[R] Rtools required

[Duncan Murdoch]

I think you probably wrote to the wrong place at RStudio.  You won't get 
help from their help desk without a paid license for the software, but 
they run community forums (similar in aim to this mailing list) where 
community members are often pretty helpful.

In any case, this is the wrong place to ask for help on RStudio.

Duncan Murdoch

On 29/04/2020 9:48 p.m., Steven wrote:
> Thanks to all - very helpful. I search from c:\ and now find file
> .Renviron located in C:\Users\USER\Documents. That does it.
> 
> I would like to pose an additional question, since it would also fall
> under the same subject line. This is an RStudio question but since I am
> using the free version the RStudio folks would not help me.
> 
> My students simply need to install packages and are not building any
> packages so they have no reason to install Rtools.
> 
> When they install (not build) packages (from CRAN or file archive) they
> received the same warning message saying
> 
> "Rtools required to build a package".
> 
> This is nonsense of course as they are, as I said, simply installing. I
> tell them to user an older RStudio version, specifically 1.1.463 that's
> free of that warning. Any idea?
> 
> Steven Yen
> 
> On 2020/4/30 上午 06:30, Fox, John wrote:
>> Dear Steven,
>>
>> It's possible that Windows will hide .Renviron, but it's generally a good idea, in my opinion, in Folder Options > View to click "Show hidden files" and uncheck "hide extensions". Then .Renviron should show up (once you've created it).
>>
>> Best,
>>    John
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 5:50 PM
>>> To: Steven <syen using hqu.edu.cn>
>>> Cc: Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca>; R-help Mailing List <r-help using r-
>>> project.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Rtools required
>>>
>>> Type
>>> ?.Renviron
>>> ?R.home
>>> ?"environment variables"
>>>
>>> at the R prompt to get what I think should be the info you need (or at
>>> least useful info).
>>>
>>>
>>> Bert Gunter
>>>
>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and
>>> sticking things into it."
>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 2:37 PM Steven <syen using hqu.edu.cn> wrote:
>>>> Thanks John. Where is file .Renviron located? It must be a hidden file.
>>>> I cannot find it.
>>>>
>>>> On 2020/4/28 下午 08:29, Fox, John wrote:
>>>>> Dear Steven,
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you follow the instruction on the Rtools webpage to add
>>>>>
>>>>>         PATH="${RTOOLS40_HOME}\usr\bin;${PATH}"
>>>>>
>>>>> to your .Renviron file?
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this helps,
>>>>>     John
>>>>>
>>>>>      -----------------------------
>>>>>      John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>>>>>      McMaster University
>>>>>      Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>>>>>      Web: http::/socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 28, 2020, at 4:38 AM, Steven <syen using hqu.edu.cn> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I updated to R-4.0.0. and also installed the latest Rtools 4.0 (to
>>>>>> now the new default folder c:\rtools40). While compiling a package
>>>>>> (binary) I received the follow marning message saying Rtools is
>>>>>> required. Any clues? Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven Yen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not
>>>>>> currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate
>>>>>> version of Rtools before proceeding:
>>>>>> https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>>>>
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