Instructions for compiling manuscripts

Install dependencies

Install the rgbif R package, including the suggested packages, using the following inside R:

install.packages("rgbif", dependencies=TRUE)

Note that rmarkdown requires pandoc (>= 0.12.3) and pandoc-citeproc be installed. These ship with the current version of RStudio (>=0.98). Additionally, a LaTeX environment is required to generate the output pdf.

Install the pygbif Python library, using the following in your shell:

pip install pygbif

Install the gbifrb Ruby library, using the following in your shell:

gem install gbifrb

Build the manuscript

In the directory

make

Open the pdf file

open manuscript.pdf