[R-pkg-devel] pdflatex is not available

[Sarah Goslee]

It sounds like you're on a Mac? Then you need to install MacTeX,
http://www.tug.org/mactex/ to get pdflatex.

Sarah

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:11 PM Cathy Lee Gierke <leegi001 using umn.edu> wrote:

> Does anyone know why I might get this error?
>
> Hmm ... looks like a package
>
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  :
>
>   pdflatex is not available
>
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  :
>
> *  pdflatex is not available*
>
> *Error in running tools::texi2pdf()*
>
> You may want to clean up by 'rm -Rf
>
> /var/folders/0m/41bxx35j5x9f_tks7zrd7jh00000gn/T//Rtmpuv00M5/Rd2pdf8f2a123193cb'
>
> * checking for detritus in the temp directory ... OK
>
> * DONE
>
>
>
> There are no clues in the Rdlatex.log
> I have attached the ...manual.tex file.  Is there a way to check it for
> non-ascii or non-printing characters on a Mac?  I have had that problem
> before, but I'm not finding any now.  Maybe I have the wrong command?
>
>
> find /Users/user/CATkit/CATkit/man | perl -ne 'print if /[^[:ascii:]]/'
>
> find /Users/user/CATkit/CATkit/man/CatCall.rd | perl -ne 'print if
> /[^[:ascii:]]/'
>
>
> Should there be a pdf file somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> Cathy Lee Gierke
>
>
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