Tinytex from EC2 Windows

Mhdbns · August 5, 2021, 2:46pm

Just for the record, this was cross-posted at Tinytex from AWS EC2 Windows Server · Issue #326 · yihui/tinytex · GitHub

Hi,

I use RStudio from an AWS EC2 Windows. To get .pdf file from my rmarkdown I tried to install MiKTeX on my EC2 and faced some issue, so I decided to try the tinytex solution. I correctly installed the tinytex package but I had some trouble to install tinytex from it. For your info, following security reasons only selected websites are whitelisted. So to be able to install tinytex I asked for whitelisting:

yihui. org
miktex. org
ci.appveyor. com
www.ctan. org

but I still can't get tinytex installed on my EC2 Windows. I also downloaded separetely TinyTeX.zip to install it but tinytex:::install_windows_zip() is not available anymore.

When I try tinytex::install_tinytex() I got the following error:

trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip'
trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip'
trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip'
Error in xfun::download_file(..., quiet = Sys.getenv("APPVEYOR") != "") :
  No download method works (auto/wininet/wget/curl/lynx)
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) :
  InternetOpenUrl failed: 'A connection with the server could not be established'
2: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) :
  URL 'https://appveyorcidatav2.blob.core.windows.net/yihui-27038/tinytex/1-0-1628/31j2ygh3xv2sk7xd/TinyTeX-1.zip?sv=2015-12-11&sr=c&sig=HJOnYMwO2zT2iFAlwT859FH53nzIHB0oV2RslIq990g%3D&st=2021-08-05T14%3A40%3A04Z&se=2021-08-05T14%3A46%3A04Z&sp=r': status was 'SSL connect error'
3: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) :
  InternetOpenUrl failed: 'A connection with the server could not be established'

I am not sure to understand the error message, should I ask for whitelisting another websites?

Thanks in advance for any assistance on that.

Mhd

system · August 26, 2021, 2:46pm

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cderv · September 1, 2021, 3:44pm

For reference this has been solved in

github.com/rstudio/tinytex

Tinytex from AWS EC2 Windows Server

opened 11:47AM - 19 Aug 21 UTC

closed 05:40PM - 24 Aug 21 UTC

MHDBNS

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Hi, I use RStudio from an AWS EC2 Windows Server. To get .pdf file from my rm…arkdown I tried to install MiKTeX on my EC2 and faced some issues, so I decided to try the tinytex solution. I correctly installed the tinytex package but I had some trouble to install tinytex from it. For your info, following security reasons only selected websites are whitelisted. So to be able to install tinytex I asked for whitelisting: yihui.org miktex.org ci.appveyor.com www.ctan.org but I still can't get tinytex installed on my EC2 Windows. I also downloaded separately TinyTeX.zip to install it but `tinytex:::install_windows_zip()` is not available anymore. When I try `tinytex::install_tinytex()` I got the following error: ``` trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip' trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip' trying URL 'https://yihui.org/tinytex/TinyTeX-1.zip' Error in xfun::download_file(..., quiet = Sys.getenv("APPVEYOR") != "") : No download method works (auto/wininet/wget/curl/lynx) In addition: Warning messages: 1: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) : InternetOpenUrl failed: 'A connection with the server could not be established' 2: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) : URL 'https://appveyorcidatav2.blob.core.windows.net/yihui-27038/tinytex/1-0-1628/31j2ygh3xv2sk7xd/TinyTeX-1.zip?sv=2015-12-11&sr=c&sig=HJOnYMwO2zT2iFAlwT859FH53nzIHB0oV2RslIq990g%3D&st=2021-08-05T14%3A40%3A04Z&se=2021-08-05T14%3A46%3A04Z&sp=r': status was 'SSL connect error' 3: In download.file(url, output, ..., method = method) : InternetOpenUrl failed: 'A connection with the server could not be established' ``` I am not sure to understand the error message, should I ask for whitelisting another websites? For information, some insights related to my R config: ``` R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) Running under: Windows Server x64 (build 14393), RStudio 1.3.959 Locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 Package version: graphics_4.0.2 grDevices_4.0.2 stats_4.0.2 tinytex_0.33 tools_4.0.2 utils_4.0.2 xfun_0.24 ``` Thanks in advance for any assistance on that as I got no solution for my issue: https://community.rstudio.com/t/tinytex-from-ec2-windows/112053 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68708561/r-markdown-tinytex-install-mirrors-aws-ec2-windows Mhd --- By filing an issue to this repo, I promise that - [x] I have fully read the issue guide at https://yihui.org/issue/. - [x] I have provided the necessary information about my issue. - If I'm asking a question, I have already asked it on Stack Overflow or RStudio Community, waited for at least 24 hours, and included a link to my question there. - If I'm filing a bug report, I have included a minimal, self-contained, and reproducible example, and have also included `xfun::session_info('tinytex')`. I have upgraded all my packages to their latest versions (e.g., R, RStudio, and R packages), and also tried the development version: `remotes::install_github('yihui/tinytex')`. - If I have posted the same issue elsewhere, I have also mentioned it in this issue. - [x] I have learned the Github Markdown syntax, and formatted my issue correctly. I understand that my issue may be closed if I don't fulfill my promises.