Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting pdflatex PATH Issues

If you encounter issues with the pdflatex PATH and receive the following error message:

/bin/sh: 1: pdflatex: not found

First, ensure that the pdflatex command is accessible in your IDE environment. In some cases, you may need to add pdflatex to your system's PATH, or specify the ~ symbol before the command.

If you continue to experience issues, you can use the -tp=<tex_program> option to specify a custom pdflatex PATH. Here's an example:

# Replace it for the path 
PDF_LATEX_PATH = r"C:\Users\lucas\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe"

%%tikz -as=tikz -t=pgfplots -nt -tp="$PDF_LATEX_PATH"
\begin{axis}[
  xlabel=$x$,
  ylabel={$f(x) = x^2 - x + 4$}
]
\addplot {x^2 - x + 4};
\end{axis}