[R] building a package under windows

[Peter Dalgaard]

Gilles GUILLOT <gilles.guillot at inapg.inra.fr> writes:

> After checking paths, it works better.
> But I still have trouble, see  line -5 below : 
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\guillot\Mes documents\package>R CMD build geneland
> * checking for file 'geneland/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'geneland':
> * cleaning src
> * removing junk files
> * building 'geneland_1.0.tar.gz'
....
>   setplot                           text    html    latex   example
>   simFmodel                         text    html    latex   example
> make: *** No rule to make target `and'.  Stop.
> *** Installation of geneland failed ***
> 
> Removing 'C:/DOCUME~1/guillot/MESDOC~1/package/GENELA~1.RCH/geneland'
>  ERROR
> Installation failed.

I think the "and" comes from your "Documents and Settings". The
package building instructions probably have something to say about
building in directories with spaces in the name. You might try

cd C:/DOCUME~1/guillot/MESDOC~1/package/GENELA~1.RCH/geneland 

and the rebuild.


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