pdflatex not found while installing "R" software on Ubuntu 19.04

I am trying to install R software on Ubuntu 19.04, by compiling the installer on my system. Several libraries are missing, but I managed to install them all, apart from one called 'pdflatex'.

 make[1]: Entering directory '/home/giulio/Desktop/r-base_3
'pdflatex' is needed to make vignettes but is missing on your system.

I didn't manage to find how to install on the web, could you help me with this issue?

Best Giulio

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You need to install the texlive-latex-base package, which provides this utility:

sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base

And also please note, that R is packaged in Ubuntu as r-base and r-base-dev packages (see search results, you will get R 3.5.2). You do not need to compile R by yourself (usually).
If you need R 3.6 - use binary repository from R-CRAN.

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