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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(version, page_with_download_url = "http://miktex.org/download",
  ...)

Arguments

version
gets the values 32 and 64. Deciding if we should install version 32bit or 64bit. If missing (default) the user is prompted for a decisioin.
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

Run this code
install.MikTeX() # installs the latest version of MikTeX

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