Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.
Farrel Buchinsky
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch@stats.uwo.ca> wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
>> again. It does not help me
>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
>> Where
>> can I find them.
>>
>
> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
> incorrectly.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
>> source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in
>> the
>> installer) and toolset (see The Windows
>>
>> toolset<file:///C:/Program%20Files/R/R-2.9.1/doc/manual/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset>)
>>
>> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
>> install.packages
>> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
>> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
>> of the types of documentation to be installed.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>
>>  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how
>>> to install source packages on Windows.
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error
>>>>
>>>> message
>>>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
>>>> program or batch file.
>>>>
>>>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>>>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>>>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
>>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
>>>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
>>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
>>>> <ggrothendieck@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I have haven't neen following this thread but:
>>>>
>>>>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
>>>>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
>>>>> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
>>>>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
>>>>> builds
>>>>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
>>>>> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
>>>>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>>>>>
>>>>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>>>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
>>>>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
>>>>> the others.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky<fjbuch@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
>>>>>> Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
>>>>>> RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>>>> to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  under
>>>>>
>>>>>  Library and then change to that directory?
>>>>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ggrothendieck@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Finally enter into the Windows console:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
>>>>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>>>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
>>>>>>> created by the build.
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