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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, W. Beldman wrote:
Recently I tried to install a package in R version 1.8.1 for Windows. First I un".tar.gz"ed it and ".zip"ed it back in to be able to use the option Install package(s) from local zip files...
So it was not a binary package, but a source package? No wonder it failed. Please let us know from which document you got the idea that your procedure would produce a valid package, so we can correct it.
Unfortunately tis error message appeared:
Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) :
Malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field
Note `Bundle' here. Your file format is completely wrong.
It's correct that the DESCRIPTION file does not have a Contains field, but I can't figure out why it's mandatory and what values it may contain. The manual Writing R Extensions doesn't even mention this field in paragraph 1.1.1 Any clues how I can make this package running? Note that it's not CRAN but self written, but as I'm told it have worked before (probably in a Linux environment).
You have to INSTALL source packages even on Windows: it is all explained in the rw-FAQ.
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