Cannot install TinyTex from R

Question

I cannot get tinytex to install via RStudio. I am running RStudio 1.1.463 on MacOS X 10_11_6 (El Capitan).

I have installed the tinytex package. I am trying:

library(tinytex)
install_tinytex()

I receive the error message:

ls: /Users/(myname)/Library/TinyTex/bin/x86_64-darwinlegacy: No such file or directory

I have tried simply searching the error on Google, but I don't really understand anything that comes up in the results (which start talking about something called sudo and different things with terminal) to know whether its relevant to my issue.

Answer 1

I have encountered the same issue and made a post on RStudio community including this post as well as my solution to the problem so far (linked below).

To summarize my solution:

• Make hidden folders visible on Mac
• Locate /Users/(myname)/Library/TinyTex/bin/
• Rename universal-darwin folder to x86_64-darwinlegacy
• Run tinytex installation

https://community.rstudio.com/t/tinytex-installation-recent-issue/102861

I'd like to see a more elegant (and explainable) solution to this!

Answer 2

The solution from @apshinyn worked for me when helping a student but I used a very slight modification and a little more detail. I'm not able to edit @apshinyn solution, however, so am reposting my version that worked for us:

1. GO TO Library/TinyTex/bin:

   • OPTION 1: Go to the Finder; Click on the GO menu; Select GO TO FOLDER (Or hit Command-Shift-G) and type: ~/Library/TinyTex/bin
   • OPTION 2: Go to the Finder; Click on the GO menu; Hold down the OPTION key; Select LIBRARY; Open the TinyTex folder and then bin folder.

2. RENAME: Change the name of the folder universal-darwin to x86_64-darwinlegacy

3. INSTALL TINYTEX: In R or RStudio, in the Console or command line run tinytex::install_tinytex()

4. CHECK TINYTEX: In R or RStudio, in the Console or Command line run: tinytex::is_tinytex(). If you get TRUE the installation worked.