setting up texmaker with knitr on linux

Question

I am trying to change the R Sweave command to knitr on linux. The current (R Sweave) command is found under options > configure:

R CMD Sweave %.Rnw

Yihui gives and example of how to do this on windows here.

How would you do this on linux (ubuntu)?

... what exactly doesn't work with Yihui's suggestion for you? — Dason, Mar 18 '13 at 17:01
His suggestion is: `Rscript.exe -e "knitr::knit2pdf('%.Rnw')"` — Bastiaan Quast, Mar 18 '13 at 18:36
sorry just now saw the footnote which says: `Rscript -e "knitr::knit2pdf('%.Rnw')"` — Bastiaan Quast, Mar 18 '13 at 18:38

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '13 at 18:38

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Rscript isn't called by using Rscript.exe on Linux. Just change Rscript.exe to Rscript.

answered Mar 18 '13 at 18:38

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Any idea how to extend the command above to open produced pdf file in internal viewer? – Andrej Sep 03 '13 at 19:42
Isn't there a separate option for setting the viewer stuff? I'm not at my linux box right now so I can't check... – Dason Sep 03 '13 at 23:44
Is there a problem with clicking the View PDF button once after you compile the document? The PDF should be updated automatically after each compilation – Dason Sep 04 '13 at 19:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '13 at 07:53

I just wanted to add that I just discovered that the abovementioned code does not work when child Rnw documents are included with \Sexpr{knit_child('path')}.

Use Rscript -e "library(knitr); knit('%.Rnw')" instead.

Please mention in the comments if you know of any difference in output between knit::knit2pdf() and knit().

setting up texmaker with knitr on linux

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