installr (version 0.22.0)

install.MikTeX: Downloads and installs MikTeX for windows

Description

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of MikTeX for Windows.

Usage

install.MikTeX(page_with_download_url = "https://miktex.org/download",
  ...)

Arguments

page_with_download_url

the URL of the MikTeX download page.

...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

Details

MiKTeX is a typesetting system for Microsoft Windows that is developed by Christian Schenk. It consists of an implementation of TeX and a set of related programs. MiKTeX provides the tools necessary to prepare documents using the TeX/LaTeX markup language, as well a simple tex editor (TeXworks).

MiKTeX is essential for using Sweave, knitr, and creating Vignette for R packages.

References

MikTeX homepage: http://miktex.org/ MikTeX download page: http://miktex.org/download

Examples

# NOT RUN {
install.MikTeX() # installs the latest version of MikTeX 62 bit
# }