Convert ipynb to pdf in Jupyter

Question

I am new to ipython notebook, and I would like to convert my ipynb to pdf. But I get the following error when I try to Download as PDF via LaTex.

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Answer 1

A simple and surprisingly good solution is to print the notebook to pdf through the browser with ctrl+p. Just make sure your plots and figures are not on interactive mode otherwise they will not be displayed (set them to %matplotlib inline).

Exporting jupyter notebooks through latex is quite troublesome and takes a lot of tinkering to get something remotely close to publish ready. When I absolutely need publication quality I do it on a latex editor, but this tutorial goes in great length about doing it on jupyter.

A few useful tips to get better results:

• Higher resolution plots
• Hide your code-cells from the pdf
• Take a look at these extensions to improve your jupyter documents

Answer 2

For Linux, the reported error is due to the lack of XeLatex, part of the texlive-xetex package.

Installation in ubuntu will be: sudo apt install texlive-xetex

Answer 3

I agree that latex installation (at least on windows) is painful and the result in my case was not a great looking document. The ctrl-p method alone doesn't work great if you're running in JupyterLab, but if you export the notebook to HTML, then print from the browser, choosing PDF, the result is quite good.

Answer 4

For Mac OS X, the solution for me was to install MacTex first and then export the path to find it:

### TeX
export PATH="/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin:$PATH"

You can add this to your .bash_profile or similar config file to load it every time.

See more here https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/406

Answer 5

For Error 500

Debian Or Ubuntu Users:-

First, install in terminal:-

sudo apt-get install texlive-full

then

conda install -c conda-forge pandoc

Answer 6

Here is the full solution that worked for me (for Mac).

brew cask install mactex

$ cd ~/

$ touch .bash_profile

This will open the bash profile on TextEditor

$ open -e .bash_profile

Paste the following to the top and save

export PATH="/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin:$PATH" 

Close any notebook you have and reopen it

Here is the notebook explaining it step by step: https://github.com/ybaktir/notes/blob/master/Convert%20Jupyter%20Notebook%20to%20Pdf.ipynb