Quarto - Revision history

Aaronhall: add necessary patch, add flake and configuration.nix examples, verified they work.

2026-06-13T18:52:35Z

add necessary patch, add flake and configuration.nix examples, verified they work.

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 Quarto is an open-source technical publishing system that allows you to render markdown and code chunks into technical documents. It supports several kinds of formats including HTML, PDF, and word documents.
-The quarto package from nixpkgs by itself will render "qmd" markdown without any extra dependencies. However in order to render R, Python, or other code chunks, you will need to include those tools in your path. For example, consider the following "default.nix" file:
+The quarto package from nixpkgs by itself will render <code>qmd</code> markdown without any extra requirements. However in order to render R, Python, or other code chunks, you will need to include those tools.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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    packages = with pkgs; [
-     # The core tool can render markdown without any additional dependencies.
+     #### The core tool can render markdown without any additional requirements:
-     quarto
+    # quarto # commenting until this is fixed in nixpkgs - until then use below patch,
      # Render python code chunks.
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 This nix shell gives you the tools render markdown documents with different kinds of code chunks. The following snippet can be placed in a "main.qmd" file.
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight>---
 title: Quarto Document
 ---
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 import os
 os.listdir()
-```
+```</syntaxhighlight>
 You can render this document into various formats:

Reptee at 09:32, 13 October 2025

2025-10-13T09:32:41Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:32, 13 October 2025
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	+ export RETICULATE_PYTHON=$(which python3)		+ export RETICULATE_PYTHON=$(which python3)
	+ '';		+ '';
	</syntaxhighlight>When the issue appears in vscodium, one can fix it via wrapping `codium` binary:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		</syntaxhighlight>When the issue appears in vscodium, one can fix it via wrapping <code>codium</code> binary:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	pkgs.vscodium.overrideAttrs (old: {		pkgs.vscodium.overrideAttrs (old: {
	installPhase = ''		installPhase = ''

Reptee: Show how to solve Python not found when using reticulate in vscodium (probably vscode too, but I didn't verify that)

2025-10-13T09:31:46Z

Show how to solve Python not found when using reticulate in vscodium (probably vscode too, but I didn't verify that)

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 +    export RETICULATE_PYTHON=$(which python3)
 +  '';
 </syntaxhighlight>

Nixpleb at 06:08, 20 August 2025

2025-08-20T06:08:01Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:08, 20 August 2025
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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	If you encounter this message while generating PDF documents, you need to add a LaTex distribution to your path (e.g. texLiveFull). If you use "quarto install tinytex", quarto will download a dynamically linked binary that is incompatible with nix. If you've previously run this command, you may need to remove it before rendering PDF documents works as intended.		If you encounter this message while generating PDF documents, you need to add a LaTex distribution to your path (e.g. texLiveFull). If you use "quarto install tinytex", quarto will download a dynamically linked binary that is incompatible with nix. If you've previously run this command, you may need to remove it before rendering PDF documents works as intended

			== Issue with reticulate not finding the python installation ==

			<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
			13. └─knitr (local) engine(options)
			14. └─reticulate::eng_python(options)
			15. └─reticulate:::eng_python_initialize(options = options, envir = environment())
			16. └─reticulate:::ensure_python_initialized()
			17. └─reticulate:::initialize_python()
			18. └─reticulate (local) python_not_found("Installation of Python not found, Python bindings not loaded.")
			</syntaxhighlight>

			If you encounter this message when trying to render python chunks, one solution is to add the following to default.nix example above so that 'reticulate' knows where python3(in this example) lives in the nix store:

			<syntaxhighlight lang="diff">
			@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@
			# You may be able to use a smaller distribution or customize depending on your needs.
			texliveFull
			];
			+ shellHook = ''
			+ export RETICULATE_PYTHON=$(which python3)
			+ '';
			</syntaxhighlight>

Detroyejr: /* Quarto - Issue Rendering PDF Documents tweak */

2025-03-14T17:05:02Z

Quarto - Issue Rendering PDF Documents tweak

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:05, 14 March 2025
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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	If you encounter this message while generating PDF documents, you need to add a LaTex distribution to your path (e.g. texLiveFull). If you use "quarto install tinytex", quarto will download a dynamically linked binary that is incompatible with nix. If you've previously run this command, you may need to remove ~~the unlinked binary~~ before rendering PDF documents works as intended.		If you encounter this message while generating PDF documents, you need to add a LaTex distribution to your path (e.g. texLiveFull). If you use "quarto install tinytex", quarto will download a dynamically linked binary that is incompatible with nix. If you've previously run this command, you may need to remove it before rendering PDF documents works as intended.

Detroyejr: Created page with "Quarto is an open-source technical publishing system that allows you to render markdown and code chunks into technical documents. It supports several kinds of formats including HTML, PDF, and word documents. The quarto package from nixpkgs by itself will render "qmd" markdown without any extra dependencies. However in order to render R, Python, or other code chunks, you will need to include those tools in your path. For example, consider the following "default.nix" file..."

2025-03-14T17:02:31Z

Created page with "Quarto is an open-source technical publishing system that allows you to render markdown and code chunks into technical documents. It supports several kinds of formats including HTML, PDF, and word documents. The quarto package from nixpkgs by itself will render "qmd" markdown without any extra dependencies. However in order to render R, Python, or other code chunks, you will need to include those tools in your path. For example, consider the following "default.nix" file..."

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Quarto is an open-source technical publishing system that allows you to render markdown and code chunks into technical documents. It supports several kinds of formats including HTML, PDF, and word documents.

The quarto package from nixpkgs by itself will render "qmd" markdown without any extra dependencies. However in order to render R, Python, or other code chunks, you will need to include those tools in your path. For example, consider the following "default.nix" file:

<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
let
pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { };
in
pkgs.mkShell {
packages = with pkgs; [

# The core tool can render markdown without any additional dependencies.
quarto

# Render python code chunks.
python3
rPackages.reticulate

# Add Python packages as needed.
# python3Packages.matplotlib

# Render R Code chunks
R

# Add R Package as needed.
# rPackages.httr

# A LaTex distribution is needed to render PDF documents.
# You may be able to use a smaller distribution or customize depending on your needs.
texliveFull
];
}</syntaxhighlight>

This nix shell gives you the tools render markdown documents with different kinds of code chunks. The following snippet can be placed in a "main.qmd" file.

<syntaxhighlight>
---
title: Quarto Document
---

## Section Title

A quarto document with bash, R and python code.

```{sh}
which R
which python
```

```{r}
plot(mpg ~ cyl, mtcars)
```

```{python}
import os
os.listdir()
```
</syntaxhighlight>

You can render this document into various formats:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
quarto render main.qmd --to html
quarto render main.qmd --to docx
quarto render main.qmd --to pdf
</syntaxhighlight>

See more examples on the official quarto website. (https://quarto.org/)

== Issue Rendering PDF Documents ==

<syntaxhighlight>
No TeX installation was detected.

Please run 'quarto install tinytex' to install TinyTex.
If you prefer, you may install TexLive or another TeX distribution.
</syntaxhighlight>

If you encounter this message while generating PDF documents, you need to add a LaTex distribution to your path (e.g. texLiveFull). If you use "quarto install tinytex", quarto will download a dynamically linked binary that is incompatible with nix. If you've previously run this command, you may need to remove the unlinked binary before rendering PDF documents works as intended.