[R-pkg-devel] Unable to create manual

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.09.2022 15:09, Edward Wei wrote:
> This is the following error message I get from R CMD check:
> 
> LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
> This typically indicates Rd problems.
> * checking PDF version of manual without index ... ERROR
> Re-running with no redirection of stdout/stderr.
> Hmm ... looks like a package
> Converting parsed Rd's to LaTeX ...
> Creating pdf output from LaTeX ...
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,  :
>    pdflatex is not available



Install some LaTeX distribution?

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> 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
> C:/Users/edmon/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpWkD7Iy/Rd2pdf35d81e3e188c'
> * DONE
> 
> Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING, 2 NOTEs
> 
> 
> Then, I tried debugging by isolating errors from the Rd to PDF conversion.
> 
> 
> C:\Users\edmon\Documents\R\RFIN> R CMD Rd2pdf avfintools --no-clean
> Hmm ... looks like a package
> Converting Rd files to LaTeX ...
> Creating pdf output from LaTeX ...
> 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 .Rd2pdf27964'
> 
> 
> In this folder is the file Rd2.tex which I tried to complie into a pdf. But
> this error returns and PDF cannot be compiled. :
> 
> 
> LaTeX Error: File `Rd.sty' not found.
> 
> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
> 
> Enter file name:
> ! Emergency stop.
> <read *>
> 
> l.4 \usepackage
>                 {makeidx}^^M
> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
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