[R] Build command in library(devtools)

[Rainer Hurling]

I think, in your case the problem might be the version of Rtools. If you
want to use R > 3.0.x, you also have to use newer versions of Rtools [1].

HTH,
Rainer Hurling

[1]  https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/


Am 21.07.16 um 02:24 schrieb Steven Yen:
> Here is what I found. I had to go back to as early as R 3.0.3 (March, 
> 2014) along with Rtools30.exe that works with that version of R, in 
> order for devtools to work right. With other/later version of R, I end 
> up building a package with
> library(devtools); build("yenlib",binary=F)
> with no error message but the package does not run correctly; or with
> library(devtools); build("yenlib",binary=T)
> which deliver an error that says zip command failed (bevtools calls 
> Rtools when binary=T).
> 
> Updated versions are good, but what's the use if they do not work for a 
> situation like this.
> 
> Any help/insight would be appreciated.
> 
> On 7/20/2016 10:08 AM, Steven Yen wrote:
>> On 7/19/2016 4:38 PM, John McKown wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Steven Yen <syen04 at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:syen04 at gmail.com>>wrote:
>>>
>>>     I recently updated my R and RStudio to the latest version and
>>> now the
>>>     binary option in the "build" command in devtools stops working.
>>>
>>>     I went around and used the binary=F option which worked by I get
>>> the
>>>     .tar.gz file instead of the .zip file which I prefer.
>>>
>>>     Does anyone understand the following error message:
>>>
>>>     status 127
>>>     running 'zip' failed
>>>
>>>
>>> ​I'm not totally sure, but I think that means that R cannot find the
>>> "zip" program in order to run it. ​
> 
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