[R] install-packages

Göran Broström gb at stat.umu.se
Thu May 29 19:22:45 CEST 2003


On Thu, 29 May 2003, John Fox wrote:

> Dear Goran,
> 
> I've noticed this problem with recent versions of R when I've zipped an R 
> package for Windows using a zip utility different from the recommended 
> Info-Zip. If you build the package under Windows with the --binary switch, 
> then a usable zip file should be produced.

Thank you. As you saw from Uwe's answer, 'Rcmd INSTALL --build ...' also 
works. My excuse is that I am a novice on Windows.

Göran




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