[R-pkg-devel] Unable to create manual

[Tomas Kalibera]

On 9/16/22 20:17, Edward Wei wrote:
> 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,

MikTeX is fine and common choice and works with R.

R Admin manual has "Installing R under Windows" with more details there 
and in the linked documents, including
Howto: Building R 4.2 and packages on Windows.

There must be something special set up on your system that probably only 
debugging could reveal. Possibly some customization in any of the R 
startup files. Or some conflicting tool on the PATH (e.g. in Git?).

Tomas

>
> 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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