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build failed of package

5 messages · Lars Schouw, A.J. Rossini, Uwe Ligges +2 more

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I am trying to install the rpvm package doing this:

C:\R\rw2000\bin>rcmd install rpvm_0.6-2.tar.gz

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
make: *** /rpvm: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [pkg-rpvm] Error 2
*** Installation of rpvm failed ***

Removing 'C:/R/rw2000/library/rpvm'

What does this error message tell me? 

Regards
Lars Schouw
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Looks like you are trying to install source tarball on Windows without
the relevant toolset (compiler, etc)?


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:11:34 -0800 (PST), Lars Schouw
<schouwla at yahoo.com> wrote:

  
    
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A.J. Rossini wrote:

            
Tony,

sorry, but your answer is too easy:

Obviously, Lars Schouw has not *exactly* followed the instructions on 
how to install contributed source packages. If he has done so, he should 
at first try with a "simple" package, e.g. one that has a binary on CRAN.

BUT: Lars has to modify rpvm quite extensively in order to get it 
compiled for Windows (in particular - at least! - Makevars.win). And you 
as one of the authors are now asked to give some hints how to proceed.

Uwe
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Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
But trying to execute "." like that (and not as a bash internal)
suggests that Lars is not even set up to pick up the bash shell at the
appropriate point, so perhaps he needs to get the configuration right
before messing with rpvm makefiles?
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, A.J. Rossini wrote:

            
To save further hassle, rpvm is not going to build on Windows 
unless you have PVM installed and working on Windows.

If that is the case, this looks like the use of the wrong make, with the 
wrong shell (that message is coming from a Windows shell, not sh.exe). 
Do see the warnings in README.packages about the MinGW make.