TeX is the underlying technology behind LaTeX. To generate PDF documents from R Markdown, you must have this installed. This video covers the installation for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- [Narrator] LaTeX is a typesetting system … that R Markdown uses for generating PDF. … But in order to set up your computer ready to use LaTeX, … we first need to set up TeX on your machine. … So what's TeX? … TeX is the underlying typesetting system we use, … and LaTeX is a specific, and the most popular, … distribution of TeX. … It's very rare you'll ever hear folks talk about TeX, … everyone talks about LaTeX, which is why we're spending … some time being explicit about everything, … as some tutorials confuse this issue … of what TeX and LaTeX is. … The TeX distribution you want … depends on the operating system you're using. … MacTeX is a specialized version of LaTeX built for Macs. … Linux users are the only folks who actually get … to use LaTeX that's actually called LaTeX. … And Windows users have a very specific … distribution called MiKTex. … Before I show you where to go and get your installers, … please be warned: all tech distributions are at least … three gigabytes in size, …
Author
Martin John Hadley
Released
3/14/2019- What is R Markdown?
- Writing PDF and HTML reports
- Writing HTML presentations
- Setting up LaTeX and BibTeX
- Including R code in R Markdown documents
- Formatting text
- Including code from script files
- Creating slides
- Using ggplot2 charts
- Inserting images and tables
- Creating captions with bookdown
- Customizing styles
- Overriding markdown
- Using htmlwidgets
- Publishing R Markdown HTML
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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What you should know1m 41s
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1. What Can You Build with R Markdown?
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What is Markdown?1m 56s
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What is R Markdown?2m 24s
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2. Setting Up LaTeX for R Markdown PDF Outputs
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What are LaTeX and BibTeX?1m 39s
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3. Understanding the Basics of R Markdown Documents
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Installing R Markdown1m 41s
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4. Preventing Gotchas
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5. Creating Slides in R Markdown
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6. Using ggplot2 Charts in R Markdown
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Globally set figure size4m 13s
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7. Inserting Images into R Markdown Output
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8. Inserting Tables into R Markdown Output
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Markdown tables in .Rmd2m 39s
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Interactive tables with DT2m 36s
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9. Captions with bookdown
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Captions with bookdown4m 14s
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10. Customizing Styles in R Markdown
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11. Overriding Markdown in .Rmd
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Run LaTeX in PDF documents2m 21s
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Run HTML in R Markdown2m 9s
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12. htmlwidgets and R Markdown
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htmlwidgets and R Markdown3m 10s
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13. Publishing R Markdown HTML Content to RPubs.com
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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Video: Setting up TeX for generating R Markdown reports