I have problems including an .svg image into my document (I'm using MikTeX on Windows 10). I found relevant Q&As here and I think I know which steps I need to take in order to import svg images:
- I have inkscape in PATH
- I added the
--shell-escapeor--write18option (tried both)
Those are my settings:
I copy and pasted the example from this answer
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{svg}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includesvg{image}
\caption{svg image}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
but I still get this error:
This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.12.0 (MiKTeX 20.12)
restricted system commands enabled.
(./test.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-10-01> patch level 2
L3 programming layer <2020-12-07> xparse <2020-03-03>
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/base/article.cls"
Document Class: article 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX document class
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/base/size10.clo"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/svg/svg.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/iftex/iftex.sty")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/koma-script/scrbase.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlfile.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlfile-hook.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/koma-script/scrlogo.sty")))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pdftexcmds/pdftexcmds.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/infwarerr/infwarerr.sty")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/ltxcmds/ltxcmds.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/trimspaces/trimspaces.sty")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/graphics.cfg")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics-def/luatex.def")))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/tools/shellesc.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/color.cfg"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/transparent/transparent.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/auxhook/auxhook.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/pgf/utilities/pgfrcs.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-common.tex"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-common-lists.tex"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-latex.def")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfrcs.code.tex"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/pgf.revision.tex")))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys.code.tex"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.code.tex"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeysfiltered.code.tex"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgf.cfg")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-luatex.def"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-pdf.def")))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsyssoftpath.code.tex"
) ("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsysprotocol.code.tex
")) ("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty"
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-luatex.def")
(./test.aux) ("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd")
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/context/base/mkii/supp-pdf.mkii"
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
) ("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/epstopdf-pkg/epstopdf-base.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/grfext/grfext.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/kvdefinekeys/kvdefinekeys.sty"))
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/latex/kvoptions/kvoptions.sty"
("C:/Program Files/MiKTeX/tex/generic/kvsetkeys/kvsetkeys.sty")))
Package svg Warning: You didn't enable shell escape' (orwrite18')
(svg) so it wasn't possible to launch the Inkscape export
(svg) for `image.svg' on input line 8.
! Package svg Error: File `image_svg-tex.pdf' is missing.
See the svg package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.8 \includesvg{image}
?
I have an image.svg file in the same folder like the tex document.
I need this to work with LuaLaTeX, but I also tried pdfLaTeX, getting the same error...
The compiler complains that I didn't enable 'shell escape' (or 'write18'), so what am I doing wrong? Did I violate the syntax in the settings?

--shell-escapebefore$fullname– Henri Menke Jan 05 '21 at 17:57