Setup You need to have latex dependencies installed. On Debian-based systems, you can run the following command to install them. sudo apt-get install mimetex texlive-latex-base imagemagick Manual testing Log in as admin Go to "Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters" and enable the "TeX notation" filter. Disable MathJax Go to the settings of the "TeX notation" filter Set filter_tex | convertformat to SVG Make sure that the following settings are configured Path of latex binary Path of dvips binary Path of convert binary Path of dvisvgm binary Access /filter/tex/texdebug.php page Select Show command execution output from the algebraic expression rendered with Tex/Ghostscript and click Do it! In the log window below Confirm , that /tmp/requestdir/ path is used for both /usr/bin/dvips and /usr/bin/dvisvgm Create a test course with a page activity Add the following as the page content (switch to HTML mode to make sure auto-added HTML tags won't break the code): \[ \tan x=\frac{\sin x}{\cos x} \] View the page activity Confirm , that the image with the formula is displayed as SVG. Go to the settings of the "TeX notation" filter Set filter_tex | convertformat to PNG View the page activity Confirm , that the image with the formula is displayed as PNG.