Hi, I use MikTeX on Windows and it works like a charm. Here's the link: http://www.miktex.org/ I chose it after reading the installation manual:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html The entire thing is very helpful, but particularly note Appendix D, where you will find that for a complete build including PDF manuals, you will need LaTeX (MikTeX is one version), and they give a handy example of what your path might look like. Cheers, Josh On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Nipesh Bajaj <bajaj141...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is how strange? How and from where I would know that I need to > install something pdflatex separately? Can you point some legitimate > link which says I need to install that (like Rtools?) Even this link > 'http://www.math.rug.nl/~trentelman/jacob/pdflatex/pdflatex.html' do > not provide any download link. > > This is my entire PATH variable in wondows (is anything less here?) > C:\Rtools\bin;C:\Rtools\perl\bin;C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\Program > Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin\i386;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft > Shared\Windows > Live;%GTK_BASEPATH%\bin;%systemroot%\system32;%systemroot%;%systemroot%\system32\wbem;c:\program > files\common files\roxio shared\10.0\dllshared\;C:\Program > Files\MATLAB71\bin\win32;C:\LINGO10\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL > Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL > Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft > SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio > 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\strawberry\c\bin;C:\strawberry\perl\site\bin;C:\strawberry\perl\bin;C:\Program > Files\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\ > > Where it is incomplete? All people keep on saying > I-need-to-do-something, I-need-to-do-something, > I-need-to-do-something............ but pathetic to see anybody has > been able to point specifically I-NEED-TO-DO-WHAT-THING. > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't use windows, but this error message you report: >>>>> Error in texi2dvi("Rd2.tex", pdf = (out_ext == "pdf"), quiet = FALSE, : >>>>> pdflatex is not available >>>>> Error in running tools:: texi2dvi >> >> strongly indicates that you need to install pdflatex, don't you think? >> >> If you don't have non-R code (c or fortran) you can probably get away >> without having the MinGW compiler tools, but you do need the rest of >> the things listed in the admin manual as required for building >> packages: >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset >> >> In addition, googling for "building R packages on Windows" turns up >> very many detailed guides for going through the process, including >> discussions of what additional software you need and how to install >> it. >> >> Sarah >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Nipesh Bajaj <bajaj141...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Still I am struggling to get some inputs from the experts here :( >>> Definitely We can shere our experiences once I am done (really, it >>> seems to me very hard nut to crack!) I strongly feel that related >>> documentations should be more Statistician-friendly, than some Engg. >>> guys >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:55 AM, steven mosher <mosherste...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> I hope you're successful because I'm having issues as well building a >>>> simple >>>> package on >>>> windows. maybe when you're finished you can share back a step by step >>>> guide. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Nipesh Bajaj <bajaj141...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have run R CMD check trial1 and saw an error. This says that: >>>>> >>>>> * checking pdf version of manual without hyperrefs or index ... ERROR >>>>> Re-running with no redirection of stdout/stderr. >>>>> Hmm... looks like a package >>>>> Error in texi2dvi("Rd2.tex", pdf = (out_ext == "pdf"), quiet = FALSE, : >>>>> pdflatex is not available >>>>> Error in running tools:: texi2dvi >>>>> >>>>> Does this information hwlp you to suggest something? Please let me >>>>> know what else I can provide. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >> -- >> Sarah Goslee >> http://www.functionaldiversity.org >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
