[R-pkg-devel] "Setting LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8" failed and "qpdf28.dll was not found" on Win 10

[Jeff Newmiller]

A) this is not a Git mailing list

B) I am unaware of any CMD subcommand for git

C) I really think you might be confusing R and git because there _is_ a CMD subcommand for R. Can you disentangle what you are really asking about?

On March 30, 2022 3:38:28 PM PDT, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves using effectivedefense.org> wrote:
>
>
>On 3/30/22 5:09 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> On 30/03/2022 5:46 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>>
>>>       I'm getting different errors with MINGW64 and "Git CMD" under 
>>> Windows
>>> 10 for "R CMD check sos_2.1-4.tar.gz" for the current version on
>>> GitHub.[1] I think it will run with Winbuilder, but I'd like to be able
>>> to use the Windows 10 computer I have.
>> 
>> Sorry, but you need to provide more context.  What is "Git CMD"?  And 
>> for completeness, what is "MINGW64"?
>> 
>> Please provide reproducible examples.
>
>
>	  "Git CMD" and "MINGW64" are different command line interfaces 
>installed on my Windows 10 computer.  "Windows specifications say it's 
>Windows 10 Pro version 21H1 installed 2020-9-30, OS build 19043.1348.
>
>
>	  How can I get better descriptions of "Git CMD" and "MINGW64"?  I'm 
>able to start them on my Windows 10 computer and see that they are 
>similar but different and fail in different ways in this case.  Sadly, I 
>don't know how to get the information required to be more specific.
>
>
>	  Thanks,
>	  Spencer Graves
>
>> 
>> Duncan Murdoch
>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>       Specifically, under MINGW64, I get the following:
>>>
>>>
>>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... WARNING
>>> During startup - Warning message:
>>> Setting LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 failed
>>>    ERROR
>>>
>>>
>>>       Under Git CMD, I get a different error:  I get popups labeled
>>> "qpdf.exe - System Error" saying, "The code execution cannot proceed
>>> because libgcc_w_dw2-1.dll was not found.  Reinstalling the program may
>>> fix this problem." I click "OK" and get essentially the same message for
>>> libstdc++-6.dll and then for qpdf28.dll.
>>>
>>>
>>>       Suggestions?
>>>       Thanks,
>>>       Spencer Graves
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://github.com/sbgraves237/sos
>>>
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