Texmaker and TeXstudio ⇒ Compilation can't be started

[sahiti321]

Hi I downloaded TeXmaker, and MiKTeX (complete), and I made a simple document saying:

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\begin{document}
This is SaHiTi's first document.
\end{document}

I made a new environment variable in systems advanced settings called 'HOME' and then I tried to put the path for MiKTeX there, and path for the Adobe Reader, both didn't work.

also in TeXmaker, options, configure, I wrote these two above paths, didn't work. The error

Could not start the command.

appears when I try to run or press the arrow key in TeXmaker. What should I do?

[localghost]

Hi I downloaded TeXmaker, and MiKTeX (complete) […]

And you also installed the latter one?

[…] I made a new environment variable in systems advanced settings called 'HOME' and then I tried to put the path for MiKTeX there, and path for the Adobe Reader, both didn't work.[…]

Why did you do that?


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[sahiti321]

I don't know! I just followed this website: http://www.latexbuch.de/install-latex-w ... #x1-100003

so how in the world do i use latex? can i just download texmaker, and then miktex (latest versions) and just run it? why doesnt it work?

[localghost]

I don't know! I just followed this website: http://www.latexbuch.de/install-latex-w ... #x1-100003 […]

The modifications you did are described in the section for Emacs, not for TeXmaker. So, cancel all system modifications you have done so far.

[…] so how in the world do i use latex? can i just download texmaker, and then miktex (latest versions) and just run it? why doesn't it work?

As someone who does not use Wind0ws I can't tell you directly what has been going wrong. Try to compile your sample document on the command line and see what happens.

[aas]

I have been a long time user of TeXShop and read a post recommending TexMaker. I have just installed TexLive2012, and installed Texmaker on a Mac running MountainLion.

I created a simple file, one I know compiles in TeXShop. It literally has a documentclass command, a begin document command, a few rods of text, and the end document command.

When I hit run, I get "Error : could not start the command"

QuickBuild is set as PDFLaTex + View PDF

The configuration information which TexMaker put in itself reads
LaTex: "/home/art/texlive/2012/bin/x86_64-linux/latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex"
PdfLaTex:
"/home/art/texlive/2012/bin/x86_64-linux/pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex"