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could not start the command pdflatex - synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex error

I'm very new to LaTeX and its distributions so this might be a very newbie question.

I was following this tutorial and I'm not being able to compile the document. The code so far is very simple i don't think there are any typos and also I did not find a similar question in the forum.

can someone point me in the right direction ?

I'm using windows XP and I've installed TexMaker 4.4.1 found here

The code I have so far is simply:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\begin{document}

This is my first LaTeX document.

\end{document}

the error I'm getting is:

Could not start the command. pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

Cheers !

Solution

  • I found this question on another forum and it says that you should install MiKTex for windows too. Worked like a charm !