Convert IPython notebook to PDF - python-3.x

Question

I have written a very long IPython notebook and need to convert it to PDF for distribution. I've read this thread but the solution didn't work for me.
I've tried the following:
If I use the Print button in my browser, I have all the IPython menu
etc. showing, which I can't accept.
If I use Print Preview from the IPython menu, none of the LaTeX equations render. They are all still just LaTeX code.
If I use ipython nbconvert --to latex --post pdf myfile.ipynb I get a FileNotFoundError. Traceback follows:
[NbConvertApp] Using existing profile dir: 'C:\\Users\\blokeley\\.ipython\\profile_default'
[NbConvertApp] Converting notebook myfile.ipynb to latex
[NbConvertApp] Support files will be in myfile_files\
[NbConvertApp] Loaded template article.tplx
[NbConvertApp] Writing 72246 bytes to myfile.tex
[NbConvertApp] Building PDF
[NbConvertApp] Running pdflatex 3 times: ['pdflatex', 'myfile.tex']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Anaconda3\Scripts\ipython-script.py", line 5, in <module>
sys.exit(start_ipython())
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\__init__.py", line 120, in start_ipython
return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\application.py", line 564,
launch_instance
app.start()
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\ipapp.py", line 367, in start
return self.subapp.start()
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\nbconvertapp.py",
line 268, in start
self.convert_notebooks()
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\nbconvertapp.py",
line 311, in convert_notebooks
self.postprocessor(write_resultes)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\postprocessors\base.py",
line 28, in __call__
self.postprocess(input)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\postprocessors\pdf.py",
line 140, in postprocess
cont = self.run_latex(filename)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\postprocessors\pdf.py",
line 104, in run_latex
self.latex_count, log_error)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\nbconvert\postprocessors\pdf.py",
line 84, in run_command
p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=stdout, stdin=null)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 858, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 1111, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
If you suspect this is an IPython bug, please report it at:
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues
or send an email to the mailing list at ipython-dev#scipy.org
You can print a more detailed traceback right now with "%tb", or use "%debug"
to interactively debug it.
Extra-detailed tracebacks for bug-reporting purposes can be enabled via:
c.Application.verbose_crash=True
I'm using the latest updates from Anaconda in Python 3.4 64-bit on Windows 7 Professional.

Answer 1

Your issue is that you do not have LaTeX installed on your computer. When subprocess tries to call pdflatex myfile.tex it therefore fails as it cannot find pdflatex.
Whilst it's true that you can create .tex files from IPython notebooks without needing LaTeX, these are just files that contain the LaTeX code. To compile them to create PDFs you need a version of LaTeX.
Installing LaTeX on Windows is not difficult, MiKTeX is one possible installation.