Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401060740310.12724-100000@gannet.stats>
Date: 2004-01-06T07:45:34Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: build R package on winXP
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.58.0401052144460.57268@odds.stat.purdue.edu>
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Jing Wu wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Jing Wu wrote:
> >
> > > I wrote an R function and want to build an R package on winXP. I have
> > > set my
> > > path:C:\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\Tcl\bin;C:\texmf\miktex\bin;C:\Program
> > > Files\R\rw1081\bin;
> > >
> > > I tried to run "Rcmd build --help" but failed. Under
> > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe, I got the error message:
> > > Please set TMPDIR to a valid temporary directory.
> >
> I moved my folder 'IHF' to C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\src\library. Then I
> typed the commond:
> C:\Program Files\R\rw1081\src\library >Rcmd build --binary IHF
> I got this error message:
> Error: cannot change to directory 'C:/Documents'.
>
> Where did I go wrong? Thanks.
Did you actually read the file readme.packages that I pointed you to in my
previous reply? What does it say about paths containing spaces?
Do not use paths with spaces in: you can always use the short forms.
You appear to have done so *twice*.
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