On 10/28/2006 1:08 PM, Michael Prager wrote: > Thanks to Gabor G., Duncan M., and Hong O. for helpful > replies. I've made some progress, but have two questions. > > Can anyone explain *how* R CMD searches for latex?
It doesn't: R CMD runs a script, the script searches for latex. If you want to see what it does, you can look at the script, in the R_HOME/bin directory. For "check", it's a Perl script. The actual searching for Latex is done in the R_HOME/share/perl/R/Vars.pm module, which looks for an environment variable named LATEX for the command; if not found, it defaults to "latex", and assumes that's an executable command on your path. I've just tried, and a .bat file is not enough: it wants a real executable (because it is using sh.exe, not cmd.exe, at that point). So I'd suggest using the environment variable, or putting TeX's bin directory on your path. Duncan Murdoch I have > provided a batch file (shell script) and and alias (I use a > Windows command shell with aliasing) that each provide the > proper VTeX command when "latex" is typed from the command > line. The batch file in on my PATH, but "R CMD check" still > fails when it searches for latex. Is there any way around > this, or will I have to relent and install MikTeX solely for > this purpose? > > Also, R CMD build makes a tarball. Can I simply ZIP the same > material that's in the tarball to make a working Windows > installable package? > > Mike Prager > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA > Beaufort, North Carolina USA > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
