AUCTeX can't find MiKTeX

Question

I've installed AUCTeX in my copy of Emacs but AUCTeX can't find MiKTeX (which I've already installed). I get the following error when I do C-c C-c RET:

ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX distribution.
Make sure you have one and that TeX binaries are in PATH environment variable.
If you are using OS X El Capitan or later
Remember to add /Library/TeX/texbin/ to your PATH

There is no /Library/TeX directory on my computer after installing MiKTeX. How do I proceed? Thanks

I’m running Emacs Version 28.1 (9.0) on a Mac mini M1 with macOS Monterey 12.4.

Answer 1

On my side, texbin is located at /Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin and I'm not sure whether thing is different on M1.

Besides, I suggest to use exec-path-from-shell to make Emacs use the $PATH set up by the user's shell.