Unable to Convert Markdown to PDF in VS Code

Question

I have installed the markdown extension in VS code however, when I attempt to convert it via Pressing F1 and selecting the below:

I am using Windows

I receive the following errors:

Full Error:

Error: Failed to launch the browser process! /home/myname/.vscode-server/extensions/yzane.markdown-pdf-1.4.4/node_modules/puppeteer-core/.local-chromium/linux-722234/chrome-linux/chrome: error while loading shared libraries: libXcursor.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory TROUBLESHOOTING: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.md

Any ideas?

I am able to see it has created the _tmp.html file, but it stops there and doesn't finalise the conversion pdf

The Markdown Extension I have installed in VS code is: Markdown PDF by yzane

Cheers, Michael

Cloy

Try to follow the instructions in the troubleshooting guide you have in your post. Go to the install dependencies section and do the install there. – Testator

Answer 1

I am guessing that you are using VSCode with [WSL: Ubuntu]. Unfortunately you are in the same boat as me. I have been informed that WSL and windows have a missmatch sometimes, and Chromium for windows is the victim in this case. I have scoured the net and the only way to fix it makes you vulnerable to outside forces.

You can use grip or pandoc instead.

Stylograph

Hey there, thanks so much for getting back to me, excuse my super delayed reply. Appreciate your response, I have found a workaround as well :) – Cloy

Answer 2

tagging onto @nekounborn with a recommendation for pandoc:

i had this exact problem, and you taught me that pandoc exists. thankyou!

for my own memory, as well as for other people reaching this: there is a vscode extension called vscode-pandoc that lets you render to html, xdocx and pdf. it needs you to have pandoc in your linux environment, and latex-pdf if you want to make pdfs.

the first apt-get command below installs pandoc, the next all the things needed to create pdfs with it

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pandoc
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra texlive-latex-extra

Hypercritical

Answer 3

This is quite an old question but the problem is still there.

When I read the error message in full I saw that it says that it cannot find the libXss.so.1

I solved this by simply installing this in my WSL2 Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libxss1

I hope it helps others in the same situation.

This link is also posted in the error message should you have other issues as well:

https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md

Testator

Answer 4

I tried vscode-pandoc but I got some errors that made it unusable. However, I found the VSCode extension Markdown to PDF very helpful and intuitive to use. So I share here hoping this may help, even if the thread is quite old.

Giana

Answer 5

for dnf:

sudo dnf install chromium libXScrnSaver

Dryden