Dear Charles
If your package prints a message to the user suggesting how to get a
Latex installation then I do not think you need to do anything else.
After all they could install Latex some other way if they pleased or try
to work out why the installation they thought they had is not working.
Michael
On 03/10/2019 11:10, Driver, Charles wrote:
I have a function that outputs / compiles some latex. To do this I use
Sys.which('pdflatex') and if nothing is found, prompt the user whether to
install tinytex package. So, normally I understand the use of 'Suggests' in the
package description to be for when there are only certain functions / tests
that require the package. In this case, the package requirement is also
conditional on other software (ie a tex distribution) not being found,
otherwise it is unnecessary. There are no tests or examples that depend on the
package. Should tinytex be in the 'Suggests' list?
Cheers,
Charles
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