[R-pkg-devel] LaTeX errors when creating PDF version, Error in texi2dvi

[Oliver Madsen]

For windows simply search "environment variable" which will allow you to
open the environment variable gui. In thete append the folder to the
pdfmatex executable under user variables, and then it should be found by R
after restarting the session.

/Oli er

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, 13:50 Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24/01/2022 5:58 a.m., Anthony Hammond wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Since updating to the current version of R (4.1.2) I can't seem to pass
> the
> > R cmd checks, I get the below message. I've read a lot online about
> > installing and linking MikTex, which I've done. Another suggests I need
> the
> > function texi2dvi(), which is available in the tools package. So I'm not
> > sure what to do. Any assistance would be appreciated
> >
> > Thank you
> > Anthony
> >
> > checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
> > LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
> > This typically indicates Rd problems.
> > * checking PDF version of manual without hyperrefs or index ... ERROR
> > Re-running with no redirection of stdout/stderr.
> > Hmm ... looks like a package
> > You may want to clean up by 'rm -Rf
> > C:/Users/ANTHON~1/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpqkDPxl/Rd2pdf3bb84cc32d1c'
> > 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()
> > * DONE
> > Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING
>
> You should fix the ERROR first.  It's saying that the `pdflatex` program
> isn't being found.  Since you say you've installed MikTeX, that probably
> means that it isn't on the system path.  You need to do 2 things:
>
> 1.  Find out where pdflatex.exe is on your system.
> 2.  Make sure its directory is on the PATH that R sees.
>
> You do step 1 using Windows search tools.  For step 2, use
> Sys.getenv("PATH") in R to see the current path.
>
> If you found pdflatex.exe in C:\Miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe then you'd need
> to add "C:\Miktex\bin" to your path.  You can do this temporarily within
> R using
>
>      Sys.setenv(PATH = paste0(Sys.getenv("PATH"), ";C:\\Miktex\\bin")
>
> but this will only last for the current session.  To add it permanently,
> you'll need to use some Windows configuration tools.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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