install_* requires user to have pdftex if package has a vignette #173
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We should attempt to detect if pdftex is available, and if not, don't try and install vignettes. - Hadley |
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build: if pdflatex not present, don't build vignettes. Fixes #173
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This might be something you guys want to think about. When a person runs
install_github
(and maybe otherinstall_
*'s), devtools retrieves a copy of the package, and then R builds and installs it on the user's machine.If the package has an Sweave vignette, R build will try to find a program to compile the vignette and then error out if the user doesn't have one.
I'm guessing that a lot of R users won't have latex installed and won't be able to figure out the error message, which may make it harder to use
install_github
and github.Garrett
p.s. Also, I could be completely wrong about this :P
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