[R] installing knncat package

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This is an error in the package.  In file src/Makevars it has

LAPACK_LIBS=$(R_HOME)/src/modules/lapack/libRlapack.a

which is a reference to the R sources.  That should not be there: please 
remove it and this may well work.

However, your version of R is rather old, which is why you are not seeing 
a pre-compiled version.   R 2.0.1 will be out this week, and please 
upgrade to it when all the current packages which compile under Windows 
will be available to you, pre-compiled.


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Jenny Edmondson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has problem installing 'knncat' package. I tried to 
> install using  'Rcmd INSTALL knncat_1.1.1.tar.gz', error message appeared. I 
> attached the message in the end. I allso tried to install from RGui, but it 
> was not listed.

[...]

> gcc  --shared -s  -o knncat.dll knncat.def knncat.a knncat_res.o 
> -Lc:/R/rw1081/src/gnuwin32 c:/R/rw1081/src/modules/lapack/libRlapack.a 
-lRblas -lg2c -lg2c 
> -lR
>
> gcc.exe: c:/R/rw1081/src/modules/lapack/libRlapack.a: No such file or 
> directory

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