Duncan suggested R CMD check was not finding  pdflatex, because there is no .log file in the same directory as the .tex file.
 
However, the first line of output from R CMD check says:  
> * checking for working pdflatex ... OK
Indeed:
pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata/GLMsData.Rchecks$ R CMD pdflatex
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**
 
And it waits for input.
 
So that doesn't seem to be the problem.
 
Further suggestions?
 
P.
 
 
 
Peter Dunn: Biostatistician
School of Health and Sport Science
Faculty of Science, Health and Education  ML-34
University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4
Maroochydore DC Qld 4558
 
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>>> Duncan Murdoch <murdoch@stats.uwo.ca> 24/04/2009 10:40 am >>>
On 23/04/2009 8:24 PM, Peter Dunn wrote:
> Hi all
>  
> I am trying to build an R package, which I have successfully done many times before, but have an error I cannot trace.  I hope someone can help me.
>  
> Here's is some edited output (full output below if it is useful):
>  
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ R CMD build GLMsData
> * checking for file 'GLMsData/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'GLMsData':
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * removing junk files
> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
> * checking for empty or unneeded directories
> * building 'GLMsData_0.7.tar.gz'
> 
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ R CMD check GLMsData
> * checking for working pdflatex ... OK
> * using log directory '/home/pdunn2/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck'
> * using R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
> 
> <SNIP: No errors or warnings in sniped bit; everything is OK>
>  
> * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> * checking examples ... OK
> * checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
> LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
> This typically indicates Rd problems.
> * checking PDF version of manual without index ... ERROR
>  
>  
> So there is an error making the PDf version of the package manual.  That's fine; I am happy to fix it.  But first I need to find it.
>  
> So I enter the directory GLMsData.Rcheck and find the corresponding tex file for the manual, and run  pdflatex  on this tex file:
>  
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ cd GLMsData.Rcheck/
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck$ pdflatex GLMsData-manual.tex
> 
> <SNIP again; no errors>
> 
> Output written on GLMsData-manual.pdf (79 pages, 405091 bytes).
> Transcript written on GLMsData-manual.log.
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck$             
>  
>  
> So from what I gather:
> * R CMD check  finds an error when using  pdflatex  to make the PDF version of the manual
> * But when I manually run  pdflatex  on the tex file, it works OK.
>  
> Obviously, I am missing something.  Can someone tell me what it is?  I can't find enlightenment on the archives or the manuals.

You should also have a .log file in the same directory as the .tex file. 
  You probably have a new one now that pdflatex works; please move that 
one aside and run R CMD check again.  If you get a .log file, it should 
list whatever the error was; you could compare it to the .log that 
worked if you can't spot it.  If you don't get a new log, that means R 
CMD check couldn't run pdflatex.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> Thanks everyone.
> 
> P.
> 
> 
> 
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
> i486-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods    base
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> FULL OUTPUT:
> 
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ R CMD build GLMsData
> * checking for file 'GLMsData/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'GLMsData':
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * removing junk files
> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
> * checking for empty or unneeded directories
> * building 'GLMsData_0.7.tar.gz'
> 
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ R CMD check GLMsData
> * checking for working pdflatex ... OK
> * using log directory '/home/pdunn2/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck'
> * using R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
> * using session charset: UTF-8
> * checking for file 'GLMsData/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking extension type ... Package
> * this is package 'GLMsData' version '0.7'
> * checking package dependencies ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> * checking for executable files ... OK
> * checking whether package 'GLMsData' can be installed ... OK
> * checking package directory ... OK
> * checking for portable file names ... OK
> * checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * checking top-level files ... OK
> * checking index information ... OK
> * checking package subdirectories ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
> * checking Rd files ... OK
> * checking Rd files against version 2 parser ... OK
> * checking Rd cross-references ... OK
> * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
> * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
> * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
> * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> * checking examples ... OK
> * checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
> LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
> This typically indicates Rd problems.
> * checking PDF version of manual without index ... ERROR
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata$ cd GLMsData.Rcheck/
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck$ pdflatex GLMsData-manual.tex
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./GLMsData-manual.tex
> LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
> Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
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> 
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> Writing index file GLMsData-manual.idx
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> Transcript written on GLMsData-manual.log.
> pdunn2@PDunnUbuntu:~/DSdata/GLMsData.Rcheck$             
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