Kilekile PDFlatex build problem, after latest kubuntu update

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nikosd
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kile PDFlatex build problem, after latest kubuntu update

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Running kile 2.1 on kubuntu, kernel 2.6.32-45-generic.
Always viewing pdf output in okular.
kile was running smoothly for a long time. With last set of updates, kile does not build PDFlatex anymore.

After trying to compile empty article file

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
%opening
\title{}
\author{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}
\section{}
\end{document}
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output produces following warning

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Cannot open log file; did you run latex?
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Log file contents:

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*****
***** PDFLaTeX output:
***** cd "/home/nikos/Desktop/kile-test"
***** pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode 'test-kile-2.tex'--shell-escape
*****
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
! I can't find file `test-kile-2.tex--shell-escape'.
<*> test-kile-2.tex--shell-escape
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> test-kile-2.tex--shell-escape
! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on texput.log.
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Tried removing texlive, tex-common, and kile and reinstalling from command line, to no avail.

Different build methods work, for example LaTeX+DVItoPDF+ViewPDF produces proper pdf output.

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cgnieder
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kile PDFlatex build problem, after latest kubuntu update

Post by cgnieder »

The call seems to go wrong: it tries to compile a file called test-kile-2.tex--shell-escape (including the shell-scape). Unfortunately I don't know how the menu is called but you should be able to find some menu like "Configure Kile -> Tools -> Build" There you should find how the compiler is called. In case of PDFLaTeX it should be for command: pdflatex, and for options: -interaction=nonstopmode '%source'.

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nikosd
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kile PDFlatex build problem, after latest kubuntu update

Post by nikosd »

Indeed, I looked in the build menu and the command being executed was
-interaction=nonstopmode '%source'--shell-escape
After removing the --shell-escape part, things run again.

No idea how the --shell-escape got there in the first place...

Thanks a lot,
Nikos
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