pandoc-1.12 has a "LaTeX Error: File `ulem.sty' not found" when converting "~~strike~~"

[olibre]

• old pandoc version 1.12.3.1 still used on Red Hat 7
• Markdown ~~strike~~ ==> LaTeX Error: File `ulem.sty' not found

$ echo '~~strike~~' | pandoc -o test.pdf
pandoc: Error producing PDF from TeX source.
! LaTeX Error: File `ulem.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.42 \pdfstringdefDisableCommands
$ pandoc --version
pandoc 1.12.3.1
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[jgm]

We don't fix bugs in old versions. Distro should upgrade. Your workaround is simply to use a custom template with \usepackage{ulem}.

[DarrenCook]

I believe this is not a bug, and distro upgrades won't fix it.

On Redhat this should fix it: yum install 'tex(ulem.sty)'

On Ubuntu: apt-get install texlive-generic-recommended

In both cases there are also "everything in latex" packages, that would also do it (texlive-full on ubuntu), and prevent any future problems of this sort, but might add 1GB to your disk, apparently.

Finally, the thinking out of the box "fix": remove underlining from your source document.

[SnapperGee]

I was getting the same error on my Linux machine when trying to convert a markdown file to a pdf. I had pandoc installed in addition to texlive-latex-recommended and I was still getting the error. I then installed the texlive-latex-extra package via apt and after that it started working.