From 3ecb1a865f21bef2313d7e5b13effa38938e6469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: avi <avi.vajpeyi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:21:48 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add check for latex before setting rcParams

---
 .../detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py      | 3 ++-
 py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py                       | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py b/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
index a197f8aa1..963ccd5c5 100644
--- a/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
+++ b/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ###################################################################
 
 import os, sys
+import shutil
 import numpy as np
 import h5py as h5
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def run_main_plotter(data_path, outdir='.', show=True):
 
 fontparams = {
     "font.serif": "Times New Roman",
-    "text.usetex": "True",
+    "text.usetex": str(shutil.which("latex") is not None),
     "axes.grid": "True",
     "grid.color": "gray",
     "grid.linestyle": ":",
diff --git a/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py b/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
index c6ebee8d5..a287cde91 100644
--- a/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
+++ b/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from compas_python_utils.detailed_evolution_plotter import plot_detailed_evolution
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="RuntimeError: Failed to process string with tex because latex could not be found")
 def test_plotter(example_compas_output_path, capsys, test_archive_dir):
     data_path = example_compas_output_path
     bse_detailed_out_path = os.path.join(

From ce1597e45fdff078e499f79a851169c75e30561e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: avi <avi.vajpeyi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:30:27 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add texlive

---
 .github/workflows/compas-compile-ci.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/compas-compile-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/compas-compile-ci.yml
index ca073754d..36bdf235b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compas-compile-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compas-compile-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.9'
           cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
 
+      - name: Install TeXLive
+        uses: teatimeguest/setup-texlive-action@v3
+
+
       - name: Install dependencies on ubuntu
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-20')
         run: |