[R] Possible bug?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/4/2006 7:14 AM, ronggui wrote:
> Yes, the installer missed some file(s) in RHOME/bin.
> When I choose "Message translations", the /bin directory contains the
> following files.
> 
> R.dll
> R.exe
> RSetReg.exe
> Rblas.dll
> Rcmd.exe
> Rgui.exe
> Rlapack.dll
> Rproxy.dll
> Rterm.exe
> Stangle.sh
> Sweave.sh
> helpPRINT.bat
> md5check.exe
> 
> When I install without choosing "Message translations", the /bin directory
> contains the following files.
> 
> INSTALL
> R.dll
> R.exe
> REMOVE
> RSetReg.exe
> Rblas.dll
> Rcmd.exe
> Rd2dvi.sh
> Rd2txt
> Rdconv
> Rdiff.sh
> Rgui.exe
> Rlapack.dll
> Rprof
> Rproxy.dll
> Rterm.exe
> SHLIB
> Sd2Rd
> Stangle.sh
> Sweave.sh
> build
> check
> helpPRINT.bat
> massage-Examples
> md5check.exe

That makes it look as though the installer aborted partway through.
Could you try to re-install, but run with the command line option "/LOG"?

This will create a log file in your TEMP directory (pointed to by your
TEMP environment variable, or perhaps in Local Settings/Temp in your
Windows home directory), named something like

Setup Log 2006-10-04 #001.txt

It might give some hint as to what went wrong, e.g. some file was in use
and couldn't be replaced, etc.

Duncan Murdoch

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> 
> 
> On 10/4/06, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>> On 10/4/2006 12:02 AM, Ray Brownrigg wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 04 October 2006 14:17, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>>> On 10/3/2006 9:00 PM, ronggui wrote:
>>>>> This morning I downloaded R-2.4.0 and install in under Windows. I
>>>>> customized the installation and choose "Message translations",but I
>> could
>>>>> not launch Rgui.exe successfully( Rterm.exe worked fine). If I did't
>>>>> choose "Message translations", Rgui.exe worked fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Message translations" is Simplified Chinese.
>>>> Did you test any of the betas or release candidates?  I run an English
>>>> language version of Windows, and I don't even get offered the chance to
>>>> install in Simplified Chinese, so I certainly didn't test this.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>> 7*runif(1)
>>> [1] 2.897160
>>>
>>> Well, I have a (self compiled) R-2.4.0 beta (2006-09-24 r39497) which
>> doesn't
>>> exhibit the behaviour in the same environment (Windows XP Professional
>>> English version but with Simplified Chinese set as the locale) that the
>>> released R-2.4.0-win32.exe does.  [Perhaps my version didn't set up the
>>> equivalent of  "Message translations" so this may be a red herring, but
>> it
>>> does output the startup message in Chinese, and error messages are also
>>> output in Chinese.]
>>>
>>> What happens with the release version is an error message:
>>> "R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to
>> close.  We
>>> are sorry for the inconvenience."  Then it offers to "Please tell
>> Microsoft
>>> about the problem", and if you "click here"  the error signature has:
>>> AppName: rgui.exe     AppVer: 2.40.39566.0    ModName: r.dll
>>> ModVer: 2.40.39566.0  Offset: 000f22b3
>>>
>>> There is a lot more information as well, but I don't know how much is
>>> relevant.
>>>
>>> By "Simplified Chinese set as the locale" I mean 'Control Panel/Regional
>> and
>>> Language Options' with Chinese (PRC) set in 'Regional Options/Standards
>> and
>>> Formats' and 'Advanced/Language for non-Unicode Programs'.
>>>
>>> [I don't rely on the Chinese environment, so this doesn't materially
>> affect
>>> me, but I may be able to help with diagnosis.]
>> Could you take a look in RHOME/modules at the file iconv.dll?  We
>> upgraded it to version 1.11.0.0 relatively late in the cycle; it's
>> possible that your successful install uses a different version.  (The
>> version should be available in the popup if you hover the mouse over it,
>> or in the properties if you right click it.)
>>
>> If that's not it, then I'd guess the problem is that the installer
>> missed some file(s); could you compare the installed file lists from the
>> beta and the release, and send me a list of files that occur only in the
>> beta?  It's normal for that list to be fairly long, because when you
>> build yourself a lot of unnecessary files are left behind.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
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