Installation problems under windows NT
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Joerg Wegner wrote:
Hello, i' ve installed the binary distribution 1.2.3 without any problem, BUT then i've tried to install the multiv package.
That's not the current version.
1. pure cygwin or the rtools, perl and mingw doesn't work. (The download
paths for perl and WinHelp in the file readme.packages are'nt correct).
WinHELP is not available, can you recommend a dowload adress ?
Well, you are using an obselete version. readme.packages says: There is a `portal' with current links at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/. However, I've just checked the addresses and they are correct in the current version. Why didn't you check the portal: it is provided precisely for people who have difficulty?
2. Although there is the same problem with .chm-files in the FAQ reported, i've the same problem.
What does that mean?
In .../src/gnuwin32/Makefile are the lines HELP = YES WINHELP = NO # Use one of NO, CHM, BOTH (chm and winhelp) However the Makefile reports the error that there is no multiv.chm file available, o.k. so i tried rcmd INSTALL -docs=no multiv it doesn't work. Then i documented the following lines in the Makefile #ifeq ($(strip $(HELP)),YES) # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) $($*-HELP)help-$* # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) contents-$* #ifeq ($(strip $(WINHELP)),CHM) # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) chm-$* #endif #ifeq ($(strip $(WINHELP)),BOTH) # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) winhlp-$* # also makes chm #endif #endif That work's ...
Something's wrong with your make.
3. Now theoretically the directory multiv was correctly created in the .../library path ... but the function pca() can be still not found. The function help(pca) after link.html.help() reports that the requested function doesn't exist. The R_HOME and the R_LIBS(R_LIB, RLIB) environment varible are correctly initialized !
You did do library(multiv), didn't you?
4. I've tried the package.install() command, but the function doesn't exist.
Right, it's called install.packages(). Where did you find package.install mentioned? It's nowhere in the source tree.
I've tried the binary package distribution, but it told me that
there are no man pages available.
I've tried to use the source package distribution, but there i have
the problems with the multiv.chm file. (WinHELP not available !)
Then i skipped the tutorial installation, BUT the packages arent't
installed correctly, although rcmd check multiv reports no errors ???
So ... where did i make the mistake ???
Many places, I suspect. - use install.packages, not packages.install. - there is a binary version of multiv on CRAN, and it is working. - I think you omitted to use library(multiv). - You seem to have trouble resolving correct addresses ....
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