[R] RCMD help

Duncan Murdoch murdoch at stats.uwo.ca
Thu Oct 13 19:04:24 CEST 2005


On 10/13/2005 10:04 AM, justin bem wrote:
> Hi dears,
> I have difficulty to build a package !
> I use Windows XP HOME, with and Intel PVI 2.66Ghz processor and 512MB of memory
> I use RCMD check pyra1 and I got this :
> * using log directory 'C:/DOCS/R/pyra1.Rcheck'
> * using 
> * checking for file 'pyra1/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking extension type ... Package
> * this is package 'pyra1' version '1.0'
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
>  ERROR
> Installation failed.
> Then I use RCMD build --binary pyra1 and in my shell I Got :
> * checking for file 'pyra1/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'pyra1':
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> * cleaning src
> * removing junk files
> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> Error: cannot open file 'pyra1/DESCRIPTION' for reading
>  
> does 'sh' refer to shell ? does I need to install any other program to build package ?

Yes, you need the R toolset.  See an appendix in the installation and 
administration manual from R 2.2.0 for the details.

Duncan Murdoch




More information about the R-help mailing list