Manim: Latex error converting to dvi

Created on 12 Apr 2018 · 10Comments · Source: 3b1b/manim

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "extract_scene.py", line 253, in main
    handle_scene(SceneClass(**scene_kwargs), **config)
  File "/home/tachyon/manim/scene/scene.py", line 67, in __init__
    self.construct(*self.construct_args)
  File "/home/tachyon/manim/./example_scenes.py", line 62, in construct
    self.play(Write(TextMobject("Stuff").scale(3)))
  File "/home/tachyon/manim/mobject/tex_mobject.py", line 56, in __init__
    self.template_tex_file
  File "/home/tachyon/manim/mobject/tex_mobject.py", line 338, in tex_to_svg_file
    dvi_file = tex_to_dvi(tex_file)
  File "/home/tachyon/manim/mobject/tex_mobject.py", line 383, in tex_to_dvi
    "See log output above or the log file: %s" % log_file)
Exception: Latex error converting to dvi. See log output above or the log file: /home/tachyon/manim/files/Tex/-4565850486120066600.log

According to #36 I modified the command configuration
However, it still fails to solve the problem of failure to run other classes.
Can currently only run SquareToCircle class
How can I solve this problem?
Thank you

Source

dbw5718

Most helpful comment

First,you need to check error message:
cat /home/tachyon/manim/files/Tex/-4565850486120066600.log
Probability, you have missed some component in Latex,you can uninstall Latex,and try this(in linux)

sudo apt-get install texlive-full
sudo apt install texlive-latex-base 
sudo apt install texlive-fonts-extra

pu17 on 13 Apr 2018

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All 10 comments

First,you need to check error message:
cat /home/tachyon/manim/files/Tex/-4565850486120066600.log
Probability, you have missed some component in Latex,you can uninstall Latex,and try this(in linux)

sudo apt-get install texlive-full
sudo apt install texlive-latex-base 
sudo apt install texlive-fonts-extra

pu17 on 13 Apr 2018

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When I installed these packages,
Refer to #64 to modify the configuration of mobject/tex_mobject.py to execute successfully.
Anyway,thank you very much.

dbw5718 on 13 Apr 2018

If you have those packages installed thats maybe because the TEX HASH function returns negative value and the latex compiler treats it as a command, and also the latex compiler doesnot work all the time, so you need to use the pdflatex compiler. I created a pull request regarding the issue, hopefully it fixed all errors for me. Check out the changes, that might help.

kiranajij on 27 Jul 2018

@pu17 I read the tex log, and it said I was missing some .sty files. Those were exactly the packages I needed to install for them. Thanks a ton.

GrahamBenHarper on 6 Aug 2018

Closing, since this issue seems to be resolved.

eulertour on 28 Nov 2018

@pu17
I am facing the same problem with win10.
what about win10 users?
-thankyou in advance

abecus on 23 Feb 2019

facing the same issue

jaddoescad on 28 Feb 2019

I had the same issue. I had to remove miktex before installing texlive (on WSL)

sudo apt remove miktex
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
sudo apt-get install texlive-fonts-extra

dthemg on 25 Oct 2019

I had the same problem. After hours of investigation I figured out that there was something wrong with the path that the tex file is written.

The problem was solved by changing
MEDIA_DIR = "./media"
to
MEDIA_DIR = ".\media"
in "tex_file_writing.py"

erfansalavati on 24 Mar 2020

I had the same problem. After hours of investigation I figured out that there was something wrong with the path that the tex file is written.

The problem was solved by changing
MEDIA_DIR = "./media"
to
MEDIA_DIR = ".\media"
in "tex_file_writing.py"

Thanks for the information!! I'll try this! I have the same issue...