[texworks] sh: lualatex: command not found

[Arno Trautmann]

Hi all,

the problem described is still there, I just updated both TL and TW.
Doen anyone have further hints on what I can check? I'd really like to
go on with TW but without the externalziation working I need another UI :(

Best,
Arno

On 7/15/19 3:06 PM, Arno Trautmann wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> On 7/13/19 11:25 AM, Stefan Löffler wrote:
>> Hi Arno,
>>
>> On 07.07.19 13:36, Arno Trautmann wrote:
>>> I have weird behavior of texworks when trying to externalize a tikz
>>> figure an in the example below. texworks tells me
>>> ––
>>> sh: lualatex: command not found
>>> ––
>>> However if I call in my terminal:
>>> ––
>>> sh-5.0$ lualatex
>>> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.10.0 (TeX Live 2019)
>>> ––
>>> So sh knows lualatex. Also, this did work since a long time and suddenly
>>> stopped about last week. I get the externalization when calling from
>>> terminal, so it seems that texworks is calling something wrong but I
>>> cannot figure out what.
>>
>> As far as Tw is concerned, there were no relevant changes to the code in
>> the past few weeks.
>
> Ok, interesting …
>
>> I am a bit surprised that lualatex is explicitly called through sh...
>> maybe you could check the definition of the lualatex typesetting tool?
>>
>> Also, can you trace down where lualatex is placed and how it's defined?
>> On my system, it's a maze of symlinks that ultimately points to luatex.
>> That could potential;y also cause problems if all symlinks are resolved
>> and luatex is called instead of lualatex...
>
> /home/texlive2019/bin/x86_64-linux/lualatex
>
> How do I check the definition? Or what kind of information would you need?
>
>> I would also try adding a new typesetting tool (for debugging purposes)
>> that just calls `env` to print the environment variables to see if $PATH
>> is correct.
>
> This is the output of tw with env:
>
> DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
> DISPLAY=:0.0
> HOME=/home/arno
> INVOCATION_ID=e0e2bbda3e714619b969630c25543a7a
> JOURNAL_STREAM=9:15955
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LOGNAME=arno
> MAIL=/var/spool/mail/arno
> MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> OLDPWD=/home/arno
> PATH=/usr/lib/hardening-wrapper/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
>
> PWD=/home/arno
> SHELL=/bin/zsh
> SHLVL=1
> TERM=linux
> TEXEDIT=/usr/bin/texworks --position=%d %s
> USER=arno
> WINDOWPATH=1
> XAUTHORITY=/home/arno/.Xauthority
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
> XDG_SEAT=seat0
> XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
> XDG_SESSION_ID=1
> XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty
> XDG_VTNR=1
> _=/usr/bin/texworks
>
>
> Thanks for looking into this!
>
> best,
> Arno
>