yanshil/rmd_chinese_beamer_ubuntu

Knit Chinese Rmd file in Ubuntu

Ubuntu上的中文 Rmarkdown 解决方案 -- 以 Slides 为例

Install texlive in Ubuntu

The ctex package is needed for knitting chinese Rmd file

sudo apt-get install texlive-full

Set up yaml in Rmd file and create header.tex

---
title: "Ubuntu上的中文 Rmarkdown 解决方案 -- 以 Slides 为例"
author: "Yanshi Luo"
output:
  beamer_presentation: 
	pandoc_args: "--latex-engine=xelatex"
	includes:
	  in_header: header.tex
	keep_tex: yes
---

The header.tex

\usepackage{ctex}