I have created a report in markdown and use the function render()
to compile the code into a PDF. It worked fine a month ago, but when I run the code now, it gives me an error:
Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 22 April 2016, version: 4.45. Output created: output/Medborgerskabstabeller99.pdf
Error in tools::file_path_as_absolute(output_file) : file 'output/Medborgerskabstabeller99.pdf' does not exist
The render command I use to create the PDF looks like this:
outfile <- file.path("output",paste0("Medborgerskabstabeller99"))
render(input = "Medborgerskabstabeller.Rmd",
encoding = "UTF-8",
output_file = paste0(outfile,".pdf"))
First of all, the "Latexmk"-message before did not appear when the code worked.
Second, I have no clue why it says that "Medborgerskabstabeller99.pdf" doesn't exist, when it says above that it just created the file.
Any suggestions on the problem will be highly appreciated!
A better solution appears to be to use tinytex.
install.packages('tinytex')
tinytex::install_tinytex()
If you have to use MikTex and have it installed already, open the MikTex console and change the missing package setting to:
Always install missing packages on the fly
If you have not installed MikTex yet then on installation make sure to choose:
Install missing packages: Yes
When I originally installed I chose Ask me first
and it would fail. I have tried both changing the settings of MikTex, as well as uninstalled it and just settled for tinytex which was a bit more lightweight for my needs.
The original thread with solution near the bottom: https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown/issues/1285