Problem with R CMD check and the inconsolata font business.

On 03/11/11 20:37, Rolf Turner wrote:

I have just installed R version 2.14.0 and tried to re-build and
re-check some
of the packages that I maintain.

I'm getting a warning (in the process of running R CMD check on my
"deldir"
package):

* checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
This typically indicates Rd problems.
LaTeX errors found:
! Font T1/fi4/m/n/10=ec-inconsolata at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric
(TFM) file n
ot found.
<to be read again>

<SNIP>

I received two replies off-line and one that was sent to the list. The
gist of the
off-line replies was ``you need to install some fonts'', and (unusually,
and very
kindly! :-) ) the responders told me *how* to do so.

<SNIP (descriptions of how to install on various Linux distributions)>

The third message (which *was* posted to the list) was from Brian Diggs,
who said that he was having a related problem:

The error on R CMD check I get is:

* checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
This typically indicates Rd problems.
LaTeX errors found:
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex.EXE (file ec-inconsolata): Font ec-inconsolata
at 540 n
ot found
==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

I think this is the same as/similar to the problem I had before I installed
the inconsolata (LaTeX) package from CTAN. Since Brian does Windoze I
cannot advise as to how to install the package on his system, but I presume
it is not too difficult --- once you know how! :-)

I thought that making sure the proper latex packages were installed 
would be sufficient, but apparently not.  I found the actual font at 
http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/Inconsolata.otf, downloaded it, and 
installed it.  It shows up in my list of fonts available (as Inconsolata 
Medium) via the control panel.  However, I still get the same error from 
R CMD check.  I tried rebuilding the TeX filename database, but that 
didn't help.  I've searched my drive for any mention of inconsolata, and 
the hits are:

./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/doc/fonts/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/doc/fonts/inconsolata/inconsolata.pdf
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/enc/dvips/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/map/dvips/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/sfd/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/ec-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/ei1-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/qx-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/rm-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/texnansi-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 
2.9/fonts/tfm/public/inconsolata/ts1-inconsolata.tfm
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/source/inconsolata-src.tar.bz2
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/tex/latex/inconsolata
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/tex/latex/inconsolata/inconsolata.sty
./Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/tpm/packages/inconsolata.tpm

Which seems to confirm that TeX knows and has the font.

I would appreciate any further assistance.

I'm posting this so that John Nash's and Jay Kerns' solutions to my problem
are there in the archives ``for the record''.

Thanks to all who replied.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

Brian S. Diggs, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Department of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University