[R] Building latest version of package

[Uwe Ligges]

michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have a package which was built using R 1.9.1 and everything worked
> fine.  I recently upgraded to R 2.0.1 and tried to re-install my package
> - and I got:
> 
> Error in library(mypackage) : 'mypackage' is not a valid package --
> installed < 2.0.0?
> 
> So I tried rebuilding it using my new version of R:
> 
> R CMD BUILD --binary mypackage
> 
> hhc: not found
> cp: cannot stat `mypackage.chm': No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [chm-mypackage] Error 1
> make: *** [pkg-mypackage] Error 2
> *** Installation of mypackage failed ***
> 
> Removing 'f:/tmp/Rbuild.2972/mypackage'
>  ERROR
> * installation failed
> 
> I didn't have these problems before.  What is "hhc" and why can't R find
> it?

hhc is Microsoft's compiled html help compiler. Either edit your MkRules 
file not to generate chm files, or download and install the required 
software as mentioned in file readme.packages.


> In general, will I have to re-build my package everytime a new version
> of R is released?

Well, not always, but yes, if considerable changes have taken place, as 
it has happend for the change from 1.y.z to 2.0.0.

Uwe Ligges




> Many thanks
> 
> Mick
> 
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