[R-pkg-devel] Unable to create manual

[Edward Wei]

That is an interesting thought. I don't think I have downloaded LaTex
explicitly, however, I do have MikTex and I added that file to PATH
manually.

This is what my current PATH calls:
"c:/rtools42/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/bin;c:/rtools42/usr/bin;C:\\Program
Files\\R\\R-4.2.0\\bin\\x64;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common
Files\\Oracle\\Java\\javapath;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Program
Files\\Wolfram Research\\WolframScript\\;C:\\Program
Files\\Git\\cmd;C:\\Users\\edmon\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\Users\\edmon\\AppData\\Local\\GitHubDesktop\\bin;C:\\Users\\edmon\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\MiKTeX\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\;C:/Program
Files/RStudio/bin/quarto/bin"

I have been able to generate a PDF of my package by entering :
tools::texi2pdf(file = "avfintools.Rcheck/avfintools-manual.tex")
on the console.

Is there a way to submit the manual manually rather than have it compiled?
Or is it a requirement for the manual to be able to be compiled from the
package?

Thanks for your help,


On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 3:14 PM Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
wrote:

>
>
> 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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