install on windows
Two comments: 1) Rcmd build does not install packages, it packages up source packages. As all the documentation says it is Rcmd INSTALL which installs a source package. 2) You have ignored the advice not to have spaces in your path, and the request at the top of readme.packages `not to report problems to R-help unless you have followed all the prescriptions', one of which is Do not use paths with spaces in: you can always use the short forms. And as you have discovered, that advice was given for a good reason.
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Ghislaine Guigon wrote:
I'm trying to install packages on windows XP and I have trouble with command Rcmd build (R version 1.8.1) : In the Windows console for package maanova for example, answer is : C:\Documents and Settings\dillies\Mes documents\ghis\packages>Rcmd build maanova * checking for file 'maanova/DESCRIPTION' ... OK * preparing 'maanova': * cleaning src * checking whether 'INDEX' is up-to-date ... NO * use '--force' to overwrite the existing 'INDEX' * removing junk files * building 'maanova_0.91-3.tar.gz' tar: and: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Settings/dillies/Mes : Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors tar: and: Not found in archive tar: Settings/dillies/Mes: Not found in archive tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors tar: and: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Settings/dillies/Mes: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Cannot stat: No such file or di rectory tar: maanova: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors maanova_0.91-3.tar: No such file or directory Is someone still have same problem ? Rtools are installed. Thanks for answers, Ghislaine GUIGON Biostatisticienne Plate-forme 2 Puces a ADN INSTITUT PASTEUR 25-28 rue du Dr ROUX 75724 Paris cedex 15 FRANCE tel: (33) (0)1 40 61 86 51 fax: (33) (0)1 45 68 84 06
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