Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
I've found the solution to compile the adv-r-book from source: After doing some settings (see: https://travis-ci.org/hadley/adv-r/jobs/353347080/config ) and installation of netlify-cli, the command-line is: Rscript -e 'bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd","bookdown::pdf_book")' This works fine. T

Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
I've found two problems in interpreting adv-r-master/book/build-book.r: 1. All pathes in build-book.r refer to the starting-directory "adv-r-master". However, the script build-book.r is located in the directory "book", which is located in directory "adv-r-master". Therefore, pathes starting at "

Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Jeff Newmiller wrote: Nothing you have said tells me you have LaTeX working (a binary install of R does not depend on it), but if you actually know it is installed and available to R then that isn't the problem. Since you have not said what you actually did or what errors yo

Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Nothing you have said tells me you have LaTeX working (a binary install of R does not depend on it), but if you actually know it is installed and available to R then that isn't the problem. Since you have not said what you actually did or what errors you encountered I can only shrug and suggest

Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
Dear Jeff, Latex is also required for the R-manuals in the base R installation, and for this it works fine on my PC. Best, Albrecht -- Albrecht Kauffmann alkau...@fastmail.fm Am Mi, 14. Mär 2018, um 17:50, schrieb Jeff Newmiller: > I recommend reading it directly via the website, or buy

Re: [R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I recommend reading it directly via the website, or buying the book. If you are trying to build a PDF, then the "obvious" question is whether you have LaTeX installed, which is an operating-system-dependent procedure handled outside of R. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On Ma

[R] Fwd: Learning advanced R

2018-03-14 Thread Eric Berger
Hi Albrecht, I am forwarding your reply to the full group. It's been a while since I did this and I don't remember the details. Maybe someone else can comment. (I am a bit busy at the moment.) If no one supplies the information in a few days I will try to take a look. In the meantime you can star