latex: command not found}{c}\quad \\\quad \\\end{array}\right]

Describe the bug

The display of example scene went wrong while running. Tex File doesn’t exist.

Code:

1. Clone the repo
2. cd into and pip install -e .
3. manimgl example_scenes.py OpeningManimExample as described in the README

Wrong display or Error traceback:

MacBook-Pro:manim ppamorim$ manimgl example_scenes.py OpeningManimExample
ManimGL v1.2.0
[02:01:09] INFO     Using the default configuration file, which    config.py:231
                    you can modify in `/Users/ppamorim/Repository/              
                    manim/manimlib/default_config.yml`                          
           INFO     If you want to create a local configuration    config.py:232
                    file, you can create a file named                           
                    `custom_config.yml`, or run `manimgl --config`              
2021-10-24 02:01:10.115 Python[85523:5352478] ApplePersistenceIgnoreState: Existing state will not be touched. New state will be written to /var/folders/dj/m6vp0jsx1r76hcjg4w3p_gq40000gp/T/org.python.python.savedState
sh: latex: command not found}{c}\quad \\\quad \\\end{array}\right]"             
[02:01:14] ERROR    LaTeX Error!  Not a worry, it happens tex_file_writing.py:90
                    to the best of us.                                          
Traceback (most recent call last):                                 
  File "/usr/local/bin/manimgl", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('manimgl', 'console_scripts', 'manimgl')())
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/__main__.py", line 25, in main
    scene.run()
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/scene/scene.py", line 76, in run
    self.construct()
  File "example_scenes.py", line 29, in construct
    IntegerMatrix(matrix, include_background_rectangle=True),
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/mobject/matrix.py", line 81, in __init__
    self.add_brackets()
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/mobject/matrix.py", line 111, in add_brackets
    bracket_pair = Tex("".join([
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py", line 162, in __init__
    super().__init__(full_string, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/mobject/svg/tex_mobject.py", line 41, in __init__
    filename = tex_to_svg_file(full_tex)
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/utils/tex_file_writing.py", line 52, in tex_to_svg_file
    tex_to_svg(tex_file_content, svg_file)
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/utils/tex_file_writing.py", line 60, in tex_to_svg
    svg_file = dvi_to_svg(tex_to_dvi(tex_file))
  File "/Users/ppamorim/Repository/manim/manimlib/utils/tex_file_writing.py", line 91, in tex_to_dvi
    with open(log_file, "r") as file:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/dj/m6vp0jsx1r76hcjg4w3p_gq40000gp/T/Tex/c3372cf5b2620435.log'

Additional context

MacOS Big Sur, MBP M1 manim version: master python version: 3.9.7

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中文

Windows解决方案

• 1.在C盘创建TempLatex(具体什么名字按你的喜好来)目录
• 2.在manim(manimgl版本)目录中找到manimlib/default_config.yml并使用文本编辑器打开
• 3.修改第18行 之前：temporary_storage: “” 之后：temporary_storage: “C:/TempLatex”
• 4.保存

English

Windows Solution

• 1.Create TempLatex directory in C drive
• 2.Find manimlib/default_config.yml in the manim (manimgl version) directory and open it with a text editor
• 3.Modify line 18: before: temporary_storage: “” after: temporary_storage: "C:/TempLatex "
• 4.Save

[vtnil]

I have the same problem, solved by adding LaTex to the environment variable.

export PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2022/bin/universal-darwin:$PATH"

The reason is the MacTeX installer not update the environment variable automatically.