[R] Error whilst building packages

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Dan Bailey wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have been working on building a new version of the Wavethresh package for 
> some time now. Having build a working version on Linux, I am getting the 
> following error when checking on Windows:
>
>
> C:\Rpackages\R\rw2000\bin>Rcmd check wavethresh
> * checking for working latex ... OK
> * using log directory 'C:/Rpackages/R/rw2000/bin/wavethresh.Rcheck'
> * checking for file 'wavethresh/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
>
> installing R.css in C:/Rpackages/R/rw2000/bin/wavethresh.Rcheck
>
> make: *** [pkg-wavethresh] Error 255
> *** Installation of wavethresh failed ***
>
> Removing 'C:/Rpackages/R/rw2000/bin/wavethresh.Rcheck/wavethresh'
> ERROR
> Installation failed.
>
>
> I've worked through many other problems but have been stuck on this one for a 
> while - can anyone enlighten me?

Please try installing first -- you may get more informative error 
messages.  But almost certainly only of your tools is missing, and you 
need to cross-check the list in README.packages.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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