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.
Hm, we'll likely never find out. It looks a bit like a race condition or a Makefile deficiency in which some dependencies are not explicitly recorded (so that it tries to copy files before they have been made). I suppose that could happen if you try "make install" w/o a preceding "make". -pd> On 06 Mar 2016, at 04:54 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > > 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. > > >-- 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
On 06/03/16 21:27, peter dalgaard wrote:> Hm, we'll likely never find out. It looks a bit like a race condition > or a Makefile deficiency in which some dependencies are not > explicitly recorded (so that it tries to copy files before they have > been made). I suppose that could happen if you try "make install" w/o > a preceding "make".I am *certain* that the latter contretemps did not occur. I *know* that I did a make. Of course I *have* been known to be certain of things that weren't actually true .... But in this instance ..... As you say, we'll never find out. cheers, Rolf> > -pd > >> On 06 Mar 2016, at 04:54 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: >> >> >> 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. >> >> >>