On Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:41:30 +0100 Tixy <t...@yxit.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 16:34 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > > I'm trying to use pandoc to convert markdown files to PDF. But when I > > try, > > pandoc dumps out with an error that it needs "pdflatex" or some other > > similar converter to do its job. No such "pdflatex" package exists in > > the > > Buster stable archives. I'm sure something does this, but I don't > > know what > > it is. Does anyone else know? > > > > I just Google "debian pdflatex" and the top hit was Debian's search > page... > > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=pdflatex > > I'm sure someone will be along shortly to give an example of how the > search can be done from a commandline using Debian's packaging tools or > similar... :-)
'apt-file search pdflatex' 'apt-file' is in the 'apt-file' package - it keeps a local database, which one updates periodically / occasionally via 'apt-file update'. Celejar