R markdown how to get pdf downloaded

Create using R markdown reports into PDF document.

I think my codes are correct, however I am getting this error message when I select Knit to PDF.

No TeX installation detected (TeX is required to create PDF output). You should install a recommended TeX distribution for your platform:

_ Windows: MiKTeX (Complete) - www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
_ (NOTE: Be sure to download the Complete rather than Basic installation)_

However it works fine with Knit to HTML.
Please advise !

If you are on Windows, have you installed MikTeX on your device and added it to the system PATH?

I would advice to use tinytex to get pdf with Rmarkdown:

TinyTeX - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉

TinyTeX is a custom LaTeX distribution based on TeX Live that is small in size (Mb on macOS/Linux and Mb on Windows) but functions well in most cases, especially for R users. If you run into the …

Yarnabrina:

www.cronistalascolonias.com.ares('tinytex') tinytex::install_tinytex()

Thank you for your advise and suggestions.
Tried many attempts and going through some errors while installing along the way but kept on trying and it finally work. I was able to Knit to PDF now.

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Ok, how do I use it with that, do you have examples ? Thx

I did install it but how do you add it to your system's path ?

Have you read the documentation in the link I provided ?
It says that once you have installed tinytex,

To compile an R Markdown document to PDF, there is nothing else you have to know.

Pretty easy right ?

Ok I did as follows:

I click File, New File, R script then enter this code below and ran it to install the tinytex package.
I checked on it to use it.
www.cronistalascolonias.com.ares('tinytex')

Then I click on File, New File, and click on R markdown and gave it a title, author, and click on the PDF
format. I save it to the directory as www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar

Then in the www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar tab I select Knit and choose Knit to HMTL. It works fine and produced the report.
Then I choose Knit to PDF and it gives me the error message as below. It doesn't seem like the tinytex package is working or I am not using it right.

Windows: MiKTeX (Complete) - www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
_ (NOTE: Be sure to download the Complete rather than Basic installation)_

The steps to add to PATH:

1. Search on from Start menu.
2. Open
3. Select
4. Edit by adding the full location of .

But I agree with @cderv that is a better option, especially as now imports it automatically.

You will need to install the distribution first. Use this: