[R] FW: Creating a Package with Windows XP.

[Uwe Ligges]

Wayne Jones wrote:

> Thanks for that.
> 
> Ive moved everything into a new directory and the command: 
> 
> C:WayneTemp\rw1071\bin>Rcmd BUILD AnExample 
> 
> now works producing the file AnExample_1.0.tar.gz
> 
> However, the command C:WayneTemp\rw1071\bin>Rcmd check AnExample 
> still produces the following error message: 
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1071\bin>Rcmd check AnExample
> * checking for working latex ...latex: not found
>  NO
> * using log directory 'C:/Program Files/R/rw1071/bin/AnExample.Rcheck'
> * checking for file 'AnExample/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... ERROR
> Only *source* packages can be checked.
> 
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated. 

So you have a "Built" field in your DESCRIPTION file? Remove it.

If not:
Do you have set up that directory using package.skeleton() and followed 
the instructions given in ?package.skeleton and the ReadMes within the 
directory structure exactly?

Uwe Ligges


> Regards
> Wayne
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]
> Sent: 02 September 2003 14:53
> To: Wayne Jones
> Cc: 'r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'
> Subject: Re: [R] FW: Creating a Package with Windows XP.
> 
> 
> Wayne Jones wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Hi there fellow R-Users, 
>>>
>>>I am trying to use the "package.skeleton" to create my own package with
>>>R.1.7.1 on Windows XP Professional.
>>>I have followed the package.skeleton example and have downloaded the
>>>necessary files found at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/tools.zip.
>>>
>>>and perl5, available via http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/.
>>>
>>>When I run the command "Rcmd BUILD AnExample" I get the following output
>>>and error message: 
>>>
>>>
>>>C:\Program Files\R\rw1071\bin>Rcmd BUILD AnExample
>>>* checking for file 'AnExample/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>>>* preparing 'AnExample':
>>>* cleaning src
>>>* checking whether 'INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
>>>* checking whether 'data/00Index' is up-to-date ... OK
>>>* removing junk files
>>>* building 'AnExample_1.0.tar.gz'
>>>tar: Files/R/rw1071/bin/AnExample_1.0.tar: Cannot stat: No such file or
>>>director
>>>y
>>>tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>>AnExample_1.0.tar: No such file or directory
>>>
> 
> 
> Do not use blanks in your paths ("Program Files").
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
>>>Whaen I run Rcmd check AnExample I get the following error message
>>>
>>>C:\Program Files\R\rw1071\bin>Rcmd check AnExample
>>>* checking for working latex ...latex: not found
>>>NO
>>>* using log directory 'C:/Program Files/R/rw1071/bin/AnExample.Rcheck'
>>>* checking for file 'AnExample/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>>>* checking if this is a source package ... ERROR
>>>Only *source* packages can be checked.
>>>
>>>
>>>What am I doing wrong??
>>>Any help would be much appreciated, 
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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