In RStudio using bookdown, I am unable to compile a PDF version of my book. I get an error message "mathspec.sty" file not found

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In RStudio (Windows 10) using bookdown, I am unable to compile a PDF version of my book. I get an error message "mathspec.sty" file not found. I installed it on my MikTex folder, but the error persists. How to solve this?

Then, I tried to compile to pdfdocument. Now, I got errors from Latex because bookdown is unable to link to my preamble.tex file. How to make preamble.tex visible?

How did you install it exactly? Did you use the MikTeX tools for installing add-on packages? — Ralf Stubner, Aug 23 '19 at 07:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '19 at 22:47

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I changed the latex _engine to pdflatex in the output.yml configuration file. This solved the problem for me, although I would still like to know how to use xelatex (i.e. where to include the mathspec.sty file).

answered Aug 22 '19 at 22:47

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In RStudio using bookdown, I am unable to compile a PDF version of my book. I get an error message "mathspec.sty" file not found

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