[R] package installation from source

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

Upeeee! I finally get it work. For the record:

1. problem - spaces in path definition
2. problem - customised Rprofile.site which throws error when trying to 
load some packages

After starting with all customised values disabled R CMD INSTALL .... 
worked as charm.

Thank you very much, it is a long time I dealed with DOS and path setting. 
However now I will remember forever - no spaces -.

Best regards
Petr


Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> napsal dne 19.10.2009 14:18:23:

> On 10/19/2009 7:59 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 19.10.2009 12:24:47:
> > 
> >> Petr PIKAL wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> napsal dne 16.10.2009 
17:01:59:
> >> >
> >> > 
> >> >> On 10/16/2009 9:31 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >>> Dear all
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I noticed from NEWS 2.11.0,dev
> >> >>> SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES
> >> >>>
> >> >>>     o   Packages must have been installed under R 2.10.0 or 
later, 
> > as
> >> >>>         the current help system is the only one now supported.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> So I tried to follow instructions in manual, Duncan Murdoch 
> >> >>> 
> >> > presentation 
> >> > 
> >> >>> and help pages to prepare and accomplish installation of a set of 

> >> >>> functions I use. However in R 2.11.0dev and too in R 2.10.0dev I 
was 
> > 
> >> >>> 
> >> > not 
> >> > 
> >> >>> able to finish it.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 
> >> >
> >> > < snip>
> >> >
> >> 
> >> That should have worked.  Just to confirm, try running R from that 
shell 
> > 
> >> (using either Rgui or R), and then print Sys.getenv("PATH") and make 
> >> sure it shows what you expected.
> > 
> > It seems like the path is set but system does not accepts it. Rgui 
does 
> > not start until I switch to its bin directory. Sys.getenv than shows 
> > "correct" path.
> > 
> > See attached pictures. 
> 
> I believe the problem is the spaces that you have in your PATH.  (You 
> have spaces after the semi-colons, before the "D:\" beginning of several 

> entries.)  If you remove those it should work.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
>