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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...
Unfortunately tis error message appeared:
Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) :
Malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field
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 taken a *source* package, changed it from a tar.gz archive file to a zip archive file, but are trying to install it as a Windows zip archive of a *binary* package. See the R Windows FAQ: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html#Packages or Help > FAQ on R for Windows within R on Windows To proceed, you can install the tools needed to make and install a binary package from a source package under Windows. This is documented with links in the FAQ under "Can I install packages (libraries) in this version?" The important file "readme.packages" is in the directory R lives in, usually rw1081 for the current version. Roger
W. Beldman
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