[Rd] windows compile R from source, where do I put the Tcl directory?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13-04-15 1:11 PM, Andre Mikulec wrote:
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>> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:14:28 -0400
>> From: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
>> To: Andre Mikulec <andre_mikulec at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "r-devel at r-project.org" <r-devel at r-project.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] windows compile R from source, where do I put the
>> Tcl directory?
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>> On 13-04-13 10:03 PM, Andre Mikulec wrote:
>>>>> Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>>>>> Thu Apr 11 13:32:02 CEST 2013
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>>>>> On 11/04/2013 00:27, Andre Mikulec wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to compile R from source on Windows.
>>>>>> I am following the instructions here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3.1 Building from source
>>>>>> 3 Installing R under Windows
>>>>>> file:///F:/ProgramFiles/R/R-2.15.3/doc/manual/R-admin.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It only says,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> The Tcl/Tk support files are contained in Rtools30.exe and
>>>>>> available as .zips from http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools.
>>>>>> Please make sure you install the right version: there is a 32-bit
>>>>>> version and a 64-bit version.
>>>>>> "
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyways,
>>>>>> I collected the support files from here.
>>>>>> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/R_Tcl_8-5-8.zip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The instructions do not say "where to put my Tcl folder."
>>>>>
>>>>> Rtools30.exe does this for you. But you put it at the top level in the
>>>>> sources.
>>>>>
>>>>>> So I just guessed, based on ( include, doc, and bin are parallel directories )
>>>>>> in F:\ProgramFiles\R\R-2.15.3\Tcl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guessed ( and guessed wrong ) ...
>>>>>> M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\R-2.15.3\src\Tcl
>>>>>
>>>>> Why in src? It is a binary distriution.
>>>>>
>>>>>> When Try to compile with
>>>>>>
>>>>>> M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\R-2.15.3\src\gnuwin32>make all recommended
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I eventually get ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "tcltk.h:23:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in the message
>>>>>>
>>>>>> building package 'tcltk'
>>>>>> making init.d from init.c
>>>>>> making tcltk.d from tcltk.c
>>>>>> making tcltk_win.d from tcltk_win.c
>>>>>> gcc -I"../../../../include" -DNDEBUG -I "../../../../Tcl"/include -DWin32 -O3 -Wall -gdwarf-2 -std=gnu99 -c init.c -o init.o
>>>>>> In file included from init.c:22:0:
>>>>>> tcltk.h:23:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory
>>>>>> compilation terminated.
>>>>>> make[4]: *** [init.o] Error 1
>>>>>> make[3]: *** [mksrc-win2] Error 1
>>>>>> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
>>>>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please, help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>> Andre Mikulec
>>>>>> Andre_Mikulec at Hotmail.com
>>>>>> ______________________________________________
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>>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>>>>> Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>>>>> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
>>>>> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>>>>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
>>>
>>>
>>> "Why in src? It is a binary distriution."
>>>
>>> Yes, I have the binary distribution ( but it is not found in RTools )
>>>
>>> "
>>> Rtools30.exe does this for you. But you put it at the top level in the
>>> sources.
>>> "
>>> Maybe I do not know where the 'top level' is located.
>>>
>>> Please, help.
>>>
>>> I used "tree /f" and search for
>>> "tk" and "tcl" files in my
>>>
>>> F:\RTools folder
>>
>> The Tcl/Tk files are in Rtools.exe, and are installed to the top level
>> of the R directory tree, unless you chose (when running Rtools.exe) not
>> to install them. They are not installed to the Rtools directory tree.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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> I have spent 3 attempts to compile R and end up at the very same spot.
>
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>    "tcltk.h:23:17: fatal error: tcl.h: No such file or directory"
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> RTools.exe does not install a tcl.h file.  It is not there. I looked and looked and looked.

That's because you told it not to.  Run it again, and select one or both 
of the "Extras" under custom installation, or "full installation".

>
>
> R-2.15.3 source code does not have a tcl.h file. I looked and looked and looked.
>
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> R_Tcl_8-5-8.zip does have a tcl.h file.
>
>
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> 2. My folder contents are the following.
>
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>    1. RTools folder,
>    2. R-2.15.3 source code folder
>    3. Tcl folder ( from R_Tcl_8-5-8.zip )
>
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> Their locations are the following.
>
>
>    1. F:\RTools
>    2. M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\R\R-2.15.3
>    3. M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\Tcl
>
>
> Where do I stick the "Tcl" folder?

In M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\R\R-2.15.3.
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> What is a "top level of the R directory tree?" Where is it?

M:\YDrive\All_Economics\eclipse_workspace\R\R-2.15.3

By the way, I don't think it will be a problem, but that path is getting 
kind of long, and Windows has a 256 character limit on path length.

Duncan Murdoch

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> Andre Mikulec
> Andre_Mikulec at Hotmail.com
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