[Tex/LaTex] Unable to compile TeXmaker 4.0.2 with MiKTeX 2.9

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I just downloaded first MiKTex 2.9 and then TeXmaker 4.0.2. However, I am having a hard time getting it to compile. I always get the info box saying Can't detect the file name followed by the info box saying Could not start the command.

In the Configure Texmaker -> Commands options box I have set the path in the bottom to:

"C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/miktex/bin"

I have also tried putting this file path in the specific command paths above (together with the filenames). But neither helps. I have been looking around at this and other Tex pages, and other people have asked the same question. I have tried to do, what they were advised to do, but is has not help.

I hope that somebody can help me.

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Common newbie mistakes/errors Using TeXmaker

From Version 4.1 onwards, A document must be saved with an extension (and without spaces or accents in the name) before being used by a command pops out when the file is compiled (Press QuickBuild) before saving it as file-name.tex.
- Save the file as file-name.tex and then compile using QuickBuild or PDFLATEX.

2.cannot detect file-name and Could not start the command errors:

In TeXmaker one needs to save .tex code as file-name.tex before compiling otherwise above errors pop out. In TeXworks, it's better handled by suggesting the untitled-1.tex file name before compiling.
1. Error: Log file not found! :Texmaker (Windows version) - first use - Error: Log file not found!.
  - when compiling a .tex document in TeXmaker without installing LaTeX distribution MiKTeX/TeXLive/MacTeX etc. Since TeXmaker is just like any LaTeX editor needs LaTeX distribution to compile .tex and output .pdf
  - "Note : a LaTeX distribution must be installed on the system to use TeXmaker" at TeXmaker Download page .
  - Verify a latex installation: Commandline/Terminal after installation and In MiKTeX, after installation,Computer needs a restart to get miktex bin path added to system PATH automatically.
2. "File not found" error: TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf. when the file-name.pdf is not available/generated from file-name.tex during compilation due to following reasons:solutions
Wrong output file path :uncheck "build" subdirectory in Configure window
Lack of read/write output folder permissions : copy file-name.tex to another folder and compile
renamed file-name.pdf : file-name.tex and file-name.pdf names should be same
Missing file-name.pdf : Incase of latex compilation only -file-name.dvi is only available, one may need dvips and ps2pdf to get compiled-file.pdf
file-name.pdf locked by another pdf-viewer : Close the external pdf-viewer
Unable to generate file-name.pdf: Delete improper .aux files and why to Delete .aux file in order to successfully compile
Common newbie errors Unable to generate pdf encountered in TeXniccenter are are applicable to TeXmaker as well.
1. Finally configure TeXmaker whenever necessary as defaults work fine.
  - Typical command line arguments to place in the configure TeXmaker window :adding flag -synctex=1 to enable synctex and -shell-escape to run external programs(when neccessary)
  - pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
  - latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
  - xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

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[Tex/LaTex] texmaker 3.5 miktex portable 2.9 and epstopdf

After (re-)installation of MiKTeX portable and some try&error I found out, that the real answer is … RTFM:

Excerpt from the epstopdf manual:

Note: Usually the conversion program needs the exact location of the image ﬁle. Usually the current directory works. Also if the image ﬁle is found using \graphicspath, the location is known. However, if the image is somewhere in a directory of environment variable TEXINPUTS, then the package does not know the exact location and the conversion program will not ﬁnd the image ﬁle unless it implements a search using TEXINPUTS (program kpsewhich may be of help in this task).

So, you have the choice between following 3 possibilities:

To the call of pdflatex add the commandline switch --include-directory="G:\LaTeX\sandbox" (Attention! No closing backslash here, or, if the path is without white space, leave out the double quote marks), but included inside of TeXMaker it’s not portable.

Add the command \graphicspath to your TeX file. In a test I had to use slashes instead of the usually in Windows used backslashes. That’s also not portable, but you can easily change it, before you do a new compiling.

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\graphicspath={{G:/LaTeX/sandbox/}}
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
\begin{document} 
\includegraphics[scale=1]{test.eps} 
\end{document}

What I would favour:
Similar as I already pointed out in Using MikTex Portable, TexMaker, and Asymptote from a USB drive – edit the start file miktex-portable.cmd (make a safety copy first) and add the system variable TEXINPUTS. Note: The way it’s shown here, it works only, if the TEXINPUTS directory is on the same drive as the portable MiKTeX installation, and as far as I see, it’s the only portable way.

@echo off set MOBIDRIVE=%~d0 set TEXINPUTS=%MOBIDRIVE%\LaTeX\sandbox set PATH=%TEXINPUTS%;%PATH% miktex\bin\miktex-taskbar-icon.exe

Then you can (and should!) use the command line prompt, that you get with right click on the traybar icon. The command line compilation worked fine here in a test. Start TeXMaker from this command prompt or add a line

start /i /d%MOBIDRIVE%\<path-to-texmaker> texmaker.exe

before the above miktex\bin\miktex-taskbar-icon.exe or create an own startbatch file with the variable TEXINPUTS.

Remark: After I’ve done a test with TeXMaker portable (BTW: that’s actually not fully true!), that I had to download first, I must say, that obviously with TeXMaker this approach of point 3 didn’t work! Only with the \graphicspath version or, if the EPS file was in the same directory like the TEX file, I’ve got a result. (Remark 2: I used some example files of Ghostscript and the example folder as graphics path, everything was on the same drive.)

I leave the not functioning point here, because wieschoo’s answer refers to it.

[Tex/LaTex] Texmaker / TeXstudio does not compile XeLaTeX with MiKTeX portable

This is not the optimal response, but it is an answer. You have to edit the path enviromental variable to add, at the end of it, the path to the bin MiKTeX folder (thanks to Speravir for pointing it out). In this case, just add ;E:\LaTeX\MiKTeX\miktex\bin (the semicolon is the separator). A guide to do that is in http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm.

The compiling worked in TeXworks because it sets one folder to look for all the programs, while Texmaker and TeXstudio set the path individually. So, I’m not sure if the fault is in MiKTeX or in the editors just mentioned.

So, what if I wanna use Texmaker from an usb in a computer with no admin rights? Well, just be sure to carry TeXwork (which comes with MiKTeX anyway), then work and save in Texmaker, and then compile from TeXworks.

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