[R] Problem when building a test R package on PC

[Doran, Harold]

I don't know the problem per se, but I can say this.  In the past, I
used the Rossi example and wasn't able to build an R package for
Windows. I also explored other resources on the web and came to a
similar halt.

The only solution for me was to read the R manual and follow the Murdoch
instructions on his web site (link below). I think staying with the
canonical guides for this is the only way to get a build done properly.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Xiaohui Wang
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:22 AM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Problem when building a test R package on PC
> 
> 
>  I followed the instruction of building R package on PC by 
> Peter Rossi. I got problem when I tried to build a R package 
> from his example, test.zip. The problem occurs when I tried to
> 
> R CMD check test
> 
> the screen stops at
> 
> 
> D:\Rpackagebuild\Rossi_test>R CMD check test
> * checking for working pdflatex ... OK
> * using log directory 'D:/Rpackagebuild/Rossi_test/test.Rcheck'
> * using R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> * using session charset: ISO8859-1
> * checking for file 'test/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * this is package 'test' version '0.0'
> * checking package name space information ... OK
> * checking package dependencies ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> * checking whether package 'test' can be installed ...
> 
> and the file ooinstal.out shows the following installing 
> R.css in D:/Rpackagebuild/Rossi_test/test.Rcheck
> 
> ---------- Making package test ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
>  making DLL ...
> making test.d from test.c
> gcc  -std=gnu99  -Ic:/PROGRA~1/R/R-27~1.0/include     -O3 
> -Wall  -c test.c
> -o test.o
> 
> There is subdirectory called ooLOCK under test.Rcheck. 
> However, there is nothing under it.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what is going wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Amanda
> 
> 
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