[R] Problem with package development

[Nipesh Bajaj]

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.goslee at 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 <bajaj141003 at 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 <moshersteven at 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 <bajaj141003 at 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
>