[R] building packages on Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

Duncan,

I just see that the tar.exe in the tools.zip is still broken (causing 
wrong permissions in the Windows file system). This might be the fact 
why so many people are asking questins related to R's and its packages' 
make/build/install processes.

Duncan, can you please update the tools.zip with Brian's patched version 
of tar.exe (dated 2003-07-21 rather than 2002-05-26).

Thank you!

Best,
Uwe



Sundar Dorai-Raj wrote:

> Hi, all,
> 
> I just recently upgraded my computer though I'm using the same OS (XP).
> But now I'm having difficulty building packages and I cannot seem to
> solve the problem. I'm using R-2.1.1pat on Windows XP.
> 
> Here is what I tried:
> 
> D:\Users\sundard\slib\sundar\R>R CMD CHECK sundar
> * checking for working latex ... OK
> * using log directory 'D:/Users/sundard/slib/sundar/R/sundar.Rcheck'
> * using R version 2.1.1, 2005-06-21
> * checking for file 'sundar/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * this is package 'sundar' version '1.1'
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> 
> installing R.css in D:/Users/sundard/slib/sundar/R/sundar.Rcheck
> 
> 
> ---------- Making package sundar ------------
>    adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>    installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open file
> 'D:/Users/sundard/slib/sundar/R/sundar.Rcheck/sundar/NAMESPACE'
> 
> Execution halted
> make[2]: *** [nmspace] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-sundar] Error 2
> *** Installation of sundar failed ***
> 
> Removing 'D:/Users/sundard/slib/sundar/R/sundar.Rcheck/sundar'
>   ERROR
> Installation failed.
> 
> I've also tried to remove the NAMESPACE which then passes `check' but
> fails on `build' with the following:
> 
> * checking for file 'sundar/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'sundar':
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * removing junk files
> Error: cannot open file 'sundar/DESCRIPTION' for reading
> 
> If this is relevant, here is my PATH:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32;
> C:\WINDOWS;
> .;
> D:\R\rw2011pat\bin;
> D:\R\tools\bin;
> D:\Perl\bin;
> D:\Tcl\bin;
> D:\TeXLive\bin\win32;
> D:\Mingw\bin;
> C:\Program Files\Insightful\splus62\cmd;
> C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop
> 
> Here, the D:\R\tools\bin directory contains the utilities for building R
> from source, downloaded today. Am I missing something obvious?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --sundar
> 
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