Diagnosing R package build warning: “LaTeX errors when creating PDF version”

Question

When building a package, I received the following warning:

* checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
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Answer 1

...and another reason is that you haven't installed MikTex yet.

1. Download MikTex from here and follow the dialog prompts to install. I found the defaults to be reasonable and worked well for me.

2. Try to build your R package again. It should be OK now.