Is TinyTex the same as LaTeX and how to install it?

[Gambino]

i need help installing tinytex package. is tinytex the same as LaTex?

[FJCC]

You should be able to install the tiinytex package just like any other package. Have you run

install.packages("tinytext")

If so, what happened?
If you have installed the tinytex package, you should be able to run

library(tinytext)
install_tinytex()

The documentation of the tinytex package includes this:

The function install_tinytex() downloads and installs TinyTeX, a custom LaTeX distribution
based on TeX Live

[Gambino]

i literally copied the error message that pops us, pls any ideas what i am to do next

install.packages("tinytext")
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Prince/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.4’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘tinytext’ is not available for this version of R

A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at

R Installation and Administration

install.packages("tinytext")
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

[nirgrahamuk]

This is only a name confusion

tinytex != tinytext

[jrkrideau]

FJCC has handled all the installation questions but to answer your question,"is tinytex the same as LaTex?".

{tinytex} is a relatively small subset of a full LaTeX installation that should cover most needs in RMarkdown or Quarto. Both RMarkdown or Quarto should prompt you if you need to install another LaTeX package.

The alternative, especially if you are likely to need to need Latex elsewhere , and you have the disk space, is to do a full MikTex or TexLive installation.