[R] R CMD INSTALL error, R-2.7.1

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 01/08/2008 5:50 PM, Richard Chandler wrote:
> After poking around some more I found the problem. The shortcut name
> in PATH should be c:\progra~1\htmlhe~1 instead of c:\progra~1\htmhe~1.
> Don't know how that happened, but thanks for pointing me in the right
> direction.

The Windows path can handle the full name, there's no value in using the 
short 8.3 name.  So c:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop would be a 
better choice.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> Richard
> 
> Quoting Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>:
> 
>> On 8/1/2008 12:39 PM, Richard Chandler wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am getting the following error when using R CMD INSTALL ever
>> since I
>>> upgraded to R-2.7.1:
>>>
>>> hhc: not found
>>> CHM compile failed: HTML Help Workshop not intalled?
>>>
>>> As indicated, the package is installed but without CHM help
>> files. I
>>> have downloaded the latest version of Rtools and I have tried
>>> uninstalling and reinstalling HTML Help Workshop. I have also
>> tried
>>> rebuilding the package several times. I was able to build and
>> install
>>> the package without problems with R-2.7.0.
>> I believe that's a warning rather than an error, but what it
>> indicates
>> is that your hhc help compiler is not on the current PATH.  If you
>> just
>> type "hhc" at the same command line where you were running "R CMD
>> INSTALL", you should see
>>
>> Usage:   hhc <filename>
>>      where <filename> = an HTML Help project file
>> Example: hhc myfile.hhp
>>
>> but I'm guessing you'll see
>>
>> hhc: not found
>>
>> To fix this, edit the PATH, and make sure the directory holding
>> hhc.exe
>> is on it.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>> Any ideas? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
>>> arch           i386
>>> os             mingw32
>>> system         i386, mingw32
>>> status
>>> major          2
>>> minor          7.1
>>> year           2008
>>> month          06
>>> day            23
>>> svn rev        45970
>>> language       R
>>> version.string R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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