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I am using Emacs 25.1 on a Mac. When I try to view, preview or live export a simple markdown file using markdown-mode in Emacs I obtain the following error: /bin/bash: markdown: command not found(in my browser or in a eww buffer).

Is it possible a result of a conflict between markdown-mode and pandoc-mode? What can I do to be able to view/preview markdown files using markdown-mode?

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  • It seems that you don't have any executable called markdown in your PATH. Installing daringfireball.net/projects/markdown (preferably from some package manager like homebrew) should fix it. Commented Nov 29, 2016 at 21:12
  • Yes you're right. It works now. You can change your comment into an answer if you want a vote. Commented Nov 29, 2016 at 21:19

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Since my comment fixed the problem, I'm posting it as an answer here.

It seems that you don't have any executable called markdown in your PATH. Installing daringfireball.net/projects/markdown (preferably from some package manager like homebrew) should fix it.

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Installing markdown with brew didn't solve it for me. I had to add the following command to my Emacs config file:

(custom-set-variables '(markdown-command "/usr/local/bin/markdown"))

Also, later on I changed:

"/usr/local/bin/markdown"

to:

"/usr/local/bin/pandoc"

Because for some reason the preview and exported files were looking nicer (maybe it's just me), I would suggest giving it a try.

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