[Rd] Problem installing R-devel dated 4 March 2016.

[Rolf Turner]

Thanks Peter.  I tried running the uninstalled R; it worked.  I checked 
on the existence of FAQ, etc. --- yep everything was there.  I don't 
know about over-zealous virus checkers; I haven't overtly installed any 
such.

So, mystified, I started all over again from scratch.  This time it 
worked; seamlessly.

Totally mysterious.  Story of my life.  Be that as it were, all systems 
are go now, and my package checking was successful.

Sorry for the noise.

cheers,

Rolf

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On 06/03/16 03:10, peter dalgaard wrote:
>
>> On 05 Mar 2016, at 03:35 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be able to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN.
>>
>> I performed the following steps:
>>
>> (1) Downloaded  R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN
>> (2) Upacked.
>> (3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel".
>> (4) Changed directories to BldDir.
>> (5) Executed  ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo .
>> (6) Executed make .
>> (7) Executed sudo make install .
>>
>> I got the error messages:
>>   .
>>   .
>>   .
>>> mkdir -p -- /usr/local/lib64/R/doc
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `FAQ': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `RESOURCES': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.rds': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory
>>> make[1]: *** [install-sources2] Error 1
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rolf/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc'
>>> make: *** [install] Error 1
>>
>> Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong?
>>
>
> Beats me. & I just checked that make install works on my system (usually, I just run test versions out of their build dirs).
>
> You might check a couple of things though:
>
> - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/bin/R work?
> - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc/FAQ et al. actually exist?
> - is there an overzealous virus checker active (those have been known to move fresh files to "safe locations" right under peoples feet...)
>
> -pd
>
>
>> Ta.