Re: [R] installation: while running make, unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
Thank you Ivan and Richard...
Short version: a simple "sudo apt install texlive" fixed it.
Longer version (attempt at a post-mortem): previously (back on
2023-11-05) on this same system I built R version 4.3.2; and
/home/btyner/R432/lib/R/doc/NEWS.pdf does exist (and is a valid pdf with
48 pages) from that same install. Likewise before that on 2023-07-02 I
built R version 4.3.1 and the NEWS.pdf is fine (47 pages) there too.
Still not sure how it happened that my system lost track of the
necessary texlive add-ons at some point between 2023-11-05 and now, but
running "sudo apt install texlive" made it clear that
texlive-latex-recommended was indeed one of the culprits as suggested by
Richard.
The following additional packages will be installed:
fonts-texgyre tex-gyre texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-latex-recommended tipa
Suggested packages:
texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-recommended-doc
texlive-luatex texlive-pstricks tipa-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-texgyre tex-gyre texlive texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-latex-recommended tipa
In an attempt to figure out what might have happened after 2023-11-05,
zgrep texlive /var/log/dpkg.log.*.gz
revealed some texlive related activity back on 2023-11-23 but no
indication that anything was removed...
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:02:55 install
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:02:55 status half-installed
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:02:56 status unpacked
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:02:56 install texlive-base:all
2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:02:56 status half-installed
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:02 status unpacked
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:02 install
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:02 status half-installed
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:04 status unpacked
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 configure
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 status unpacked
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 status half-configured
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 status installed
texlive-binaries:amd64 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 configure
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 status unpacked
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:05 status half-configured
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:09 status installed
texlive-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:09 configure
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:09 status unpacked
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:09 status half-configured
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
/var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz:2023-11-23 11:03:09 status installed
texlive-latex-base:all 2021.20220204-1
One more thing:
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %T " history | grep texlive
revealed that I ran "sudo apt install texlive-latex-base" back on
2024-02-19, so maybe that had something to do with it. Sadly the shell
history does not exist prior to that date.
On 3/2/24 02:42, Ivan Krylov wrote:
В Fri, 1 Mar 2024 10:46:53 -0500
Benjamin Tyner пишет:
my platform info:
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Quick things first: have you installed all the build-dependencies? apt
build-dep r-base (maybe with --install-suggests? haven't tried that in
a while) should do that. In particular, the build dependencies include
texlive-fonts-extra and texlive-latex-extra. That's a lot of packages,
but some of them are required to compile LaTeX documents produced by R.
you should 'make docs' now ...
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
creating doc/NEWS
creating doc/NEWS.pdf
Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet =
quiet, :
unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
LaTeX errors:
! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
Can you compile a minimal LaTeX document? Something like:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \mathbf{y} = \mathbf{X} \beta \]
\end{document}
Does tools::texi2pdf('THISFILE.tex') fail with a similar error
Re: [R] installation: while running make, unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
On my system, pdftexcmds.sty can be found in
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pdftexcmds/pdftexcmds.sty
A quick poking around with 'apt' and 'dpkg-query -L' told me that this
comes from the
texlive-latex-recommended
Ubuntu package. So on my system, if I didn't already have this,
sudo apt install texlive-latex-recommended
should fix the problem.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 04:47, Benjamin Tyner wrote:
>
>
> A kind member of R-core suggested this is due to a misconfiguration on
> my system, and to post it to the mailing list for troubleshooting.
>
> When trying to build R version 4.3.3, in at least two places during the
> process it gives LaTeX errors of the form:
>
> (example 1)
>
> you should 'make docs' now ...
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
> creating doc/NEWS
> creating doc/NEWS.pdf
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet =
> quiet, :
> unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
> LaTeX errors:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> ! Emergency stop.
>
>
> l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
> ^^M
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> Calls: -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
> Execution halted
> make[1]: /*/ [Makefile:74: NEWS.pdf] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
> make: [Makefile:73: docs] Error 2 (ignored)
>
> (example 2)
>
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
> building/updating vignettes for package 'grid' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'parallel' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'utils' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'stats' ...
> processing 'reshape.Rnw'
> Error: compiling TeX file 'reshape.tex' failed with message:
> unable to run pdflatex on 'reshape.tex'
> LaTeX errors:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> ! Emergency stop.
>
>
> l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
> ^^M
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> Execution halted
> make[1]: ** [Makefile:103: vignettes] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
> make: ** [Makefile:81: vignettes] Error 2
>
> here is my |pdflatex --version| info:
>
> pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian)
> kpathsea version 6.3.4/dev
> Compiled with libpng 1.6.37; using libpng 1.6.37
> Compiled with zlib 1.2.11; using zlib 1.2.11
> Compiled with xpdf version 4.03
>
> my platform info:
>
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
>
> I installed from this file with corresponding md5sum
>
> R-4.3.3.tar.xz 5602f5996107c346dba12a16e866d2e2
>
> The specific commands I ran which led to the error were:
>
> wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.3.3.tar.xz
> mkdir R433
> tar xJf R-4.3.3.tar.xz
> cd R-4.3.3
> ./configure --prefix=/home/btyner/R433
> make
>
> Happy to provide any additional information needed.
>
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Re: [R] installation: while running make, unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
В Fri, 1 Mar 2024 10:46:53 -0500
Benjamin Tyner пишет:
> my platform info:
>
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Quick things first: have you installed all the build-dependencies? apt
build-dep r-base (maybe with --install-suggests? haven't tried that in
a while) should do that. In particular, the build dependencies include
texlive-fonts-extra and texlive-latex-extra. That's a lot of packages,
but some of them are required to compile LaTeX documents produced by R.
> you should 'make docs' now ...
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
> creating doc/NEWS
> creating doc/NEWS.pdf
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet =
> quiet, :
> unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
> LaTeX errors:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
Can you compile a minimal LaTeX document? Something like:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \mathbf{y} = \mathbf{X} \beta \]
\end{document}
Does tools::texi2pdf('THISFILE.tex') fail with a similar error message?
--
Best regards,
Ivan
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Re: [R] installation: while running make, unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
This really is all LaTeX errors, not R errors. Both examples complain that
pdftexcmds.sty is not installed. Most "sty" files are in LaTeX packages. Each
LaTeX distribution has its own way to install packages ... but the difficulty
is usually on the same order of difficulty as installing R packages from
CRAN... that is, pretty easy. But you need to read about _your_ TeX system for
details. I use Google to figure out which package has the given file in it...
it is usually the same as whatever comes before ".sty", but not always.
On March 1, 2024 7:46:53 AM PST, Benjamin Tyner wrote:
>
>A kind member of R-core suggested this is due to a misconfiguration on my
>system, and to post it to the mailing list for troubleshooting.
>
>When trying to build R version 4.3.3, in at least two places during the
>process it gives LaTeX errors of the form:
>
>(example 1)
>
> you should 'make docs' now ...
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
> creating doc/NEWS
> creating doc/NEWS.pdf
> Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet =
> quiet, :
> unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
> LaTeX errors:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> ! Emergency stop.
>
>
> l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
> ^^M
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> Calls: -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
> Execution halted
> make[1]: /*/ [Makefile:74: NEWS.pdf] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
> make: [Makefile:73: docs] Error 2 (ignored)
>
>(example 2)
>
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
> building/updating vignettes for package 'grid' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'parallel' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'utils' ...
> building/updating vignettes for package 'stats' ...
> processing 'reshape.Rnw'
> Error: compiling TeX file 'reshape.tex' failed with message:
> unable to run pdflatex on 'reshape.tex'
> LaTeX errors:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> ! Emergency stop.
>
>
> l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
> ^^M
> ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> Execution halted
> make[1]: ** [Makefile:103: vignettes] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
> make: ** [Makefile:81: vignettes] Error 2
>
>here is my |pdflatex --version| info:
>
> pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian)
> kpathsea version 6.3.4/dev
> Compiled with libpng 1.6.37; using libpng 1.6.37
> Compiled with zlib 1.2.11; using zlib 1.2.11
> Compiled with xpdf version 4.03
>
>my platform info:
>
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
>
>I installed from this file with corresponding md5sum
>
> R-4.3.3.tar.xz 5602f5996107c346dba12a16e866d2e2
>
>The specific commands I ran which led to the error were:
>
> wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.3.3.tar.xz
> mkdir R433
> tar xJf R-4.3.3.tar.xz
> cd R-4.3.3
> ./configure --prefix=/home/btyner/R433
> make
>
>Happy to provide any additional information needed.
>
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[R] installation: while running make, unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
A kind member of R-core suggested this is due to a misconfiguration on
my system, and to post it to the mailing list for troubleshooting.
When trying to build R version 4.3.3, in at least two places during the
process it gives LaTeX errors of the form:
(example 1)
you should 'make docs' now ...
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
creating doc/NEWS
creating doc/NEWS.pdf
Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet =
quiet, :
unable to run pdflatex on 'NEWS.tex'
LaTeX errors:
! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
Type X to quit or to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
! Emergency stop.
l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
^^M
! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Calls: -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
Execution halted
make[1]: /*/ [Makefile:74: NEWS.pdf] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/doc'
make: [Makefile:73: docs] Error 2 (ignored)
(example 2)
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
building/updating vignettes for package 'grid' ...
building/updating vignettes for package 'parallel' ...
building/updating vignettes for package 'utils' ...
building/updating vignettes for package 'stats' ...
processing 'reshape.Rnw'
Error: compiling TeX file 'reshape.tex' failed with message:
unable to run pdflatex on 'reshape.tex'
LaTeX errors:
! LaTeX Error: File `pdftexcmds.sty' not found.
Type X to quit or to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
! Emergency stop.
l.108 RequirePackage{pdftexcmds}[2018/09/10]
^^M
! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Execution halted
make[1]: ** [Makefile:103: vignettes] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/btyner/R-4.3.3/src/library'
make: ** [Makefile:81: vignettes] Error 2
here is my |pdflatex --version| info:
pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian)
kpathsea version 6.3.4/dev
Compiled with libpng 1.6.37; using libpng 1.6.37
Compiled with zlib 1.2.11; using zlib 1.2.11
Compiled with xpdf version 4.03
my platform info:
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
I installed from this file with corresponding md5sum
R-4.3.3.tar.xz 5602f5996107c346dba12a16e866d2e2
The specific commands I ran which led to the error were:
wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.3.3.tar.xz
mkdir R433
tar xJf R-4.3.3.tar.xz
cd R-4.3.3
./configure --prefix=/home/btyner/R433
make
Happy to provide any additional information needed.
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