R help - Apr 2004 - Problems with Rcmd INSTALL on Win32

Hello.  When I try to use Rcmd INSTALL to install a package (whether my
own or someone else's) for the Windows version of R, I get the following
error:

C:\>Rcmd INSTALL cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz


---------- Making package cluster ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
Fatal error: you must specify `--save', `--no-save' or `--vanilla'

make[1]: *** [frontmatter] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-cluster] Error 2
*** Installation of cluster failed ***

So I tried:

C:\>Rcmd INSTALL --no-save cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz

But got the same error.  I do not experience this with R CMD INSTALL
under FreeBSD.

I am running R 1.8.1, perl 5.8.0, gcc 3.2.3, and have tar, make, etc
installed.

Would someone point out to me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Eric
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Kort, Eric wrote:
> Hello.  When I try to use Rcmd INSTALL to install a package (whether my
> own or someone else's) for the Windows version of R, I get the
following
> error:
> 
> C:\>Rcmd INSTALL cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz
> 
> 
> ---------- Making package cluster ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> Fatal error: you must specify `--save', `--no-save' or
`--vanilla'
> 
> make[1]: *** [frontmatter] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-cluster] Error 2
> *** Installation of cluster failed ***
> 
> So I tried:
> 
> C:\>Rcmd INSTALL --no-save cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz
> 
> But got the same error.  I do not experience this with R CMD INSTALL
> under FreeBSD.
> 
> I am running R 1.8.1, perl 5.8.0, gcc 3.2.3, and have tar, make, etc
> installed.
> 
> Would someone point out to me what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
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Please read the R for Windows FAQs:
"3.1 Can I install packages (libraries) in this version?"
and the file "readme.packages" in the R sources.

[In your case, I guess you have blanks in your path to R.]

Uwe Ligges

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:50 AM
> To: Kort, Eric
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Problems with Rcmd INSTALL on Win32
> 
> Kort, Eric wrote:
> 
> > Hello.  When I try to use Rcmd INSTALL to install a package (whether
my
> > own or someone else's) for the Windows version of R, I get the
following
> > error:
8< --SNIP-- >

> 
> Please read the R for Windows FAQs:
> "3.1 Can I install packages (libraries) in this version?"
> and the file "readme.packages" in the R sources.
> 
> [In your case, I guess you have blanks in your path to R.]
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
No spaces...but replacing some of my "unix" tools with the set at
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/tools.zip took care of it.

Thanks for your help, sorry for the noise.

Eric
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