Texmaker: showing the same old pdf

Question

I recently installed Mepis on my computer, so I had to install LiveTex, TeXmaker, etc. from scratch. Everything works fine in TeXmaker, except for the .pdf. Every time I compile and want to see the .pdf, I get an old version. No messages of errors, no nothing appears, so I don't know what could it be. I tried with changing the options in Configure TeXmaker: Built-in viewer, Built-in viewer + Embed, and External viewer (Okular in my case). I closed the .pdf when I compiled, but still: the same old .pdf is there.I even tried deleting the .pdf from the directory, then run Quick built, and got an error (No file found).

Any ideas?

What does quick build do, exactly? What if you compile with e.g. pdflatex instead (shortcut F6) and then view the PDF (F7)? — Torbjørn T., Jul 31 '13 at 07:41
Quick build is a shortcut for PDFLatex + View PDF. I also tried doing it separately, as you say, but it didn't result. — Nalerive, Jul 31 '13 at 07:47
nothing, I get the same old pdf and no message of error or something remotely similar. It simply doesn't work (and I cannot figure it why) — Nalerive, Jul 31 '13 at 08:05
Is the path to the pdflatex binary set correctly in the Texmaker settings? Does it work if you run it from a terminal instead (i.e. pdflatex file.tex)? — Torbjørn T., Jul 31 '13 at 08:10
Nope, it didn't work. I downloaded latex-make package (thinking that might help), but still, nothing. Am I doing something wrong? — Nalerive, Jul 31 '13 at 08:32

RTbecard · Answer 1 · 2016-06-21T12:02:03.460

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I've had the same cryptic problem twice before where new documents won't compile and TexMaker throws no errors and just loads the previous successfully compiled pdf.

As the OP's answer suggests, this is an issue with TexMaker not having access to the proper latex packages. I had the same issue on windows, I resolved it by installing MikTeX which loaded all the necessary latex packages on my system, then reinstalling TexMaker again.

I believe I got the original error because I installed TexMaker before I had any latex packages installed on my machine.

edited Jun 21 '16 at 12:02

answered Jun 20 '16 at 23:14

RTbecard

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Fair enough that this could be a comment, but I believe this does answer the question with a solution which is unique from the other posted answers. The OP's posted result is Linux specific, while the question has no tags regarding the OS. This is a windows specific answer which resolves the problem described by the OP. – RTbecard Jun 21 '16 at 12:02
it works pretty fine! – Francisco Maerle Nov 03 '16 at 19:39

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 09:06

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Problem solved. I downloaded some packages (texlive-latex-recomended/extra, texlive-humanities and others) and everything is working perfect now. Thanks Torbjørn T. for your time!

answered Jul 31 '13 at 09:06

Nalerive

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You just added the packages? what exactly? I have the same problem. Thanks. – Hiperion Oct 01 '13 at 01:46
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I added the mentioned packages by adding "\usepackage{}" command but the pdf file is still the same. Can you please mention if you did anything in addition to that? Im using TexMaker on Windows 8. Thank you, Negin – Jun 11 '14 at 16:55

Sharan · Answer 3 · 2014-07-28T18:47:07.240

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In Texmaker, the "--output-directory=build" parameter is only supported by the latex and pdflatex commands and not by bibtex. This is a known issue in Texmaker. Inorder to solve this, either

Disable "Build subdirectory" option in Texmaker, under Options -> Configure Texmaker -> Commands, Uncheck "Use a Build Sub-Directory for output files" and try Quick build again.
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                                       (or)
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Replace "%" by "build/%". (Refer http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/doc.html#SECTION42)

  dvips -o build/%.ps build/%.dvi
  ps2pdf build/%.ps build/%.pdf
  bibtex build/%.aux

edited Jul 28 '14 at 18:47

answered Jul 28 '14 at 15:34

Sharan

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I've updated the answer. – Sharan Jul 28 '14 at 17:46
didnt work here – Francisco Maerle Nov 03 '16 at 19:10

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 23 '16 at 19:35

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I had the same issue, resolved by running Texmaker as administrator.

edited Jun 23 '16 at 19:35

Werner

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answered Jun 23 '16 at 19:09

Bensmaine Abderrahmane

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and how can you do that? – Francisco Maerle Nov 03 '16 at 19:09
On windows, right click on TexMaker Icon then clic on run as administrator, on Ubuntu, the famous "sudo" – Bensmaine Abderrahmane Dec 06 '16 at 20:13
This worked for me as well. After running as admin, it asked to install some packages and then the Quick Build button worked perfectly. – A. Mashreghi Nov 22 '20 at 18:21

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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I used the solution mentioned in a comment on texmaker overwrites file that was externally modified , which states to go to Options in Texmaker, then click the Editor-tab and then hit 'Check for external changes'. Worked for me!

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

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answered Nov 02 '16 at 11:06

ksyrium

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 11:33

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My problem was the same as described above. I run Texmaker 4.5 on macOS Mojave. I have a very important thing to do, that why I was afraid of making an upgrade.

I tried different things. Name or location changes, description, label...

Until I opened the file in PDF Expert and save it as Flatten. I think it's a really quick solution if you have the same tools. Perhaps combining with Preview.app would also be effective.

answered Mar 18 '19 at 11:33

Piotr Gogolin

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@bmv I don't understand. I've got the same problem and I described my solution to this. Nalerive asks: Any idead? Perhaps it will be useful to someone like me who will find this tread in the future. – Piotr Gogolin Mar 18 '19 at 13:27

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