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

[Tomas Kalibera]

On 9/19/19 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> 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
>
Please note these things are documented in R Installation and 
Administration Manual (see Appendix D)

Best
Tomas

>
> 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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