

> Hi there fellow R-Users, 
> 
> I am trying to use the "package.skeleton" to create my own package with
> R.1.7.1 on Windows XP Professional.
> I have followed the package.skeleton example and have downloaded the
> necessary files found at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/tools.zip.
> 
> and perl5, available via http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/.
> 
> When I run the command "Rcmd BUILD AnExample" I get the following output
> and error message: 
> 
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1071\bin>Rcmd BUILD AnExample
> * checking for file 'AnExample/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'AnExample':
> * cleaning src
> * checking whether 'INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
> * checking whether 'data/00Index' is up-to-date ... OK
> * removing junk files
> * building 'AnExample_1.0.tar.gz'
> tar: Files/R/rw1071/bin/AnExample_1.0.tar: Cannot stat: No such file or
> director
> y
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> AnExample_1.0.tar: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Whaen I run Rcmd check AnExample I get the following error message
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1071\bin>Rcmd check AnExample
> * checking for working latex ...latex: not found
>  NO
> * using log directory 'C:/Program Files/R/rw1071/bin/AnExample.Rcheck'
> * checking for file 'AnExample/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... ERROR
> Only *source* packages can be checked.
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong??
> Any help would be much appreciated, 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr Wayne R. Jones
> Statistician / Research Analyst
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> St James's Buildings
> 79 Oxford Street
> Manchester M1 6SS
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> 
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