[R] Installing packages from source on WindowsXP

[Mulholland, Tom]

I recall having this problem. I think I had a version that didn't work. Did you download the htmlhelp.exe from http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ . The path does not matter as I have it in a folder on it's own. I think that I also had a path to the version that didn't work and I had to get my IT people to let me put my location first.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Tyler Smith
> Sent: Friday, 22 April 2005 1:27 PM
> To: R-Help
> Subject: [R] Installing packages from source on WindowsXP
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some problems installing packages from the source files on 
> Windows, using R CMD INSTALL pkg. I'm running WindowsXP, and I've 
> followed the instructions as per the README.packages file from the R 
> installation. I ran into a hitch, with the install failing 
> following a 
> "hhc: not found" warning. I figured out that this was related to the 
> html help workshop. Adding the HHW folder to the Path variable didn't 
> help. README.packages mentions that HHW should be in the same 
> drive as 
> the other tools, which it is, but in a different folder. So I 
> put a copy 
> of hhc.exe in the Rtools/bin folder and everything seems to 
> have worked out.
> 
> My question is, is this going to cause me problems later on? Should I 
> transfer all the HHW files to the Rtools/bin? Is there a 
> better way to 
> arrange the HHW files?
> 
> I'm installing from source files instead of using the automated GUI 
> feature because I want to read the original code to see how 
> experienced 
> users write functions. I'm using version 2.0.1 Patched (2005-04-16).
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Tyler
> 
> -- 
> Tyler Smith
> 
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Plant Science
> McGill University
> 
> tyler.smith at mail.mcgill.ca
> 
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