I have no idea where I must R CMD build... I am using Windows 7 wiht pearl installed http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/utils/html/PkgUtils.html its completely unclear for me ... sorry Knut
I was looking for the problem at least two days.. and just after writing to the list I found rcmd.exe in the C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2\bin\i386 directory. install http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/?source=dlp chage the path variable of windows and set the path in front of the others C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\ problems with windows 7 : Rund the cmd console as administrator and it is working Maybe anybody can add this to http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/utils/html/PkgUtils.html
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Knut Krueger <rh at knut-krueger.de> wrote:> I was looking for the problem at least two days.. and just after writing to > the list I found rcmd.exe in the > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.2\bin\i386 directory. > install > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/?source=dlp > chage the path variable of windows and set the path in front of the others > C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\ > > problems with windows 7 : > Rund the cmd console as administrator and it is working > > Maybe anybody can add this to > http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/utils/html/PkgUtils.html >Note that there is a separate directory for the 64-bit R executables. Also, downloading MinGW should not be needed. Rtools already contains the needed UNIX utilities. You might want to look into the Windows batch files at http://batchfiles.googlecode.com . -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Am 20.04.2013 15:50, schrieb Gabor Grothendieck:> Note that there is a separate directory for the 64-bit R executables.Does it make any difference to check and pack the source files iwth 32 or 64 bit?> Also, downloading MinGW should not be needed. Rtools already contains > the needed UNIX utilities.Yes indeed it works better than MinGW> You might want to look into the Windows batch files at > http://batchfiles.googlecode.com .At least it would be very helpful for windows user to give the hint to the executable rcmd.exe build ... instead of R cmd build ... I already set up an linux system today to solve the problem .... Thank you Knut