[R-pkg-devel] Unable to create manual

[Edward Wei]

So I am looking at the R Installation and Administration section,
specifically section 3 for windows. . I have some inquiries.

1. Where do I run "make check"?
2. I got this when I was running the make check:
C:\Users\edmon\Documents\R\RFIN> R CMD make check
make: *** No rule to make target 'check'.  Stop.

I'm guessing I'm running it incorrectly.

3. I get this back when I run the "tools::testInstalledPackages(scope =
"base")" on my RGUI.

Error: testing 'utils' failed

Where may I find the error log for this?


Best regards,


On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 3:27 AM Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalibera using gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 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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