Hi, Berend and all, Thanks for pointing out this. That's very helpful. Indeed it was the path of pdflatex issue. After installing MacTex, the problem is solved.
jiping > From: <r-sig-mac-requ...@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Reply-To: <r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:12 +0200 > To: <r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Subject: R-SIG-Mac Digest, Vol 75, Issue 18 > > Send R-SIG-Mac mailing list submissions to > r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > r-sig-mac-requ...@stat.math.ethz.ch > > You can reach the person managing the list at > r-sig-mac-ow...@stat.math.ethz.ch > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of R-SIG-Mac digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Problem with R CMD check, pdflatex (Berend Hasselman) > 2. Re: Problem with R CMD check, pdflatex (Prof Brian Ripley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:27 +0200 > From: Berend Hasselman <b...@xs4all.nl> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Problem with R CMD check, pdflatex > To: R-SIG-Mac Mailing List <r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch> > Cc: Michael H?hle <michael.hoe...@stat.uni-muenchen.de> > Message-ID: <abbae1f6-7f2e-45f8-ae5e-bc0734935...@xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > On 17-05-2009, at 14:52, Michael H?hle wrote: > >> however, my pdflatex is located in e.g. >> >> $ which pdflatex >> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex > > > That would be quite an old TeX installation? > The teTeX distribution is no longer maintained. > > You should consider switching to MacTeX ( http://www.tug.org/mactex/ ) > It has everything you need. It's excellent. > > Berend > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:53:06 +0100 (BST) > From: Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Problem with R CMD check, pdflatex > To: Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> > Cc: r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > Message-ID: <alpine.lfd.2.00.0905181740170.1...@gannet.stats.ox.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > On Mon, 18 May 2009, Simon Urbanek wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> CRAN R comes configured with MacTeX, see also >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-April/006129.html >> >> One of the problems is that PATH settings on OS X differ between LS-started >> apps, shells etc., so it is in general problematic to get the path right in >> all circumstances, so currently the CRAN binary assumes the most common >> distribution. > > True, but here we talking about R_PDFLATEXCMD, which is only used by > Rd2dvi, which is AFAIK only called via R CMD and so from a shell. I > would have thought that 'R_PDFLATEXCMD=pdflatex' (so looking on the > path) was a better default for a binary distribution. > > You can always set R_PDFLATEXCMD (or PDFLATEX) if the distributed > binary is not right for you. > > R CMD check does do a check for a workable pdflatex, but it seems it > looks at the environment variable PDFLATEX not R_PDFLATEXCMD: I'll > update it. > > >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >> On May 17, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Michael H?hle wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Dear R-Sig-Mac, >>> >>> Regarding Ji-Ping's problem I experienced a similar issue after having >>> upgraded to 2.9.0 on my Mac. The checking of the PDF manual causes >>> warnings and the following check of PDF version without index causes an >>> error. >>> >>> $ tail -n 4 00check.log >>> * checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING >>> LaTeX errors when creating PDF version. >>> This typically indicates Rd problems. >>> * checking PDF version of manual without index ... ERROR >>> >>> The interesting part is that when uploading the <package>.tar.gz file to >>> Uwe Ligges win-builder website, the package compiles without warnings or >>> errors on Windows. >>> >>> Furthermore, the document compiles without any errors when manually >>> compiling the resulting <package>-manual.pdf in the ..Rcheck folder with >>> pdflatex. >>> >>> However, when trying to generate the manual with: >>> >>> $ R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf . >>> Hmm ... looks like a package >>> Converting Rd files to LaTeX ... >>> <snip> >>> Creating pdf output from LaTeX ... >>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rd2dvi: line 228: >>> /usr/texbin/pdflatex: No such file or directory >>> Error in running pdflatex command ('/usr/texbin/pdflatex') >>> >>> It appears as if the new 2.9.0 searches for pdflatex in >>> /usr/texbin/pdflatex >>> >>> however, my pdflatex is located in e.g. >>> >>> $ which pdflatex >>> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex >>> >>> When setting up a symlink to /usr/texbin R CMD check worked fine. So the >>> problem appears to have to do with R looking for pdflatex in the "wrong" >>> place? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> P.S. For the record: >>> >>> $ which pdflatex >>> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex >>> >>> $ latex --version >>> pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) >>> >>>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17) >>> i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 >>> >>> locale: >>> C >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >>> >>> iD8DBQFKEAimJenxFqlYkSERAi6qAKCmXnAX6aZKe4wTvsJFe4bNPmlMOgCgsVLr >>> CJXWu0m4RSy9AGLHJX8EEbU= >>> =ShA0 >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > -- > Brian D. 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