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Message-ID: <BFB4DDAA.AE45%I.Visser@uva.nl>
Date: 2005-12-01T16:04:42Z
From: Ingmar Visser
Subject: contrib pkg install problem on Windows with R2.2.0
In-Reply-To: <438F1CA8.50902@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>

Dear Uwe,

>> I made the package depmix for fitting hidden markov models.
>> After updating R to version 2.2.0 on my PC I got the following error when
>> installing the package from a local directory. One of the C files includes
>> the R.h file which apparently causes problems.
>> 
>> I call 
>> 
>> R CMD INSTALL --docs="normal" depmix
>> 
>> and I get the following error:
>> 
>> make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'C:/rw2011/include/R.h', needed by
>> derdist.o. Stop.
> 
> 
> You probably did build from a poluted directory containing an old
> ".../src/Makedeps" file. Remove it and try again.

That was spot on, thanks!
Another thing that came up during compiling/installing the package is
latex: not found 
warnings. They don't affect the correct installation it seems ...
Even so, I never saw the warning before. Does R CMD INSTALL now call latex
whereas it didn't do that earlier?
best, ingmar