[R-pkg-devel] R Package Development -- PDF Manual without Index

[John Carter Hall]

Hello R-Package-Devel Mailing List,

I am new to R package development, and am having to limp a project across the line after my organization has gone through significant changes in recent weeks.
As such, I am emailing to understand what I can do to solve an error I am having:

The Error

Flavor: r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
Check: PDF version of manual without index, Result: ERROR

The Issue

For whatever reason, the R CMD check​ desires different fields in the DESCRIPTION file than does the devtools::check() function (particularly w.r.t. the 'Author' field), and so I have to use devtools to build/check the package. The devtools::build_manual function, however, does not work, and so I am forced to utilize Rd2pdf to create my PDF manual.

I have to make the manual via Windows due to issues with an Ubuntu installation of my package. However, the package is intended for Linux/Debian audiences.

What I Need Help With

I believe I have the manual created. I do not know if this manual needs to be created when CRAN does their checks, but I have the document (I am comparing its appearance to the manual of ggplot2​, and the structure is similar). I do not know where it needs to be located. I have tried the root directory of the package, the doc​ folder, etc... but nothing works.

What can I do?

Best,
Carter


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