Description of problem: The usage in EL8 of pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex pandoc --pdf-engine=lualatex aborts with an error like Error producing PDF. ! LaTeX Error: File `ucharcat.sty' not found. EL8 does not provide texlive-ucharcat-%{VERSION}.rpm Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): As its a noarch package I tried a F29 package: rpm -iv texlive-ucharcat-svn38907-20.fc29.noarch.rpm this provides the missing part of texlive and pandocs run flawless now. It would be great if texlive-ucharcat could be provided via EPEL8. How reproducible: $ echo -e "# Test\n\n CLI:\n\t pandoc --help\n\n" > test.md $ pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex -V documentclass:article -V mainfont:Montserrat-Light -V papersize:A4 -f markdown_strict -o test.pdf test.md Actual results: Error producing PDF. ! LaTeX Error: File `ucharcat.sty' not found. Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed, or enter new name. (Default extension: sty) Enter file name: ! Emergency stop. <read *> l.41 \RequirePackage Expected results: $ echo $? 0
Resolved: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856905#c4
Nope. Not resolved. dnf --enablerepo=epel list | grep texlive-extension # no output. Package is gone. As usual, it's Red Hat, so, no bug is ever fixed properly.
epel 8 does now have this though, which worked for me: texlive-ucharcat.noarch