Could not find executable pandoc-include

[axelkennedal]

I know that Issue #1 seems very similar to this, however I have followed the solution there and it does not work for me.

Problem

When trying to use pandoc-include like pandoc .\Book.md --filter pandoc-include -o book.pdf I get the error
Error running filter pandoc-include: Could not find executable pandoc-include

Background

I have done the following:

1. Install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/
2. Run pip install --upgrade pandoc, pip install pandoc-include
3. Moved pandoc-include from the Roaming folder it was installed in (C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages), to the same folder as where pandoc is installed in (C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages)
4. Made sure that pandoc-include is in the path variable: running echo $env:PATH returns my path, which contains C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages

My pandoc version is 2.3 and pandoc-include is 1.2.0.

[DCsunset]

Are you able to run pandoc-include directly from command line? If it still says "Could not find executable pandoc-include", then it may be added to the path correctly.

[axelkennedal]

No I am not, even though I have installed pandoc-include as in the README:

[DCsunset]

Did you put pandoc-include in the same directory as pandoc? If so, they should be able to run without the path. Could you check if the PATH environment variable include the directory where pandoc and pandoc-include are?

[kingkaos]

Did you solve the problem?
I'm struggling using pandoc-include within a docker container.

I installed pandoc-include using pipx. For debugging I run pandoc from the container:

root@9b0c75a2e4b3:/app# pandoc --filter /root/.local/bin/pandoc-include demo.md
[INFO] including file 'demo2.md'... ok
Error running filter pandoc-include:
Could not find executable pandoc-include

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/.local/bin/pandoc-include", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandoc_include/main.py", line 429, in main
    return pf.run_filter(action, doc=doc)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/io.py", line 227, in run_filter
    return run_filters([action], *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/io.py", line 208, in run_filters
    doc = doc.walk(action, doc=doc, stop_if=stop_if)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/base.py", line 264, in walk
    child = child.walk(action, doc, stop_if)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/containers.py", line 86, in walk
    ans = list(chain.from_iterable(ans))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/containers.py", line 84, in <genexpr>
    ans = ((item,) if type(item) is not list else item for item in ans)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/containers.py", line 82, in <genexpr>
    ans = (item.walk(action, doc, stop_if) for item in self)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/base.py", line 272, in walk
    altered = action(self, doc)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandoc_include/main.py", line 336, in action
    new_doc = pf.convert_text(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/tools.py", line 487, in convert_text
    out = inner_convert_text(text, in_fmt, out_fmt, extra_args, pandoc_path=pandoc_path)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/tools.py", line 510, in inner_convert_text
    out = run_pandoc(text, args, pandoc_path=pandoc_path)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/root/.local/pipx/venvs/pandoc-include/lib/python3.11/site-packages/panflute/tools.py", line 408, in run_pandoc
    raise IOError('')
OSError
Error running filter /root/.local/bin/pandoc-include:
Filter returned error status 1

pipx installs the executable in /root/.local/bin/ folder and I'm referencing to this folder.

[kingkaos]

Solved it.

As mentioned in the readme, pandoc-include folder must be in the $PATH variable. So I just appended the default pipx bin folder to PATH.