R help - Mar 2003 - about the "mini-distribution" (R for Win )

Dear all,
I've just downloaded the miniR.exe, miniR-1.bin,....,miniR-8.bin in order to
update R to 1.6.2 (I cannot download the file of 19Mb !). The installation
seems to have worked fine, but I can't find in the /bin dir several files
that were, for instance, in the /bin directory in the version 1.5.1

In particular the file Rcmd.exe is missing, therefore I cannot run R in
BATCH mode (I have the Perl installed on my PC).

Am I missing anything or did the installation fail?

best,
vito

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, vito muggeo wrote:
> I've just downloaded the miniR.exe, miniR-1.bin,....,miniR-8.bin in
order to
> update R to 1.6.2 (I cannot download the file of 19Mb !). The installation
> seems to have worked fine, but I can't find in the /bin dir several
files
> that were, for instance, in the /bin directory in the version 1.5.1
> 
> In particular the file Rcmd.exe is missing, therefore I cannot run R in
> BATCH mode (I have the Perl installed on my PC).
See the rw-FAQ for how to do so.
> Am I missing anything or did the installation fail?
No, it is a mini distribution. The files for compiling source packages are
not included (amongst others), and they were not included by default in 
1.5.1 either.

For rw1070, Rcmd.exe will be included in the mini distribution I expect.

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vito muggeo wrote:
> Dear all,
> I've just downloaded the miniR.exe, miniR-1.bin,....,miniR-8.bin in
order to
> update R to 1.6.2 (I cannot download the file of 19Mb !). The installation
> seems to have worked fine, but I can't find in the /bin dir several
files
> that were, for instance, in the /bin directory in the version 1.5.1
> 
> In particular the file Rcmd.exe is missing, therefore I cannot run R in
> BATCH mode (I have the Perl installed on my PC).
> 
> Am I missing anything or did the installation fail?
For R-1.6.2 the mini distribution doesn't contain Rcmd.exe.

You have to download either the complete installation file rw1062.exe 
(19MB) or compile R yourself from sources (8.5 MB). The latter case make 
only sense if you have already got the compiler and tools (really huge 
for downloads).

Uwe Ligges