R kableExtra - Having issues with latex

Question

There was a similar post on this, but it did not have the answer I was looking for. Here

I am trying to replicate Hao's example where he does:

```{r cars}
library(kableExtra)
library(knitr)
dt <- mtcars[1:5, 1:6]
kable(dt, format = "latex")
```

However the output is blank. When I switch to HTML, it is ok. I tried creating a PDF, but that didn't work either.

Help is much appreciated. Thanks, Aksel

What is it, is it an *.Rmd file? Don't you have a YAML header? — jay.sf, Feb 20 '18 at 20:04
Yes, it is an Rmd File and have this as the header: --- output: pdf_document header-includes: --- — Aksel Etingu, Feb 20 '18 at 20:09
Without `header-includes: ---` it works for me. `format = "latex"` for PDF , `format = "html"` for HTML. — jay.sf, Feb 20 '18 at 20:14
I am new at R markdown. Is there something I need to download to be able to generate these? downloading MacTex. Perhaps that is the issue. — Aksel Etingu, Feb 20 '18 at 20:21
Sure, you need a latex installation to create pdfs, I'm using MiKTeX on a windows machine. — jay.sf, Feb 20 '18 at 20:24
Thank you, will this also allow me to view the table created by kableextra within the code? — Aksel Etingu, Feb 20 '18 at 20:25
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/165517/discussion-between-jaysf-and-aksel-etingu). — jay.sf, Feb 20 '18 at 20:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '18 at 20:53

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The solution was to install latex(MaxTeX) on my mac. Thank you @jafSF.

answered Feb 20 '18 at 20:53

Aksel Etingu

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