[R-pkg-devel] Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :, '"pdflatex"' not found

Update: A web search for 'installing pdflatex for "R CMD" on Windows 
10?' suggested I install MiKTeX.? I did that from miktex.org, and it 
got me past that error.? Spencer

On 2019-09-19 01:50, Spencer Graves wrote:

Hello, All:


????? What's the recommended way to get pdflatex installed on Windows
10 to run "R CMD"?


????? I ask, because "R CMD build bssm" under Windows 10 produced
'Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) : '"pdflatex"'
not found'.


????? This was after installing Rtools using the following (recommended
by
"https://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/cpp/installing-rtools-for-compiled-code-via-rcpp/"): 




install.packages("installr")
library("installr")
install.Rtools()


????? Below please find the output in a commands window including
"sessionInfo()".


??? ? Thanks,
??? ? Spencer Graves

R CMD build bssm

* checking for file 'bssm/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'bssm':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* cleaning src
* installing the package to build vignettes
* creating vignettes ... ERROR
--- re-building 'bssm.Rmd' using rmarkdown
[WARNING] Note with key '1' defined at line 318 column 1 but not used.
Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :
? '"pdflatex"' not found
Error: processing vignette 'bssm.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Failed to compile bssm.tex. See https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging
for debugging tips.
--- failed re-building 'bssm.Rmd'

--- re-building 'growth_model.Rmd' using rmarkdown
Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :
? '"pdflatex"' not found
Error: processing vignette 'growth_model.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Failed to compile growth_model.tex. See
https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips.
--- failed re-building 'growth_model.Rmd'

SUMMARY: processing the following files failed:
? 'bssm.Rmd' 'growth_model.Rmd'

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>
C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>pdflatex
'pdflatex' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>r

R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05) -- "Action of the Toes"
Copyright (C) 2019 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

? Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

sessionInfo()

R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18362)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats???? graphics? grDevices utils???? datasets? methods base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.6.1

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