16 July, 2021}{ Aarhus, Denmark}
\acmBooktitle{ISSTA'21: ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, 12-16 July, 2021, Aarhus, Denmark}
\acmPrice{15.00}
\acmISBN{978-1-4503-XXXX-X/18/06}

\settopmatter{printacmref=false, printccs=false, printfolios=false}
\setcopyright{none} 
\renewcommand\footnotetextcopyrightpermission[1]{}
\usepackage{booktabs}
%\acmConference[ESEC/FSE 2020]{The 28th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering}{8 - 13 November, 2020}{Sacramento, California, United States}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{graphbox}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{makecell}
%\usepackage{amsmath}
%\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{verbatim}
%\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{algorithm}% http://ctan.org/pkg/algorithm
% \usepackage{algorithmicx}

\usepackage[noend]{algpseudocode}
% \usepackage{algpseudocode}

\usepackage{amsthm}
\newtheorem{myDef}{Definition}
%\newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[section]
\algblock{Input}{EndInput}
\algblock{Output}{EndOutput}

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{amssymb}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amssymb
%\usepackage{pifont}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pifont
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{minted}
% \usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{datapie}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
%\usepackage{algorithm2e}
\def\BibTeX{{\rm B\kern-.05em{\sc i\kern-.025em b}\kern-.08emT\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX}}

\usepackage{xcolor}
% \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}

\usepackage{boldline}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{listings}


\definecolor{codegreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
\definecolor{codegray}{rgb}{0.5,0.5,0.5}
\definecolor{codepurple}{rgb}{0.58,0,0.82}
\definecolor{backcolour}{rgb}{0.95,0.95,0.92}

\lstdefinestyle{mystyle}{
    backgroundcolor=\color{backcolour},   
    commentstyle=\color{codegreen},
    keywordstyle=\color{magenta},
    numberstyle=\tiny\color{codegray},
    stringstyle=\color{codepurple},
    basicstyle=\ttfamily\footnotesize,
    breakatwhitespace=false,         
    breaklines=true,                 
    captionpos=b,                    
    keepspaces=true,                 
    numbers=left,                    
    numbersep=5pt,                  
    showspaces=false,                
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,                  
    tabsize=2
}

% \lstset{style=mystyle}
\lstset{escapeinside={*@}{@*},}
\lstset{language=Java,
        columns=fullflexible,
        basicstyle={\scriptsize\ttfamily},
        keywordstyle=\bfseries,
        %stringstyle=\color{Green},
        breaklines=true,
        commentstyle=\color{gray},
        morecomment=[s][\color{javadocblue}]{/**}{*/},
            breakatwhitespace=false,         
    breaklines=true,                 
    captionpos=b,                    
    keepspaces=true,                 
    numbers=left,                    
    numbersep=5pt,                  
    showspaces=false,                
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,                  
    tabsize=2,
    xleftmargin=.2in,
}
\captionsetup[figure]{font=bf,skip=2pt}%set figure caption
\captionsetup[table]{font=bf,skip=2pt}%set table caption
\newcommand{\distance}{5pt}
\setlength{\textfloatsep}{1pt}%set distance between figure/tables on the top/bottom with text
\setlength{\floatsep}{\distance}%set distance between figures or tables
\setlength{\intextsep}{\distance}%set distance between figures/tables in text with text
\setlength{\dbltextfloatsep}{\distance} %distance between a figure/table spanning both columns and the text;
\setlength{\dblfloatsep}{\distance} %distance between two figures/tables spanning both columns.

\begin{document}

\title{xxx}

\author{Ben Trovato}
\authornote{Both authors contributed equally to this research.}
\email{trovato@corporation.com}
\orcid{1234-5678-9012}
\author{G.K.M. Tobin}
\authornotemark[1]
\email{webmaster@marysville-ohio.com}
\affiliation{%
  \institution{Institute for Clarity in Documentation}
  \streetaddress{P.O. Box 1212}
  \city{Dublin}
  \state{Ohio}
  \country{USA}
  \postcode{43017-6221}
}

\author{Lars Th{\o}rv{\"a}ld}
\affiliation{%
  \institution{The Th{\o}rv{\"a}ld Group}
  \streetaddress{1 Th{\o}rv{\"a}ld Circle}
  \city{Hekla}
  \country{Iceland}}
\email{larst@affiliation.org}

\author{Valerie B\'eranger}
\affiliation{%
  \institution{Inria Paris-Rocquencourt}
  \city{Rocquencourt}
  \country{France}
}

\renewcommand{\shortauthors}{Trovato and Tobin, et al.}
\begin{abstract}
xxx
\end{abstract}

\maketitle



\newpage
\bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
\bibliography{ref}


\end{document}

Could anyone tell me what is going on and what should I do now? I am a newbie to Tex. Thanks!


The screenshot of the VScode "Problems" tab:
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Best Answer

The -shell-escape argument (which is needed for minted to do the pigmentation) seems to be missing when you compile the document.

Go to VSC settings (Ctrl/Cmd+,) and type latex-workshop.latex.tools. Click "Edit in settings.json". Then add "-shell-escape", in args like below:

"latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
      {
        "name": "latexmk",
        "command": "latexmk",
        "args": [
          "-shell-escape", // HERE
          "-synctex=1",
          "-interaction=nonstopmode",
          "-file-line-error",
          "-pdf",
          "-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
          "%DOC%"
        ],
...

Finally, save settings.json and recompile you .pdf.