R help - Feb 2006 - Compiling errors for Matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz under XP

I installed the MinGW-5.0.0 compilers today (gcc-3.4.2 is now contained in the
'Current' distribution. When the current compilers failed to compile the
referenced Matrix update and not knowing how to check the exact version numbers
for individual files, I applied the Id.exe and f771.exe fixes from the
'Building R for Windows' page
(http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/#ldbug). More compiler errors were
obtained. I then checked my Pearl version (5.8.7) and updated my R tools since I
couldn't tell how old they were. At that point, I obtained the following
output:


C:\Documents and Settings\Whitece.AMED\My Documents\1 Pocket Office\R Repository
\lme4>rcmd install matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz

latex: not found
latex: not found
latex: not found

---------- Making package matrix ------------
latex: not found
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
latex: not found
  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
latex: not found
  running src/Makefile.win ...
latex: not found
make[3]: `Matrix.dll' is up to date.
  ... done
  installing DLL
latex: not found
  installing R files
latex: not found
  installing inst files
FIND: Parameter format not correct
make[2]: *** [C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix/inst] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-matrix] Error 2
*** Installation of matrix failed ***

Removing 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
Restoring previous 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'

If I need to read one of R's many friendly manuals, I'd appreciate a
reference to which one and approximately which section.

Thanks.

Chuck

Charles E. White, Senior Biostatistician, MS
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
503 Robert Grant Ave., Room 1w102
Silver Spring, MD 20910-1557
301 319-9781
Personal/Professional Site:??http://users.starpower.net/cwhite571/professional/

Please read the R-admin manual and as it suggests use the candidate 
compilers, now gcc 3.4.5.

You also need the Rtools at the front of your path, so you find find.exe 
not FIND.exe.

Finally, it seems to be requiring latex, so you may need to install that 
(I am really not sure why though).

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, White, Charles E WRAIR-Wash DC wrote:
> I installed the MinGW-5.0.0 compilers today (gcc-3.4.2 is now contained in
the 'Current' distribution. When the current compilers failed to compile
the referenced Matrix update and not knowing how to check the exact version
numbers for individual files, I applied the Id.exe and f771.exe fixes from the
'Building R for Windows' page
(http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/#ldbug). More compiler errors were
obtained. I then checked my Pearl version (5.8.7) and updated my R tools since I
couldn't tell how old they were. At that point, I obtained the following
output:
>
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Whitece.AMED\My Documents\1 Pocket Office\R
Repository
> \lme4>rcmd install matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz
>
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
>
> ---------- Making package matrix ------------
> latex: not found
>  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> latex: not found
>  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
> latex: not found
>  running src/Makefile.win ...
> latex: not found
> make[3]: `Matrix.dll' is up to date.
>  ... done
>  installing DLL
> latex: not found
>  installing R files
> latex: not found
>  installing inst files
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
> make[2]: *** [C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix/inst] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-matrix] Error 2
> *** Installation of matrix failed ***
>
> Removing 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
> Restoring previous 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
>
> If I need to read one of R's many friendly manuals, I'd appreciate
a reference to which one and approximately which section.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chuck
>
> Charles E. White, Senior Biostatistician, MS
> Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
> 503 Robert Grant Ave., Room 1w102
> Silver Spring, MD 20910-1557
> 301 319-9781
> Personal/Professional
Site:??http://users.starpower.net/cwhite571/professional/
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
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>
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"White, Charles E WRAIR-Wash DC" <charles.edwin.white at
us.army.mil> writes:
> I installed the MinGW-5.0.0 compilers today (gcc-3.4.2 is now
> contained in the 'Current' distribution. When the current compilers
> failed to compile the referenced Matrix update and not knowing how
> to check the exact version numbers for individual files, I applied
> the Id.exe and f771.exe fixes from the 'Building R for Windows'
page
> (http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/#ldbug). More compiler
> errors were obtained. I then checked my Pearl version (5.8.7) and
> updated my R tools since I couldn't tell how old they were. At that
> point, I obtained the following output:
> 
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\Whitece.AMED\My Documents\1 Pocket Office\R
Repository
> \lme4>rcmd install matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz
> 
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
> 
> ---------- Making package matrix ------------
> latex: not found
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> latex: not found
>   installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
> latex: not found
>   running src/Makefile.win ...
> latex: not found
> make[3]: `Matrix.dll' is up to date.
>   ... done
>   installing DLL
> latex: not found
>   installing R files
> latex: not found
>   installing inst files
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
This looks like an issue with your PATH setting. You're picking up the
wrong "find" command.
> make[2]: *** [C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix/inst] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-matrix] Error 2
> *** Installation of matrix failed ***
> 
> Removing 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
> Restoring previous 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
> 
> If I need to read one of R's many friendly manuals, I'd appreciate
a
> reference to which one and approximately which section.
According to README.packages,

Instructions for installing the toolset and building packages using the
standard methods are in the `R Installation and Administration' manual
(which is available in various formats as R-admin.* in the doc/manual
directory).

As fara as I can see Appendix F is the most relevant part, but also
look in Ch 3 and 6.


> Thanks.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> Charles E. White, Senior Biostatistician, MS
> Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
> 503 Robert Grant Ave., Room 1w102
> Silver Spring, MD 20910-1557
> 301 319-9781
> Personal/Professional
Site:??http://users.starpower.net/cwhite571/professional/
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
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