Unable to compile PDF document with quarto

[ManuelSpinola]

Description

I cannot compile a PDF document in quarto.

This is what I get:

pandoc 
  to: latex
  output-file: Programa_Modulo_II-MACOVIB-2023.tex
  standalone: true
  pdf-engine: xelatex
  variables:
    graphics: true
    tables: true
  default-image-extension: pdf
  toc: true
  toc-depth: 4
  
metadata
  documentclass: scrartcl
  classoption:
    - DIV=11
    - numbers=noendperiod
  papersize: letter
  header-includes:
    - '\KOMAoption{captions}{tableheading}'
  block-headings: true
  editor: visual
  title: Programa de Curso ICOMVIS II Ciclo
  toc-title: Tabla de contenido
  toc-location: left
  
running xelatex - 1
  This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=xelatex)
   restricted \write18 enabled.
  entering extended mode
  
updating tlmgr

updating existing packages
finding package for soul.sty
> 1 package to install
> installing soul (1 of 1)
  This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=xelatex)
   restricted \write18 enabled.
  entering extended mode
  
finding package for soul.sty

compilation failed- package installation error
LaTeX Error: File `soul.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.44 \setlength
               {\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines^^M 

see /Users/manuelspinola/Documents/R/R_Cursos/2023-MACOVIB-modulo_02/Programa_Modulo_II-MACOVIB-2023.log for more information.

[mcanouil]

Edit: LaTeX Error: File `soul.sty' not found. indicates you don't have this in your LaTeX distribution. This means you need to install that package or the package from which it comes from.
TinyTex LaTeX distribution should be able to install it, but here I am guessing you are not using that distribution, if so please refer to your LaTeX distribution documentation on how to install missing LaTeX packages or to the Internet (see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=LaTeX+Error%3A+File+%60soul.sty%27+not+found).
To note, this is unrelated to Quarto. To debug LaTeX issue, you can add keep-tex: true to your YAML frontmatter and compile it using your engine/distribution.

Additionally, could you format your post using code blocks? Thanks.

Also, without any code, there is not much we can do.
Could you share a small self-contained "working" (reproducible) example to work with, i.e., a complete Quarto document or a Git repository? Thanks.

You can share a Quarto document using the following syntax, i.e., using more backticks than you have in your document (usually four ````).

````qmd
---
title: "Reproducible Quarto Document"
format: html
---

This is a reproducible Quarto document using `format: html`.
It is written in Markdown and contains embedded R code.
When you run the code, it will produce a plot.

```{r}
plot(cars)
```

The end.
````

[cderv]

Edit: LaTeX Error: File `soul.sty' not found. indicates you don't have this in your LaTeX distribution. This means you need to install that package or the package from which it comes from.

The error is more precise than this:

updating existing packages
finding package for soul.sty
> 1 package to install
> installing soul (1 of 1)
  This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=xelatex)
   restricted \write18 enabled.
  entering extended mode
  
finding package for soul.sty

compilation failed- package installation error
LaTeX Error: File `soul.sty' not found.

I believe the LaTeX distribution is ok as Quarto is indeed attempting to install soul CTAN package. However, there is a compilation error as

compilation failed- package installation error

I would suggest trying to install https://ctan.org/pkg/soul manually using tlmgr install soul to have more log, and see what the installation error really is.

This is not a quarto error, you need to sort out your LaTeX installation