TinyTeX is a TeX distribution based on TeX Live. tinytex is an R package that helps to install TinyTeX.
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Error in R: Error: LaTeX failed to compile HW6.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See HW6.log for more info
I meet following error message
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
I was unable to find any missing LaTeX packages from the error log…
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Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, repos = repos, : ,can't get .pdf output
currently trying to get an output .pdf file for an R assignment, but I keep getting stuck on the following error:
Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, repos = repos, :
unable to install packages
Calls: ...…

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RMarkdown doesn't compile pdf caption.sty not found
I'm trying to knit an RMarkdown to a pdf but the code just doesn't compile. I'm on a Windows operating system.
This is the error message I get at the end:
! LaTeX Error: File `caption.sty' not found.
I've tried debugging by going through other…

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How to escape double quotes when using Rscript function in Bash
How can I escape double quotes to run this code block on the command line? The part of the code that is problematic is paste('! LaTeX Error: File', paste0("`", x, "'.sty'"), 'not found.')).
Rscript \
-e "biosketch_pkgs <- list('microtype', 'tabu',…

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Adding summary section to roles in CV generated by vitae package R
Is there a way to add a summary to detailed_entries that does not contain bullets using the vitae package? I am able to achieve this using markdown but then lose the tibble formatting for the what/when/with/where/why, and I can't figure out how to…

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I am getting error "command \bibname unspecified" while compiling a latex document in R markdown
I am trying to create an R Markdown Template on the basis of a LaTeX template I found on Overleaf. The template preamble uses many packages. I am trying to compile this latex file in RStudio using tinytex latex compiler, and during this process, I…

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Running R tikzDevice with tinytex: Help troubleshooting `! LaTeX Error: File `tikz.sty' not found`
I am trying to generate a tikz plot using R/ggplot2 via the tikzDevice package. I've had to wade through many errors as I figured out how to install R and tinytex on my docker image, but I've run into the following error which has simply stumped…

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No Latex installation detected
Goal: To create a pdf with R markdown that includes a DiagrammeR flowchart.
My steps: I ran the code below to render a flowchart created through DiagrammeR. Reviewed and tried documentation and code at…

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R Markdown: LaTeX failed to compile Test-File.tex
I created an empty R Markdown file, trying to convert it into a PDF file. I have installed the TinyTex package, but an error showed up:
output file: Test-File.knit.md
! ...sers\wjx\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\win32\runscript.tlu:935:…

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R: TinyTex Installation Error: `Error in xfun::download_file(..., quiet = Sys.getenv("APPVEYOR") != "") `
I've attempted installing tinytex in my system using the usual tinytex::install_tinytex(). However, it resulted to the following error:
> tinytex::install_tinytex()
trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip'
trying URL…

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"Error: LaTeX failed to compile" output when using TinyTex; error running pdflatex (exit code 1)
I'm using an R Sweave doc and trying to compile a pdf from RStudio using TinyTex. Let's assume my Sweave file is titled "Example.Rnw" and my file path to the .tex output is "Path/Example.tex." After hitting "Compile PDF" in my Sweave doc, I get the…

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can't knit Rmd file to a pdf
I'm trying to knit Rmd file to pdf. I get the following error:
Error: LaTeX failed to compile test.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips.
In addition: Warning message:
In system2(..., stdout = if (use_file_stdout()) f1…

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How to make LaTeX packages usable in rmarkdown?
I was looking for a way to include a header in a rmarkdown PDF report. Someone suggested using fancyhdr so I included the suggested code into my .tex document (first three lines):
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\rhead{\includegraphics[width…

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Issue Knitting Lab Report - Coding Error?
I have been conducting some exercises from OpenIntro statistics to start getting familiar with R and RStudio.
I have completed all the exercises, I run my code in R studio and I get all of the tables and graphs that I have generated without a…

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Can't install TinyTeX on Windows Server
This is similar to this issue, but the solutions mentioned didn't work for me. I tried to install TinyTeX via different methods:
tinytex::install_tinytex()
download TinyTeX-0.zip, and use tinytex:::install_prebuilt() on it
manually extract…

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