My understanding is that Sweave also depends on LaTeX to generate pdfs, so I am not sure Sweave is the solution.
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 at 05:52 Frederic Ntirenganya <ntfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If you are using Rstudio, why not using sweave function! I think this can > fix your problem since you don't have miktex on your window machine. > > Cheers. > On Feb 26, 2016 6:37 AM, "Ulrik Stervbo" <ulrik.ster...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This message tells you what is wrong and the solution: >> >> No TeX installation detected (TeX is required to create PDF output). You >> should install a recommended TeX distribution for your platform: >> >> LaTeX is used to generate the pdfs, to you need to have installed on your >> system. To avoid problems later, it is better to install the full TeX. >> >> Hope this helps >> Ulrik >> >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 at 05:25 Peter Alspach < >> peter.alsp...@plantandfood.co.nz> >> wrote: >> >> > So, do you have MikTeK installed (assuming you are using Windows)? >> > >> > Peter Alspach >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Alnazer >> > Elbedairy >> > Sent: Friday, 26 February 2016 5:13 p.m. >> > To: Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> >> > Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> >> > Subject: Re: [R] PDF form Rstudio >> > >> > these are errors I got >> > >> > processing file: l...@m.rmd >> > |.... | >> 6% >> > ordinary text without R code >> > >> > |........ | >> 12% >> > label: unnamed-chunk-1 >> > |........... | >> 18% >> > ordinary text without R code >> > >> > |............... | >> 24% >> > label: unnamed-chunk-2 >> > |................... | >> 29% >> > ordinary text without R code >> > >> > |....................... | >> 35% >> > label: unnamed-chunk-3 >> > |........................... | >> 41% >> > ordinary text without R code >> > >> > |............................... | >> 47% >> > label: unnamed-chunk-4 >> > >> > Quitting from lines 42-48 (l...@m.rmd) >> > Error in `$<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, "HorsePower", value = numeric(0)) : >> > replacement has 0 rows, data has 398 >> > Calls: <Anonymous> ... withVisible -> eval -> eval -> $<- -> >> > $<-.data.frame Execution halted >> > >> > No TeX installation detected (TeX is required to create PDF output). You >> > should install a recommended TeX distribution for your platform: >> > >> > Windows: MiKTeX (Complete) - http://miktex.org/2.9/setup >> > (NOTE: Be sure to download the Complete rather than Basic >> installation) >> > >> > Mac OS X: TexLive 2013 (Full) - http://tug.org/mactex/ >> > (NOTE: Download with Safari rather than Chrome _strongly_ recommended) >> > >> > Linux: Use system package manager >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > What's the error? You have to show it and the Rmd too, please. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Alnazer Elbedairy < >> > > alnazer.elbeda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> Dear All >> > >> I did the following steps to get a PDF file from Rstudio >> > >> 1- activate Rmarkdown >> > >> 2- save file as (name.Rmd) >> > >> 3- use chunk for each step >> > >> 4- go to Knit - PDF to save a file as PDF but I got an error any help >> > >> please >> > >> >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> >> > >> ______________________________________________ >> > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > >> 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. >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Erin Hodgess >> > > Associate Professor >> > > Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston - >> > > Downtown >> > > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com >> > > >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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. >> > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and may be >> ...{{dropped:14}} >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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. >> > >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
