Error: TexStudio “Could not start command”

Question

I just installed TeXstudio 2.5.2 and compiled the following

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\end{document}

but I get this error

Error: Could not start the command: "/usr/texbin/pdflatex" -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "texstudio_qH5268".tex

I already installed MiKTeX, so why do I get this error?

I'm having this error with TeXLive also. It happens when the editor does not find the bin files. You can do this: go to Options>Configure and insert the whole path for the pdflatex. If you use windows, look for C:\PROGRA~2\MIKTEX~2.9\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe or something similar.
Also the discussion here sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/discussion/907839/thread/6363740c
Hi Sigur, in Options>Configure>Build>Default Compiler I have inserted the path C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe but still doesn't work.
Try to use double quotes and the extension, but not on default compiler, try it on the other field (commands>pdflatex) "C:\....exe" %.tex

Sigur · Answer 1 · 2013-01-23 21:04:28Z

Open TeXstudio and go to the Options menu.

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Then Configure TeXstudio. On the left panel choose the second item Commands.

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On the pdflatex field, fill it with the full path for your pdflatex.exe. For example, in Windows with MiKTeX, something similar to

C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe

Don't forget to use double quotes to it. Then write %.tex to denote the current tex file.

In resume, you'll have something like this (ignoring highlights):

"C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe" %.tex

You can do the same to other tools, like dvips for example.

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