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Building an R package under Windows NT

3 messages · Benjamin.STABLER@odot.state.or.us, Brian Ripley, Duncan Murdoch

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I am trying to build a R 1.7 package under Windows NT.  I created the
DESCRIPTION file, the RD file and added the code to the R folder.  I also
downloaded and installed the Rtools package and have Perl 5.0.  I know that
Perl, Miktex, and gcc are working.  I also have my PATH variable set
correctly.  I can fake install my package by removing the *.R from the code
file, using Rcmd Rdconv to create the 00index.html file from my Rd file, and
copying the package folder to the library folder.  But I can't seem to get
Rcmd build to build a binary version of my package.  I can run build without
the "--binary" option and I get all my files in a taz.gz file.  

D:\>Rcmd build emme2
* checking for file 'emme2/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'emme2':
* checking whether 'INDEX' is up-to-date ... OK
* removing junk files
* building 'emme2_0.1.tar.gz'

But when I try to build a precompiled binary package I get the following
response:

D:\>Rcmd build --binary emme2
* checking for file 'emme2/DESCRIPTION' ... OK

make: *** [pkg-emme2] Error 255
*** Installation of emme2 failed ***

installing R.css in c:/TEMP/Rbuild.225

* building 'emme2_0.1.zip'
zip error: Invalid command arguments (no such option: X)


Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Benjamin Stabler
Transportation Planning Analysis Unit
Oregon Department of Transportation
555 13th Street NE, Suite 2
Salem, OR 97301  Ph: 503-986-4104
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Try to install the package first, via

Rcmd INSTALL emme2

as a binary build involves an install and a direct install may be more
informative.

The message about zip suggests you don't have the right things first in 
your path, so please read the file readme.packages and cross check.
In particular, check that `zip -v' gives

Copyright (C) 1990-1999 Info-ZIP
Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
This is Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999), by Info-ZIP.
...

(and that version does have an X argument).
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 Benjamin.STABLER at odot.state.or.us wrote:

            

  
    
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:35:21 -0700 , you wrote in message
<76A000A82289D411952F001083F9DD06047FE0E1 at exsalem4-bu.odot.state.or.us>:
Looks as though you have an incompatible version of zip on your path
ahead of the one from Rtools.

Duncan Murdoch