I'm trying to enable LaTeX for Anki flashcards. I have MikTex installed and, upon attempting to view cards with LaTex formatting, I get the following error:
Définissez Problème à l’exécution de latex. Fichier généré : C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\anki_temp\tmp.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (MiKTeX 2.9.6800 64-bit)
entering extended mode
(tmp.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\article.cls"
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\size12.clo"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\fontenc.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\t1enc.def"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\base\inputenc.sty"
! LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: def)
Enter file name:
! Emergency stop.
<read *>
l.165 \endinput
No pages of output.
I've already disabled automatic package installation/prompting of the user to install unknown packages in MikTex, to no avail.
What can I do to fix this so that Anki displays LaTeX cards?
Fixed the problem by following the tutorial at http://www.eighthourlunch.com/content/anki-setting-latex-windows-7
One issue which was unclear in the tutorial was installation of the xml/sgml typesetting package. It is called passivetex and can be viewed at https://miktex.org/packages/passivetex
Use the filter menu in the packages tab of the miktex console to explicitly search for passivetex . Once installed, I updated the file name database (Tasks -> Update filename database) and Anki started working correctly.