PyLaTeX Tutorial Generating Error: [WinError 2] - latex

Question

I am trying to run a tutorial for PyLaTeX in Python 3.5. I am using Anaconda / Spyder. When it runs the command "generate_pdf()", [WinError 2] is generated. Below is the code (it is note quoting properly) and the error. It may be easier simply to look at the link.
def fill_document(doc):
with doc.create(Section('A section')):
doc.append('Some regular text and some ')
doc.append(italic('italic text. '))
with doc.create(Subsection('A subsection')):
doc.append('Also some crazy characters: $&#{}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Basic document
doc = Document('basic')
fill_document(doc)
doc.generate_pdf(filepath = r'C:\Users\James\Documents\Important Files\Python Scripts\PyLaTeX',clean_tex=False)
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-14-0158fa80c4f1>", line 1, in <module>
runfile('C:/Users/James/Documents/Important Files/Python Scripts/PyLaTeX/basic_tutorial.py',
wdir='C:/Users/James/Documents/Important Files/Python
Scripts/PyLaTeX')
File
"C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py",
line 714, in runfile
execfile(filename, namespace)
File
"C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py",
line 89, in execfile
exec(compile(f.read(), filename, 'exec'), namespace)
File "C:/Users/James/Documents/Important Files/Python
Scripts/PyLaTeX/basic_tutorial.py", line 21, in <module>
doc.generate_pdf(filepath = r'C:\Users\James\Documents\Important Files\Python Scripts\PyLaTeX',clean_tex=False)
File
"C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylatex\document.py", line
203, in generate_pdf
raise(os_error)
File
"C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pylatex\document.py", line
157, in generate_pdf
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
File "C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 629, in
check_output
**kwargs).stdout
File "C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 696, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 950, in
__init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\James\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 1220, in
_execute_child
startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file
specified
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I also had the exact same problem, but there was a .log file present in the directory. So I checked out the log, and the last few lines said that a package called lastpage.sty was not found (I'm on Linux), so I just downloaded all the latex packages again using apt.
So I think, you should read the log file too, and if there IS something like that, then go to ctan (all packages are found there) and install the required package for Windows.
Hope it helped.
Also try putting the document.generate_tex() before the document.generate_pdf(filepath="path/to/file", clean_tex=False)