On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Joerg Wegner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i'' ve installed the binary distribution 1.2.3 without any problem,
BUT
> then i''ve tried to install the multiv package.
That''s not the current version.
> 1. pure cygwin or the rtools, perl and mingw doesn''t work. (The
download
> paths for perl and WinHelp in the file readme.packages are''nt
correct).
> WinHELP is not available, can you recommend a dowload adress ?
Well, you are using an obselete version. readme.packages says:
There is a `portal'' with current links at
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/.
However, I''ve just checked the addresses and they are
correct in the current version.
Why didn''t you check the portal: it is provided precisely for people
who have difficulty?
> 2. Although there is the same problem with .chm-files in the FAQ
> reported, i''ve the same problem.
What does that mean?
> In .../src/gnuwin32/Makefile are the lines
> HELP = YES
> WINHELP = NO # Use one of NO, CHM, BOTH (chm and winhelp)
> However the Makefile reports the error that there is no multiv.chm file
> available, o.k. so i tried
> rcmd INSTALL -docs=no multiv
> it doesn''t work. Then i documented the following lines in the
Makefile
> #ifeq ($(strip $(HELP)),YES)
> # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB)
> $($*-HELP)help-$*
> # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB)
> contents-$*
> #ifeq ($(strip $(WINHELP)),CHM)
> # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) chm-$*
> #endif
> #ifeq ($(strip $(WINHELP)),BOTH)
> # $(MAKE) -C ./help RHOME=$(RHOME) PKGDIR=$(PKGD) RLIB=$(RLIB) winhlp-$*
> # also makes chm
> #endif
> #endif
> That work''s ...
Something''s wrong with your make.
> 3. Now theoretically the directory multiv was correctly created in the
> .../library path ... but the function pca() can be still not found.
> The function help(pca) after link.html.help() reports that the requested
> function doesn''t exist.
> The R_HOME and the R_LIBS(R_LIB, RLIB) environment varible are correctly
> initialized !
You did do library(multiv), didn''t you?
> 4. I''ve tried the package.install() command, but the function
doesn''t
> exist.
Right, it''s called install.packages(). Where did you find
package.install
mentioned? It''s nowhere in the source tree.
> I''ve tried the binary package distribution, but it told me
that
> there are no man pages available.
> I''ve tried to use the source package distribution, but there i
have
> the problems with the multiv.chm file. (WinHELP not available !)
> Then i skipped the tutorial installation, BUT the packages
arent''t
> installed correctly, although rcmd check multiv reports no errors ???
>
> So ... where did i make the mistake ???
Many places, I suspect.
- use install.packages, not packages.install.
- there is a binary version of multiv on CRAN, and it is working.
- I think you omitted to use library(multiv).
- You seem to have trouble resolving correct addresses
....
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