![]() By comparison, TinyTeX’s pdflatex works just fine. Although it was not MiKTeX’s fault in this case, MiKTeX’s pdflatex fails when called via system2('pdflatex', 'test.tex', stdout = FALSE) in the R console in RStudio, even though system2('pdflatex', 'test.tex') succeeds, which is a really weird bug that took me a long time to realize. The rmarkdown bug #1285 once again confirmed that TinyTeX could be a better option than MiKTeX on Windows. Convenience outweighs the potential risk of letting certain software install (random) packages automatically in this case. What would you do otherwise in this case? Just stare at the screen, let LaTeX fail, and feel the miserable life? I don’t think you want to do that. On Windows, this is usually not an issue. MiKTeX and TeX Live shouldnt share the same bin directories. However, from the viewpoint of users, I guess 99.99% of users will agree to install the missing packages. MiKTeX and TeX Live can be installed in parallel if you observe the following. In the MiKTeX Console (you can find it from the Start menu on Windows), choose “Always install missing packages on-the-fly”:įrom the viewpoint of the developer, it is absolutely the right thing to do to ask users before installing the missing LaTeX packages. ![]() ![]() Before you run the installer, you should check the prerequisites. MiKTeX has the ability to install missing packages automatically, i.e., this installer is suitable for computers connected to the Internet. ![]() I’m still not sure why it could fail (I feel when MiKTeX is installed by the system admin, it may fail to pop up the dialog), but you can change the default setting and let MiKTeX install the missing LaTeX packages without asking. To set up a basic TeX/LaTeX system, download and run the Basic MiKTeX Installer. This video shows howhow to manually install missing packages in latex, latex missing package Miktex Windows 7,8,10. The default behavior of MiKTeX is to ask you whether you want to install missing LaTeX packages, but it may fail to pop up the dialog box to ask you in the first place. While debugging the rmarkdown issue #1285, I discovered that MiKTeX might fail to install missing LaTeX packages in certain cases. In the package there are documents but none talked about how to install, I fancy the installation is just too primary to real Latex users. ![]()
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