[R] seeking latex peace

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,


> As I could not find any way to install pdflatex (it didn't appear on a yum 
> search), I tried a method that claimed to install pdflatex via a package 

Trying 

yum provides */pdflatex

will yield the package name:

texlive-latex-bin-bin.

Though, I have to say I don't quite see how you managed to install R
without the above package (it is a required dependency on Fedora). Next
time, unless you have already done os, install R from the distribution
repositories installing:

yum install R.


> named "texlive". Almost 300 packages later and minus over 300 Mb of 
> disk space, I then got the error:
> 
> ! LaTeX Error: File `zi4.sty' not found.

yum provides */zi4.sty

will yield the package name:

texlive-inconsolata

> 
> This seems to be an updated version of the "inconsolata.sty" error that 
> used to torment me (and after reading a lot of messages about this, 
> many other people as well), so I found the file "zi4.sty" and copied it into 
> what I thought was the appropriate directory. It seems to be, as I now get 
> the error:
> 
> ! LaTeX Error: File `upquote.sty' not found.

yum provides */upquote.sty

will yield the package name:

texlive-upquote


So yum install each of the above will take care of your woes rather
cleanly.

> At this point, I wonder if someone would be kind enough to inform me 
> whether this is a potentially infinite task of finding ".sty" files, in which 
> case I will live without them, or if there is an easier method of satisfying 
> the apparently immense appetite of LaTeX? Thanks.

Hope the above helps!

Best wishes,
Ranjan


> 
> R-3.1.0
> Fedora 19
> 
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