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Asked: 2026-05-16T23:00:49+00:00

I am writing a package in R and I would appreciate some example bash

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I am writing a package in R and I would appreciate some example bash code to process the Rd files to latex and then to pdf.

It is in the directory ~/mypkg/dev/. I have generated the file structure and Rd templates.

from ~/mypkg/dev/man, I have tried 

R CMD Rdconv -o mypkg-package.tex --type=latex mypkg-package.Rd

mypkg-package.tex file is generated, but 

pdflatex mypkg-package.tex

generates tex without any preamble.

I have read the documentation in “Writing R extensions” and “R CMD Rdconv –help” on this subject, but no examples are provided.

Thank you

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are two issues here:

    First, the Rdconv command only transforms one Rd file at a time; your question suggests that you want the full manual.

    Second, the Rd2dvi command is your friend. I just ran the following on a local package:

    R CMD Rd2dvi --pdf --title='Test of foo' -o /tmp/foo.pdf man/*.Rd

    That should be what you asked for.

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