[R] problem building R packages in windows xp

[Uwe Ligges]

Jordi wrote:

> Dear R users,
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> I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the
> instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the
> TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said
> that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have
> followed the recommendations in
> http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html. I have followed the so
> called Workaround 4.
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> After running R CMD Rd2txt and R CMD Rdconv without problems, I have a
> problem when I run R CMD build <package>. It is always in the .chm file: 
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>>>>Building/Updating help pages for package 'test'
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> Formats: text html latex example chm
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> riChisq                         text html latex example chm
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> hhc: not found


hhc is the Mircosoft html help compiler.
Do you have it installed?
Do you have it in your path?
Do you have modified MkRules accordingly?

Uwe Ligges


> cp: cannot stat 'c:/temp/RPackageExample-19Jul05/test/chm/test.chm': No such
> file or directory
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> I do not know if this error is due to the TeX version, or if I am doing any
> other error. Does anybody have some idea?
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> Thank you in advance
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> Jordi
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