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TinyTeX is a TeX distribution based on TeX Live. tinytex is an R package that helps to install TinyTeX.

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Failed to compile test.tex. See https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See test.log for more info. Execution halted

output file: test.knit.md ! pdflatex: warning: running with administrator privileges ! Sorry, but C:\Users\jjw11\AppData\Local\Programs\MIKTEX~1.9\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe did not succeed. ! The log file hopefully contains the information to…
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Error: Failed to build the bibliography via biber {vitae}

I am trying to reproduce the cv using the vitae package and keep running into an odd error when it comes to generating the bibliography. It was working previously, but when I try to execute the code today it keeps producing the following…
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Keep auxiliary TeX files when rendering a rmarkdown document

I am rendering two documents, that cross-reference items in each other. For that I am using the LaTeX package zref. To make zref work, it needs the *.aux file of the documents which are created when calling pdflatex. Unfortunately, using RStudio and…
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How to make curly k in R markdown equations?

In R markdown equations, I need to make a curly lower case k, analogous to the curly lower case "l" generated by \ell. There are a few posts dealing with this, but very LaTex based. I can't find any posts on this issue with a solution for R markdown…
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tlmgr_install: package footnote not present in repository

I am trying to install package footnote using the following commands: library(tinytex) tlmgr_install("footnote") However it throws the following error: tlmgr_install: package footnote not present in repository. Any help, please.
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TinyTex errors within RMarkdown (Local TeX Live (2021) is older than remote repository (2022))

I randomly started getting the error messages below while trying to run a RMarkdown document. I am on a Windows, so I deleted the TinyTex subfolder within the AppData folder and reran tinytex::install_tinytex(). That installed but didn't fix the…
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How to tell RStudio to use TinyTex instead of MiKTeX?

I want to use LaTeX in RStudio with Sweave. However, I run into problems with using MiKTeX (see Ref). As I couldn't solve these issues I want use TinyTeX now. I installed TinyTeX in…
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Rmarkdown: PDF file can not generate with a loop

I've built a for loop to generate a series of PDF files automatically, but it says: output file: test_chinese.knit.md "C:/PROGRA~2/Pandoc/pandoc" +RTS -K512m -RTS test_chinese.utf8.md --to latex --from…
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Error with Unicode escape character U+001B knitting .rmd to .pdf

When trying to knit my rmd file, I'm getting this error - ! LaTeX Error: Unicode character ^^[ (U+001B) not set up for use with LaTeX. Error: LaTeX failed to compile Task1-Final.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for…
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devtools::build_manual() Error: Failed to build manual

devtools::build_manual() produces Error: Failed to build manual (at least on windows). Steps to reproduce: create a new R project on R Studio. Add this documentation for the hello_world function, document and build the package. #' Hello world…
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installation of package 'tinytex' had non-zero exit status

Very new at this so I am sorry if I have done something stupid or missed a step! Running on windows 10 enterprise Version of R my company allows me to use is: R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02) -- "Feather Spray" Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for…
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Latex failed to compile Markdown PDF from R shiny

Sorry if I'm missing some information here. I'm trying to render a PDF from R shiny and R Markdown, but keep getting this error. The whole thing does run in HTML, but the idea is that I can export a PDF. I've tried reinstalling tinytex, installing…
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Modifying CV generated by vitae package R

I've generated a CV using R vitae package and awesomecv template. The utilised packages: packageVersion("vitae"); #> [1] '0.2.2.9000' packageVersion("tibble"); #> [1] '3.0.1' packageVersion("dplyr"); #> [1] '1.0.0' packageVersion("tinytex") #> [1]…
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Error when trying to install TinyTeX using tinytex R package "cannot contact mirror.ctan.org, returning a backbone server!"

I am trying to use RMarkdown to knit my report to a pdf. I am on my work computer (without administrative privileges and behind a firewall), and chose TinyTeX as a LaTeX distribution because I was hoping it would still work without having to involve…
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Germany quotation marks broken in tinytex/rmarkdown - even when using package `csquotes`

What I want: I'd like to have German quotation marks in my TeX-PDF via rmarkdown and tinytex on MacOS (Catalina). See for example: The problem: It used to work following the guidelines as proposed here. But now, it stopped working. I only get…
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