Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401080952330.10299-100000@gannet.stats>
Date: 2004-01-08T09:55:34Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <1073553722.3ffd213add497@webmail.han.nl>
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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