[R] Latex can not find Rd.sty

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On 5/6/05, Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W. <JAROSLAW.W.TUSZYNSKI at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Lately my Latex engine used for checking packages stop working, and I can
> not figure out how to fix it.
> When creating my package (caMassClass) I get the
> 
>   * checking caMassClass-manual.tex ... ERROR
>   LaTeX errors when creating DVI version.
>   This typically indicates Rd problems.
> 
> message. I look in caMassClass-manual.log file and find
> 
>   ! LaTeX Error: File `Rd.sty' not found.
> 
> message.
> 
> So I went to "R Installation and Administration" manual which recommended
> "http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html
> <http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html> " website to fix this
> exact problem. This page suggested "findtexmf Rd.sty" command to "check
> whether it is finding Rd.sty in the right place". When I try that I get:
> 
>   C:\>findtexmf Rd.sty
>   C:\programs\R\rw2010\share\texmf\Rd.sty
> 
> Which is the correct place where the file lives. I also tried workarounds 1
> and 4, but it did not help.

The findtexmf command was part of the Workaround #4 recommendation 
for which the correct answer to findtexmf Rd.sty should be:

    C:\localtexmf\tex\Rd.sty