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Problem installing R-devel data 4 March 2016.

5 messages · Peter Dalgaard, Rolf Turner

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Rolf Turner
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I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be 
able to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN.

I performed the following steps:

(1) Downloaded  R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN
(2) Upacked.
(3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel".
(4) Changed directories to BldDir.
(5) Executed  ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo .
(6) Executed make .
(7) Executed sudo make install .

I got the error messages:
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Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong?

Ta.

cheers,

Rolf Turner
Peter Dalgaard
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Beats me. & I just checked that make install works on my system (usually, I just run test versions out of their build dirs).

You might check a couple of things though:

- does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/bin/R work?
- does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc/FAQ et al. actually exist?
- is there an overzealous virus checker active (those have been known to move fresh files to "safe locations" right under peoples feet...)

-pd

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Rolf Turner
    

    

      
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Thanks Peter.  I tried running the uninstalled R; it worked.  I checked 
on the existence of FAQ, etc. --- yep everything was there.  I don't 
know about over-zealous virus checkers; I haven't overtly installed any 
such.

So, mystified, I started all over again from scratch.  This time it 
worked; seamlessly.

Totally mysterious.  Story of my life.  Be that as it were, all systems 
are go now, and my package checking was successful.

Sorry for the noise.

cheers,

Rolf

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Peter Dalgaard
    

    

      
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Hm, we'll likely never find out. It looks a bit like a race condition or a Makefile deficiency in which some dependencies are not explicitly recorded (so that it tries to copy files before they have been made). I suppose that could happen if you try "make install" w/o a preceding "make". 

-pd

            

      
      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Rolf Turner
    

    

      
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On 06/03/16 21:27, peter dalgaard wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
I am *certain* that the latter contretemps did not occur.  I *know* that
I did a make.  Of course I *have* been known to be certain of things 
that weren't actually true ....  But in this instance .....

As you say, we'll never find out.

cheers,

Rolf