I would recommend adding in the README.md information that an installation of TeX is required to render the thesis in a local environment (at least on Linux).
To check, whether there is a valid installation, Sys.which("pdflatex") can be executed. If it is "" then there is no installation or RStudio does not recognize it.
I would recommend adding in the
README.mdinformation that an installation ofTeXis required to render the thesis in a local environment (at least on Linux).To check, whether there is a valid installation,
Sys.which("pdflatex")can be executed. If it is""then there is no installation or RStudio does not recognize it.