[R] compile from source (Win2000)

[Uwe Ligges]

Christian Schulz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> what's wrong ?
> 
> C:\Rcompile\R-1.6.1\src\gnuwin32>make
> MkRules:92: *** missing separator.  Stop.


We have seen this question several times during the last weeks. Most
likely you edited MkRules in a way that did not preserve the tabs (e.g.
WinEdt's default behaviour is replacing tabs by 4 blanks).
And tabs are syntactically neccessary!


> (1) Download all neccessary file's
> (2) Create a folder c:\Rcompile
> (3) Copy Files from Tools.zip -> c:\Rcompile
> (3) Install InnoSetup2 -> c:\Rcompile\Innosetup2
> (4) Install HTMLHELPWorkshop -> c:\Rcompile\HTMLHELPWorkshop
> (5) tar zxvf R-1.6.1.tgz  -> copy  files  to  c:\Rcompile\R1.6.1
> (6) tar zxvf  pcre-3.9.tar.gz -> copy files to
> c:\Rcompile\R.1.6.1\src\extra\pcre
> (7) tar zxvf  bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz -> copy files to
> c:\Rcompile\R.1.6.1\src\extra\bzip2
> 
> Set all path for necessary folders !?
> 
> (perl)  works !
>  C:\Rcompile\R-1.6.1\src\extra>perl -v
> This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
> 
> (tcltk) & (miketex) works, too !
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> P.S.
> What i have to done to install a package from source i.e.
> OOP_0.4-1_R.tar.gz   in Win2000 ?
> 
> ...unpack in rw1061\library\oop

In a nearly arbitrary folder, but *not* into this one, please. The
binaries will be installed into that folder automatically ...


> and type
> Rcmd Install oop
> works not !?
> many thanks and regards,Christian

Should work, if your R is running and configured appropriately (at least
when compiling the whole R works).

Uwe Ligges
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