Creating R Markdown Files

[vad7863]

Im new to R in grad school and am doing my first R Markdown. When I go to create it gives me an error that I need tinytex. So I install but then a crazy error message I cant decipher and still it doesn't work. I need help

Installing 'tinytex' for R Markdown...

successfully installed.
Warning message:
In utils::install.packages("tinytex", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") :
installation of package 'tinytex' had non-zero exit status

[andresrcs]

Can you post the complete message you get? I suspect you are omitting the important parts.

[vad7863]

I tried to paste the entire error but it said I could not post that many links

[andresrcs]

Post it as formatted code, here is how to do it

FAQ: How to format your code

Formatting Code: the Basics All code or console output you include in your posts should be formatted properly. Luckily, this is very easy to do! Just use the code formatting button at the top of the post editing box: [image] Select some code Click the </> button! The code formatting button automatically adds special Markdown formatting symbols to whatever you selected. If you check the preview pane to the right of your post, you'll see that the forum software now outputs nicely formatted code . [04] The code formatting button is pretty smart! It can tell the difference between snippets of code that are part of a sentence and blocks of code that stand alone. …