Not able to compile the document.

[PrakashChetan]

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Describe the bug [Required]

I am not able to compile the document.

To Reproduce

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2. Click on '....'
3. See error : LaTeX build process spawned. PID: undefined.
   [22:29:45] LaTeX fatal error: spawn latexmk ENOENT, . PID: undefined.
   [22:29:45] Does the executable exist? $PATH: /home//.texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
   [22:29:45] Does the executable exist? $Path: undefined

Expected behavior

Compile The document

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LaTeX Workshop Output [Required]

[22:42:25] Initializing LaTeX Workshop.
[22:42:25] Extension root: /home//.vscode/extensions/james-yu.latex-workshop-8.21.1
[22:42:25] $PATH: /home//.texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
[22:42:25] $SHELL: /bin/bash
[22:42:25] vscode.env.appName: Visual Studio Code
[22:42:25] vscode.env.remoteName: undefined
[22:42:25] vscode.env.uiKind: 1
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.bind.enter.key: true
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.docker.enabled: false
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.docker.image.latex: ""
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.intellisense.package.enabled: true
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.intellisense.update.aggressive.enabled: false
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.intellisense.update.delay: 1000
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run: "onFileChange"
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.latex.outDir: "%DIR%"
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.latex.recipes: [
{
"name": "latexmk 🔃",
"tools": [
"latexmk"
]
},
{
"name": "latexmk (latexmkrc)",
"tools": [
"latexmk_rconly"
]
},
{
"name": "latexmk (lualatex)",
"tools": [
"lualatexmk"
]
},
{
"name": "pdflatex ➞ bibtex ➞ pdflatex × 2",
"tools": [
"pdflatex",
"bibtex",
"pdflatex",
"pdflatex"
]
},
{
"name": "Compile Rnw files",
"tools": [
"rnw2tex",
"latexmk"
]
},
{
"name": "Compile Jnw files",
"tools": [
"jnw2tex",
"latexmk"
]
},
{
"name": "tectonic",
"tools": [
"tectonic"
]
}
]
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.latex.tools: [
{
"name": "latexmk",
"command": "latexmk",
"args": [
"-synctex=1",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"-file-line-error",
"-pdf",
"-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
"%DOC%"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "lualatexmk",
"command": "latexmk",
"args": [
"-synctex=1",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"-file-line-error",
"-lualatex",
"-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
"%DOC%"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "latexmk_rconly",
"command": "latexmk",
"args": [
"%DOC%"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "pdflatex",
"command": "pdflatex",
"args": [
"-synctex=1",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"-file-line-error",
"%DOC%"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "bibtex",
"command": "bibtex",
"args": [
"%DOCFILE%"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "rnw2tex",
"command": "Rscript",
"args": [
"-e",
"knitr::opts_knit$set(concordance = TRUE); knitr::knit('%DOCFILE_EXT%')"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "jnw2tex",
"command": "julia",
"args": [
"-e",
"using Weave; weave("%DOC_EXT%", doctype="tex")"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "jnw2texmintex",
"command": "julia",
"args": [
"-e",
"using Weave; weave("%DOC_EXT%", doctype="texminted")"
],
"env": {}
},
{
"name": "tectonic",
"command": "tectonic",
"args": [
"--synctex",
"--keep-logs",
"%DOC%.tex"
],
"env": {}
}
]
[22:42:25] latex-workshop.viewer.pdf.internal.keyboardEvent: "auto"
[22:42:25] Creating a new file watcher.
[22:42:25] watcherOptions: {"useFsEvents":false,"usePolling":false,"interval":300,"binaryInterval":1000,"awaitWriteFinish":{"stabilityThreshold":250}}
[22:42:25] Creating PDF file watcher.
[22:42:25] watcherOptions: {"useFsEvents":false,"usePolling":false,"interval":300,"binaryInterval":1000,"awaitWriteFinish":{}}
[22:42:25] Creating Bib file watcher.
[22:42:25] watcherOptions: {"useFsEvents":false,"usePolling":false,"interval":300,"binaryInterval":1000,"awaitWriteFinish":{"stabilityThreshold":250}}
[22:42:25] Set $LATEXWORKSHOP_DOCKER_LATEX: ""
[22:42:25] [Server] Creating LaTeX Workshop http and websocket server.
[22:42:25] Bibtex format config: {"tab":" ","case":"lowercase","left":"{","right":"}","trailingComma":false,"sort":["key"],"alignOnEqual":true,"sortFields":false,"fieldsOrder":[],"firstEntries":["string","xdata"]}
[22:42:25] LaTeX Workshop initialized.
[22:42:25] Bibtex format config: {"tab":" ","case":"lowercase","left":"{","right":"}","trailingComma":false,"sort":["key"],"alignOnEqual":true,"sortFields":false,"fieldsOrder":[],"firstEntries":["string","xdata"]}
[22:42:25] Trigger characters for intellisense of LaTeX documents: ["\",",","{"]
[22:42:25] Bibtex format config: {"tab":" ","case":"lowercase","left":"{","right":"}","trailingComma":false,"sort":["key"],"alignOnEqual":true,"sortFields":false,"fieldsOrder":[],"firstEntries":["string","xdata"]}
[22:42:25] Current workspace folders: undefined
[22:42:25] Current workspaceRootDir:
[22:42:25] [Server] Server successfully started: {"address":"127.0.0.1","family":"IPv4","port":33301}
[22:42:25] Snippet data loaded.
[22:44:36] Current workspace folders: undefined
[22:44:36] Current workspaceRootDir:
[22:44:36] Found root file from active editor: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:36] Root file changed: from undefined to /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:36] Start to find all dependencies.
[22:44:36] Root file languageId: latex
[22:44:36] Reset file watcher.
[22:44:36] Parsing a file and its subfiles: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:36] Parse fls file.
[22:44:36] Cannot find fls file: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.fls
[22:44:36] Added to file watcher: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:36] Checking for duplicate labels: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex.
[22:44:38] Manager.fileWatcher.getWatched: {"/home//Documents/LaTeX":["CV.tex"]}
[22:44:38] Manager.filesWatched: ["/home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex"]
[22:44:38] BibWatcher.bibWatcher.getWatched: {}
[22:44:38] BibWatcher.bibsWatched: []
[22:44:38] PdfWatcher.pdfWatcher.getWatched: {}
[22:44:38] PdfWatcher.pdfsWatched: []
[22:44:38] BUILD command invoked.
[22:44:38] The document of the active editor: file:///home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:38] The languageId of the document: latex
[22:44:38] Current workspace folders: undefined
[22:44:38] Current workspaceRootDir:
[22:44:38] Found root file from active editor: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:38] Keep using the same root file: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:38] Building root file: /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:38] Build root file /home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex
[22:44:38] outDir: /home//Documents/LaTeX
[22:44:38] Recipe step 1: latexmk, -synctex=1,-interaction=nonstopmode,-file-line-error,-pdf,-outdir=/home//Documents/LaTeX,/home//Documents/LaTeX/CV
[22:44:38] Recipe step env: {}
[22:44:38] cwd: /home//Documents/LaTeX
[22:44:38] LaTeX build process spawned. PID: undefined.
[22:44:38] LaTeX fatal error: spawn latexmk ENOENT, . PID: undefined.
[22:44:38] Does the executable exist? $PATH: /home//.texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
[22:44:38] Does the executable exist? $Path: undefined
[22:44:38] The environment variable $SHELL: /bin/bash
[22:44:40] Manager.fileWatcher.getWatched: {"/home//Documents/LaTeX":["CV.tex"]}
[22:44:40] Manager.filesWatched: ["/home//Documents/LaTeX/CV.tex"]
[22:44:40] BibWatcher.bibWatcher.getWatched: {}
[22:44:40] BibWatcher.bibsWatched: []
[22:44:40] PdfWatcher.pdfWatcher.getWatched: {}
[22:44:40] PdfWatcher.pdfsWatched: []

Developer Tools Console [Required]

ERR [Extension Host] (node:18826) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
(Use code --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
workbench.desktop.main.js:sourcemap:77 [Extension Host] (node:18826) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.(Use code --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
E @ workbench.desktop.main.js:sourcemap:77
workbench.desktop.main.js:sourcemap:788 Recipe terminated with fatal error: spawn latexmk ENOENT.

Desktop [Required]

Please write exact version numbers. Please don't write latest instead of exact numbers.

• OS: [Ubuntu 20.04]
• VS Code version: [1.62.1 ]
• Extension version: [8.21.1]
• TeX distribution version: [TeX Live 2021]

Additional questions

Are you using VSCodium?

No

Are you using the Snap or Flatpack versions of VS Code?

Yes

Are you using LaTeX Workshop with VS Code Remote?

No

[jlelong]

The logs say that there is no latexmk executable available in your PATH.

[22:44:38] LaTeX build process spawned. PID: undefined.
[22:44:38] LaTeX fatal error: spawn latexmk ENOENT, . PID: undefined.
[22:44:38] Does the executable exist? $PATH: /home//.texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
[22:44:38] Does the executable exist? $Path: undefined

May be related to #1143
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