[R] R package development in windows

[Doran, Harold]

Thanks Gabor, Sundar, and Tony. Indeed, Rtools was missing from the
path. With that resolved, and another 10 minute windows restart, I get
the following below. The log suggests that hhc is not installed. It is,
and, according to the directions I am following, I have placed it in the
c:\cygwin directory.

BTW, package.skeleton() doesn't seem to create the correct DESCRIPTION
template. I had to add the DEPENDS line. Without this, I get another
error.


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.1\bin>Rcmd build --force --binary g:\foo
* checking for file 'g:\foo/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'g:\foo':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* removing junk files
* checking for LF line-endings in source files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building binary distribution
 WARNING
* some HTML links may not be found
installing R.css in c:/TEMP/Rinst40061099

Using auto-selected zip options ''
latex: not found
latex: not found
latex: not found

---------- Making package foo ------------
latex: not found
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
latex: not found
latex: not found
latex: not found
  installing R files
latex: not found
  installing data files
latex: not found
  installing man source files
  installing indices
latex: not found
  not zipping data
  installing help
Warning: \alias{foo} already in foo-package.Rd -- skipping the one in
foo.Rd
 >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'foo'
     Formats: text html latex example chm
  foo-package                       text    html    latex   example chm
  foo                               text    html    latex   example chm
  mydata                            text    html    latex   example chm
hhc: not found
cp: cannot stat `c:/TEMP/Rbuild40048815/foo/chm/foo.chm': No such file
or direct
ory
make[1]: *** [chm-foo] Error 1
make: *** [pkg-foo] Error 2
*** Installation of foo failed ***

Removing 'c:/TEMP/Rinst40061099/foo'
 ERROR
* installation failed


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.1\bin> 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabor Grothendieck [mailto:ggrothendieck at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:50 PM
> To: Doran, Harold
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] R package development in windows
> 
> It can find sh.exe so you haven't installed Rtools.
> 
> There are several HowTo's listed in the links section here 
> that include pointers to R manuals and other step by step 
> instructions:
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/
> 
> On 5/3/07, Doran, Harold <HDoran at air.org> wrote:
> > I'm attempting to build an R package for distribution and 
> am working 
> > from the directions found at 
> > 
> http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maman/computerstuff/Rhelp/Rpackages.html#
> > Wi
> > n-Win
> >
> > I've read through Writing R Extensions and various other 
> "helpful" web 
> > sites. I've installed all relevant software (perl, cygwin, mingwin, 
> > hhc.exe). Here is what I have done so far:
> >
> > 1) Sourced data and functions into R
> > 2) Used package.skeleton
> > 3) Edited Description file
> > 4) Edited my windows path to ensure the new programs (e.g., 
> perl) are 
> > in the path
> > 5) Then, I open DOS and do the following in the script below
> >
> > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.4.1\bin>Rcmd build  --force --binary g:\foo
> > * checking for file 'g:\foo/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> > * preparing 'g:\foo':
> > * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...'sh' is not 
> recognized as 
> > an internal  or external command, operable program or batch file.
> >  OK
> > * 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.
> > 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable 
> > program or batch file.
> > Error: cannot open file 'foo/DESCRIPTION' for reading
> >
> > I'ver read through about as much documentation as I can 
> find, and I'm 
> > just not sure what I should do from here. I admit that I 
> have reached 
> > a point of frustration and must apologize if the problem would be 
> > evident if I read documentation further, but I'm about tapped out 
> > after a few days of experimentation.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest how I could resolve this and what the next steps 
> > would be?
> >
> > Thanks:
> >
> > I'm using Windows XP and R 2.4.1
> >
> > Harold
> >
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