[R] hcc not found, rcmd build

[Roger Bivand]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Patrick Giraudoux wrote:

> 
> Working under Windows XP, I am compiling a package called 'pgirmess' 
> with the command
> 
> rcmd build --binary --auto-zip pgirmess
> 
> I have this message error after having listed: functions text html latex 
> example chm
> ....
> zipping help file
> hcc: not found
> cp: cannot stat 'c:/TEMP/Rbuild365620874/pgirmess/chm/pgirmess.chm': No 
> such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [chm-pgirmess] Error 1
> make: *** [pkg-pgirmess] Error 2
> *** Installation of pgirmess failed ***
> 
> I have recently installed MikTex 2.5 and Perl (I have been obliged to 
> format my hard disk and reinstall everything after a computer crash...).
> 
> Has anyone an idea about what means hcc: not found and how to make "hcc" 
> available to the programme?

See: "To build Windows help" in:

http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/

where there is also a link to the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop, which 
doesn't seem to be on your path.

> 
> Thanks in advance for any hint,
> 
> Patrick
> 
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