Another attempt to fix TInyTex in build process

Author: michael-borck

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -18,20 +18,40 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-        
-      - name: Install TinyTeX directly
+      
+      - name: Install TinyTeX
         run: |
-          # Install TinyTeX using the direct installer rather than quarto's command
-          wget -qO- "https://yihui.org/tinytex/install-bin-unix.sh" | sh
+          # Install required packages first
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y wget perl
+          
+          # Create directory and install TinyTeX
+          mkdir -p ~/.local/share/tinytex/bin
+          wget -qO- "https://yihui.org/tinytex/install-unx.sh" | sh
+          
           # Add TinyTeX to PATH
-          echo "$HOME/.TinyTeX/bin/x86_64-linux" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          # Test LaTeX installation
-          tlmgr --version
+          echo "$HOME/.local/share/tinytex/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          
+          # Wait for PATH to update
+          sleep 5
+          
+          # Verify installation
+          which pdflatex || echo "pdflatex not found"
+          ls -la ~/.local/share/tinytex/bin || echo "TinyTeX bin directory not found or empty"
           
       - name: Ensure images directory exists
         run: |
           mkdir -p images
           
+      - name: Simple placeholder cover
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick
+          convert -size 800x1200 xc:blue -gravity center \
+            -pointsize 48 -fill white -annotate 0 "From Zero to Production" \
+            -pointsize 28 -fill white -annotate +0+80 "A Practical Python Development Pipeline" \
+            -pointsize 24 -fill white -annotate +0+150 "Michael Borck" \
+            images/cover.png
+          
       - name: Render and Publish
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
         with: