# Rendering LaTeX animations in Pluto with Javis

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rendering-latex-animations-in-pluto-with-javis/119392>\
**Category:** Pluto\
**Tags:** latex, javis\
**Created:** [September 14, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rendering-latex-animations-in-pluto-with-javis/119392 "2024-09-14T07:15:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_Bolt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/john_bolt/32/211960_2.png) [@John\_Bolt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/John_Bolt)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rendering-latex-animations-in-pluto-with-javis/119392/1 "2024-09-14T07:15:57Z")

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The [Javis documentation](https://juliaanimators.github.io/Javis.jl/stable/tutorials/tutorial_4/) states that it is necessary to `npm install -g mathjax-node-cli` in order to render LaTeX animations. I am wondering if anyone has any recommendation for how best to do this so that I can render LaTeX animations within a Pluto environment.

I will likely look into this further at some point, so will come back here to answer if no one else has encountered this before. It may unfortunately require use of the local environment over the Pluto environment.

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**Author:** ![fonsp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fonsp/32/222349_2.png) [@fonsp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fonsp)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rendering-latex-animations-in-pluto-with-javis/119392/2 "2024-09-17T11:28:40Z")

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@LeePhillips Can you share your solution from [https://pluton.lee-phillips.org/sliders/epicycles.html](https://pluton.lee-phillips.org/sliders/epicycles.html)?

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**Author:** ![LeePhillips](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/leephillips/32/205514_2.png) [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rendering-latex-animations-in-pluto-with-javis/119392/3 "2024-09-17T12:48:33Z")

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That notebook uses Javis for the animation, but doesn’t have any LaTeX in it. However, if you want to see the source of the notebook, it’s at [https://lee-phillips.org/sliders/epicycles.jl](https://lee-phillips.org/sliders/epicycles.jl)