installingprotexttexstudio
I am running Windows 7 and I have installed the ProTeXt package. I am using MiKTeX and TeXstudio however my TeXstudio seems not to work as I get the following error message:
Error: Could not start the command: "texstudio_Hp6136".ps
This is all of my text in my file:
\documentclass[12]{article}
\begin{document}
Blah
\end{document}
Then I hit F1 (Quick Build) and I actually tried all the other buttons for latex and DVI and pdflatex.
What is/could be wrong with TeXstudio?
The following settings should work:
latex "/Library/TeX/texbin/latex" -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
dvips "/Library/TeX/texbin/dvips" -o %.ps %.dvi
ps2pdf "/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf" %.ps
MakeIndex "/Library/TeX/texbin/makeindex" %.idx
BiBTeX "/Library/TeX/texbin/bibtex" %.aux
pdfLaTeX "/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex" -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
dvipdf "/Library/TeX/texbin/dvipdfm" %.dvi
dvipng "/Library/TeX/texbin/dvipng" -T tight -D 120 %.dvi
Metapost "/Library/TeX/texbin/mpost" --interaction nonstopmode
DVI viewer open %.dvi
PS viewer open %.ps
PDF viewer open %.pdf
Ghostscript /usr/local/bin/gs "?am.ps"
Asymptote "/Library/TeX/texbin/asy" %.asy
If you have updated to a recent MacTeX and need to change them all at the same time, you can quit out of the app and edit the texstudio.ini file which is stored in ~/.config/texstudio. This is a plain text file and you can then do a global replace of the old path with /Library/TeX/texbin.
If you are using any other TeX distribution, for example MacPorts or Fink, you will need to change /usr/texbin/ to the relevant path in that particular distribution. In MacPorts it is /opt/local/bin/.
I would not recommend using such a distribution, however, as they are generally harder to keep updated.
(Also check out the MiKTeX tag wiki I just wrote up!)
The hardest part about getting started with LaTeX probably is learning what the different components you need are. Texmaker is an editor, but what actually compiles your source code and creates the document is within a (La)TeX distribution, the most popular of which are MiKTeX (Windows only) and TeX Live (Windows, Linux, OS X (as MacTeX)). You can read about some differences between the two at What are the advantages of TeX Live over MiKTeX?. I've always been using MiKTeX, which seems like a solid choice for a beginner to me. I am, however, considering trying out TeX Live as well.
If you decide in favor of MiKTeX, make sure to install the user mode (you're asked about that during the installation process), not in admin mode. It has nothing to do with multi-account configurations, but rather something network-y related. You can read about it at Difference between administrative and user mode of MiKTeX. But believe me, the user mode will make your life much easier. I wish I would've done it right away. (On another question that might come up before downloading MiKTeX: What is the difference between the basic MiKTeX and the complete MiKTeX?)
Once you installed a distribution, you might have to reinstall Texmaker if you want to avoid having to (find out and) type in all the paths yourself.
As introductory reading for LaTeX, I recommend The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2ε, which also has a section about the different parts of a working LaTeX system, if I remember correctly.
Best Answer
In TeXStudio menu choose Options→Configure TeXStudio, select Quick Build, option pdfLaTeX + pdf Viewer.