[R] Re: R 0.90.0 for Windows rwinst fails (for me) and workaround

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Robert L. Sandefur wrote:

>  I downloaded r 0.90.0 for windows and ran rwinst.exe and
the base package would not install for me. 

What does that mean? Could you tell us the exact error message?

> I had to unzip 
> rw0900b1.zip and r20900b2.zip manually and then do 
the rest of install with rwinst. Is this due to b being replaced
> by b1 and b2?

Did you also download the matching rwinst.exe?  I did and that it ran
perfectly for me, and I am sure Guido tested it before release.  You cannot
mix and match here: there are several new features in the installer too.

We split the b.zip to keep things under one floppy in size. (Yes, I know
the docs zip is bigger than one floppy, but the zipped Reference manual
alone is.)

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