[R] Help with installing a .tar.gz package on windows

[Lucy Leigh]

Great thank you - are there any resources that step through how to use
RTools to compile the
source package and install it in R on (64-bit windows) ?

>>> Berend Hasselman <bhh at xs4all.nl> 8/07/2013 6:38 pm >>>

On 08-07-2013, at 02:15, "Lucy Leigh" <Lucy.Leigh at newcastle.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hi, 
> I have a source package that isn't available as a windows zip file.
Can
> anyone explain to me how I can install this on my windows R
platform?
> When I use the following code: 
> install.packages("PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz", type = "source") 
> 
> 

Where did you get that version from?
CRAN has version 3.0.20 and that is available as a binary Windows
package (.zip).

As for the error message: you have to have Rtools installed to compile
source packages.

Berend

> I get this error message: 
> 
> 
> 
> * installing *source* package 'PReMiuM' ... 
> ** libs 
> 
> *** arch - i386 
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'PReMiuM' 
> * removing 'C:/Program Files/R/R-3.0.1/library/PReMiuM' 
> Warning messages: 
> 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-30~1.1/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL
-l
> "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.1\library" "PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz"' had
status
> 1 
> 2: In install.packages("PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz", type = "source") : 
>  installation of package ‘PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz’ had non-zero
exit
> status 
>> 
> 
> Thanks for any help anyone can give me, 
> Lucy
> 
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