R help - Nov 2008 - Rcmd install problem: "cannot open the connection" and "No such file or directory"

Dear all,
 
On Windows XP with R 2.8.0, I get the error message below when I try install a
package from the command line.
(Installing as a local zip-file from the menu in the GUI works fine.) Could
anybody point me towards the source (and solution) to the problem?
 
Regards
Søren
 
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C:\Dokumenter\Stat\RLSdevel>rcmd install RLS
installing to ''
installing R.css in

---------- Making package RLS ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
Error in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w")
:
  cannot open the connection
Calls: <Anonymous> -> file
In addition: Warning message:
In file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
  cannot open file '/RLS/DESCRIPTION': No such file or directory
Execution halted
make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-RLS] Error 2
*** Installation of RLS failed ***

Removing '/RLS'



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Hi S?ren,

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S?ren H?jsgaard wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
>  
> On Windows XP with R 2.8.0, I get the error message below when I try
> install a package from the command line. 
> (Installing as a local zip-file from the menu in the GUI works fine.)
> Could anybody point me towards the source (and solution) to the problem?
>  
> Regards
> S?ren
>  
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> C:\Dokumenter\Stat\RLSdevel>rcmd install RLS
> installing to ''
> installing R.css in
> 
> ---------- Making package RLS ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> Error in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open =
"w") :
>   cannot open the connection
> Calls: <Anonymous> -> file
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
>   cannot open file '/RLS/DESCRIPTION': No such file or directory
> Execution halted
> make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-RLS] Error 2
> *** Installation of RLS failed ***
> 
> Removing '/RLS'
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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