bookdown-demo Build Book fails unless tinytex is installed

[ras44]

Not sure if this would save someone else time, but it might be helpful to have something similar to the following in the getting started notes:

install.packages("tinytex")
library(tinytex)
tinytex::install_tinytex(force=TRUE)

In my case, building the book initially failed, but the discussion at rstudio/tinytex#102 hinted at the solution

[yihui]

The tinytex package is a required dependency of bookdown, so it should be automatically installed when you install bookdown.

https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown/blob/master/DESCRIPTION#L60

[ras44]

Thanks for your quick response. Although the dependency means that the package is installed, I'm not sure if that ensures that the tinytex::install_tinytex(force=TRUE) command is run. Running this command is what got things to work for me at least.

[yihui]

As I said at rstudio/tinytex#102 (comment), TinyTeX is recommended but not required. You can use other LaTeX distributions.

It is also mentioned in the bookdown-demo project: https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown-demo/blob/master/index.Rmd#L29

[ras44]

ok- thanks for your feedback!

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