[R] R package development in windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 5/3/2007 3:04 PM, Doran, Harold wrote:
> 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.

I think the problem is that you are following a real mix of 
instructions, and they don't make sense.

It would be nice if folks would submit patches to the R Admin manual (or 
to the Rtools web site) rather than putting together web sites with 
advice that is bad from day one, and quickly gets worse when it is not 
updated.

> 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

R 2.4.1 is no longer current; the package building instructions in R 
2.5.0 have been simplified a bit.  You might want to try those.

Duncan Murdoch

> * 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
>> >
>> >        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> >
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