[Tugindia] Difficulties in compiling text using Texmaker !

[S. venkataraman]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:54 AM, <drradhak at runbox.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Texmaker appears to afford an excellent editor for diehard Linux users, but
> I have had a few problems, which require wise
> suggestions from colleagues.
> I have downloaded Texmaker for Ubuntu 11.04, and most of the features seem
> to work well. However, it refuses to
> compile even  a small   text  ( e.g test.tex saying "Bonjour. les amis !",
> or " Hello there" !
> I have not downloaded Miktex- is it required ? I would like to get hold of
> a simple  text in a template for
> testing why the compilation  step ( from tools etc) does not work.
> Right now, I usually edit the programs using the Texmaker  screen, (which
> is very convenient)
> save it as a .tex file and pdflatex it on a separate new terminal opened
> for this purpose.  Please send me a template .tex  of
> about 4 or 5 lines, and suggestions for compiling it on Texmaker.
> Thanks,
> Radhakrishna
> Other variations like texmakerx, and Texstudio seem to have problems in
> compiling on Ubuntu 11.04.
>
>
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What is the error message?

You may have to configure it.  I don't remember exactly what
I did, but check options->configure texmaker and see if the values are ok.
I am using texlive and it works fine. What tex distribution do you use?
You have click on the arrow pointing to the right, just before pdflatex, in
the menu bar for compilation.
Best,
Venkataraman