[R-pkg-devel] LaTeX errors when creating PDF version, Error in texi2dvi
On 24/01/2022 5:58 a.m., Anthony Hammond wrote:
Hello, Since updating to the current version of R (4.1.2) I can't seem to pass the R cmd checks, I get the below message. I've read a lot online about installing and linking MikTex, which I've done. Another suggests I need the function texi2dvi(), which is available in the tools package. So I'm not sure what to do. Any assistance would be appreciated Thank you Anthony checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING LaTeX errors when creating PDF version. This typically indicates Rd problems. * checking PDF version of manual without hyperrefs or index ... ERROR Re-running with no redirection of stdout/stderr. Hmm ... looks like a package You may want to clean up by 'rm -Rf C:/Users/ANTHON~1/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpqkDPxl/Rd2pdf3bb84cc32d1c' Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet, : pdflatex is not available Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet, : pdflatex is not available Error in running tools::texi2pdf() * DONE Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING
You should fix the ERROR first. It's saying that the `pdflatex` program
isn't being found. Since you say you've installed MikTeX, that probably
means that it isn't on the system path. You need to do 2 things:
1. Find out where pdflatex.exe is on your system.
2. Make sure its directory is on the PATH that R sees.
You do step 1 using Windows search tools. For step 2, use
Sys.getenv("PATH") in R to see the current path.
If you found pdflatex.exe in C:\Miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe then you'd need
to add "C:\Miktex\bin" to your path. You can do this temporarily within
R using
Sys.setenv(PATH = paste0(Sys.getenv("PATH"), ";C:\\Miktex\\bin")
but this will only last for the current session. To add it permanently,
you'll need to use some Windows configuration tools.
Duncan Murdoch