I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be able to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN. I performed the following steps: (1) Downloaded R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN (2) Upacked. (3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel". (4) Changed directories to BldDir. (5) Executed ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo . (6) Executed make . (7) Executed sudo make install . I got the error messages: . . .> mkdir -p -- /usr/local/lib64/R/doc > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `FAQ': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `RESOURCES': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.rds': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [install-sources2] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rolf/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc' > make: *** [install] Error 1Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong? Ta. cheers, Rolf Turner -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> On 05 Mar 2016, at 03:35 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > > I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be able to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN. > > I performed the following steps: > > (1) Downloaded R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN > (2) Upacked. > (3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel". > (4) Changed directories to BldDir. > (5) Executed ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo . > (6) Executed make . > (7) Executed sudo make install . > > I got the error messages: > . > . > . >> mkdir -p -- /usr/local/lib64/R/doc >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `FAQ': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `RESOURCES': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.rds': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory >> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory >> make[1]: *** [install-sources2] Error 1 >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rolf/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc' >> make: *** [install] Error 1 > > Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong? >Beats me. & I just checked that make install works on my system (usually, I just run test versions out of their build dirs). You might check a couple of things though: - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/bin/R work? - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc/FAQ et al. actually exist? - is there an overzealous virus checker active (those have been known to move fresh files to "safe locations" right under peoples feet...) -pd> Ta. > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel-- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
Thanks Peter. I tried running the uninstalled R; it worked. I checked on the existence of FAQ, etc. --- yep everything was there. I don't know about over-zealous virus checkers; I haven't overtly installed any such. So, mystified, I started all over again from scratch. This time it worked; seamlessly. Totally mysterious. Story of my life. Be that as it were, all systems are go now, and my package checking was successful. Sorry for the noise. cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 On 06/03/16 03:10, peter dalgaard wrote:> >> On 05 Mar 2016, at 03:35 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: >> >> >> I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be able to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN. >> >> I performed the following steps: >> >> (1) Downloaded R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN >> (2) Upacked. >> (3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel". >> (4) Changed directories to BldDir. >> (5) Executed ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo . >> (6) Executed make . >> (7) Executed sudo make install . >> >> I got the error messages: >> . >> . >> . >>> mkdir -p -- /usr/local/lib64/R/doc >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `FAQ': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `RESOURCES': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.rds': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory >>> /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory >>> make[1]: *** [install-sources2] Error 1 >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rolf/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc' >>> make: *** [install] Error 1 >> >> Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong? >> > > Beats me. & I just checked that make install works on my system (usually, I just run test versions out of their build dirs). > > You might check a couple of things though: > > - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/bin/R work? > - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc/FAQ et al. actually exist? > - is there an overzealous virus checker active (those have been known to move fresh files to "safe locations" right under peoples feet...) > > -pd > > >> Ta.