Message-ID: <4301945F.7020508@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 2005-08-16T07:23:11Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: missing sh.exe file when running "R CMD INSTALL test"
In-Reply-To: <000601c5a231$4258f2f0$2a72718c@winnie>
Chin Chieh wrote:
> I am trying to learn how to make a simple package that contains no C
> or Fortran code. I used package.skeleton(...) to make a package
> called "test". The directory and files look good. I downloaded and
> installed Rtools (www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip). I
> added the path and from the dos prompt I can verify that make.exe and
> sh.exe both exist, but when I try to run "R CMD INSTALL test" I get an
> error "make: sh.exe: Command not found" and "make: *** [pkg-test]
> Error 127". I get the same error message if a try the command "make
> pkg-test".
Are you sure it is really in the path of the shell from which you are
executing R CMD?
I think this is not the case. Try typing sh.exe therein directly ...
Uwe Ligges
> I saw in an old FAQ a suggestion to move sh.eve to the C:\bin\ folder,
> but my C: root does not have a "bin" folder. Nonetheless, I created
> one and put sh.exe there and it provided no help (I didn't expect it
> too).
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
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