fix #419: document that installing TinyTeX requires perl

rstudio · Aug 19, 2023 · a45272c · a45272c
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diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: tinytex
 Type: Package
 Title: Helper Functions to Install and Maintain TeX Live, and Compile LaTeX Documents
-Version: 0.46
+Version: 0.46.1
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Yihui", "Xie", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"), email = "xie@yihui.name", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0645-5666")),
   person(given = "Posit Software, PBC", role = c("cph", "fnd")),

diff --git a/R/install.R b/R/install.R
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #'   environment variable \var{TINYTEX_PREVENT_INSTALL} to \code{true}. Then
 #'   \code{install_tinytex()} will fail immediately. This can be useful to
 #'   sysadmins who want to prevent the accidental installation of TinyTeX.
+#'
+#'   Installing TinyTeX requires perl (on Linux, perl-base is insufficient).
 #' @export
 install_tinytex = function(
   force = FALSE, dir = 'auto', version = 'daily', bundle = 'TinyTeX-1', repository = 'auto',

diff --git a/man/install_tinytex.Rd b/man/install_tinytex.Rd