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

[Spencer Graves]

On 2019-09-19 12:19, Tomas Kalibera wrote:
> 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)


       Thanks for documenting this.  It's important to have that as part 
of this thread.


       I perhaps should have thought to look there, but I didn't. And 
the web searches I tried didn't lead me there.   Spencer

>
> 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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