Latex Error "log file not found"

Question

I'm using Texmaker and I get this error "Log file not found" when I am running LatexPDF. Can you please help me to solve this problem.

Welcome to TeX.sx! Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. — Marco Daniel, Aug 11 '12 at 11:39
@Rachelle What exactly is the workflow here? I assume you are creating a .tex file, then trying to run something, then getting the warning? — Joseph Wright, Aug 11 '12 at 12:35
Yes, exactly when i run any .tex file, then this warning pops up.. — Rachelle, Aug 11 '12 at 13:17
If you have checked the option "use build directory..." then you can disable it or add the flag --output-directory=./build to your PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX or LuaLatex script, for example, mine is: xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape --output-directory=./build %.tex — Eduardo Jiménez, Mar 02 '23 at 03:23

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '12 at 19:05

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This error can occur if you have no TEX engine installed. Because TexMaker is only a editor and can therefor not compile tex code without a Tex distro installed previously.

If you are working on windows, make sure to install either TexLive or MikTex. http://www.tug.org/texlive/

For Mac there is MacTex. http://tug.org/mactex/

Hope this helps

answered Aug 11 '12 at 19:05

Fry

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In this case please remember to mark this question as solved by clicking the checkmark next to the answer. – Fry Aug 12 '12 at 08:33

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '13 at 19:23

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If somebody still encouters the problem, try to uncheck the "use a build subdirectory for output files" box. For me this in combination with Peiqins tip worked.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 19:23

Thomas

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can't we make that a global option in the Tex Distribution (MacTex in my case)? – nyxee Feb 23 '17 at 17:19

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 20 '17 at 05:09

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I encountered the same problem in Linux OS, and I run the command line to compile the .tex file first to generate a .log file in the directory. Then it can be compiled by Texmaker without errors.

Also this error occurs when you give a name with symbols like ! %&$# etc... make sure you didn't gave a name with symbols an try.

edited Jan 20 '17 at 05:09

Eduardo Damián

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answered Dec 16 '12 at 12:43

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '13 at 20:32

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In my case, after trying many ways to solve the problem, I noticed that the name of the file I had to compile contained two spaces; I just renamed it and everything work fine.

answered Feb 21 '13 at 20:32

Immanuel Weihnachten

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Latex Error "log file not found"

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