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

[Lucy Leigh]

Hi,
I have had a look at the manual but it makes no sense to me. I have
downloaded RTools, and the InnoSetup,
but I don't understand how to use these to install my package? Am I
meant to be writing commands
in R itself, or in these other things I've downloaded?
Lucy

>>> Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> 9/07/2013 5:30 pm >>>
Hi Lucy:

Did you look at the R Installation and Administration manuals?  There's
a
good section about installing on Windows via Rtools.



On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Lucy Leigh
<Lucy.Leigh at newcastle.edu.au>wrote:

> 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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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
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