[R-pkg-devel] Unable to create manual

[Uwe Ligges]

On 14.09.2022 23:54, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 12/09/2022 9:09 a.m., 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
> 
> This looks like a problem in the way tools::texi2dvi detects pdflatex. 
> If you have a valid LaTeX file, try running
> 
> tools::texi2dvi(filename, pdf = TRUE)
> 
> If that gives the same message, then debug(tools::texi2dvi), and repeat, 
> single stepping through the function to see what test it uses, and 
> figure out why it fails on your system.

Or the env var PATH is overwritten once R get started, perhaps you have 
it in one of the files R process it at startup?
Does Sys.getenv("PATH") show the pat to the LaTeX binary?

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
>> 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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