You probably need to install miktex. I don't use windows, so try and see in the R install manual. Kasper On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:17 AM, James W. MacDonald <jmacdon at="" med.umich.edu=""> wrote: > Hi Casper, > > On 3/7/2011 1:42 AM, Casper Shyr wrote: >> >> Hello, >> ? I am having trouble creating pdf from tex in R. My commands are: >> >>> library(tools) >>> texi2dvi("demo.tex",pdf=TRUE) >> >> Error in texi2dvi("demo.tex", pdf = TRUE) : >> ? unable to run 'pdflatex' on 'demo.tex' > > texi2dvi() is a function from the tools package, which is not part of > Bioconductor. You will be better served asking this on R-help. > > Best, > > Jim > > >> >> It seems the function texi2dvi isn't working for me. I am using windows >> version of R, version 2.12. >> >> Thanks! >> Casper >> >> ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > > -- > James W. MacDonald, M.S. > Biostatistician > Douglas Lab > University of Michigan > Department of Human Genetics > 5912 Buhl > 1241 E. Catherine St. > Ann Arbor MI 48109-5618 > 734-615-7826 > ********************************************************** > Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be > used for urgent or sensitive issues > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

Thanks for the suggestions. Yes I ended up using MikTex, which works. > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:42:55 -0800 > From: daiyingw@gmail.com > To: casshyr@hotmail.com > CC: bioconductor@r-project.org > Subject: re: [BioC] Problem with texi2dvi > > Have you tried installing MilkTeX for windows? > -- > > Ying Wu > PhD Student > Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology > University of Southern California > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]