[R] fail in adding library in new version.

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On 6/5/05, Ivy_Li <Ivy_Li at smics.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>        Could I consult you a question?
>        I always use R old version 1.9.1 . Because I can not add my library into the new version 2.0.0 by the same method as old version.

Getting the latest version of R is strongly recommended.  The suggestions
below all assume the latest version and may or may not work if you do
not upgrade.

> *       I have read the webpage <http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools>
> *       Download the tools.zip
> *       Unpack tools.zip into c:\cygwin
> *       Install Active Perl in c:\Perl
> *       Install the mingw32 port of gcc in c:\mingwin
> *       Then go to "Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Path -> Variable Balue" add ;c:\cygwin;c:\mingwin\bin

You may need to put these at the beginning of the path rather than the end.
Also just as a check enter 
     path
at the console to make sure that you have them.  You will likely
have to start a new console session and possibly even reboot.

Also you need the Microsoft Help Compiler, hhc.  Suggest
you reread the material on which tools you need.

> *       Save my library "example" into "c:\MyRpackages\" . But I am not sure what type it is, is it need suffix?" And I don't what its content, just my function script, no special format?

In MyRPackages you would have a folder called example, in your case,
that contains the package.  Within folder example, you would have the
DESCRIPTION file, the R folder, etc.

> *       Then I don't know where should I do this step: Type R CMD INSTALL --build example. Need I run R first?

You don't have to run R first.  You do need to make sure that R.exe can
be found on your path or else use the absolute path name in referring to R.
For example, if your path does not include R you could do something like this:

cd \Program Files\R\rw2010
bin\R cmd install /MyRPackages/example

Be sure to use forward slashes where shown above and backslashes
where shown.

>        So There is a error after I do this step.  It said it can not find somethig. I don't which step is wrong. It costed me much time.
> 

Try all these suggestions including upgrading R and if that does not work
try posting screen dumps of the actual errors you are getting.