Dear R-helpers,
I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. I installed R
1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], downloaded the fields package as source
[3] and tried but failed to install the package [4]. I get the same problem
with other packages, so it doesn't appear to be limited to fields.
Installation of precompiled packages seems to work fine. I've been doing
this on linux for a long time and never ran into such an issue.
I've trawled the FAQ and the archives but I'm not finding anything. Any
clues where I'm going wrong?
Thanks in advance,
-Simon
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Notes:
[1] Version of R: 1.7.1 Beta, obtained from
<http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/r-devel/rw1071beta.exe>
on 6-13-2003
[2] Output from version:
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch i386
os mingw32
system i386, mingw32
status Beta
major 1
minor 7.1
year 2003
month 06
day 06
language R
[3] fields 1.3.1 package downloaded from
<http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/fields_1.3-1.tar.gz>.
[4] within cygwin bash shell, I ran the following:
Rcmd install fields_1.3-1.tar.gz
which dies with the error
.
hhc: not found
cp: cannot stat `c:/tmp/R.INSTALL/fields/chm/fields.chm': No such file or
directory
make[1]: *** [chm-fields] Error 1
make: *** [pkg-fields] Error 2
*** Installation of fields failed ***
See below for full log of stdout and stderr from the installation attempt.
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STDERR:
cvrcss.f: In subroutine `cvrcss':
cvrcss.f:61: warning: `cvmin' might be used uninitialized in this function
cvrcss.f:63: warning: `best' might be used uninitialized in this function
cvrcss.f:65: warning: `trbest' might be used uninitialized in this function
gcvcss.f: In subroutine `gcvcss':
gcvcss.f:59: warning: `gcvmin' might be used uninitialized in this function
gcvcss.f:61: warning: `best' might be used uninitialized in this function
gcvcss.f:63: warning: `trbest' might be used uninitialized in this function
gcvfc.f: In function `gcvfc':
gcvfc.f:18: warning: unused variable `rinf'
rkmat.f: In subroutine `rkbesl':
rkmat.f:212: warning: `itemp' might be used uninitialized in this function
hhc: not found
cp: cannot stat `c:/tmp/R.INSTALL/fields/chm/fields.chm': No such file or
directory
make[1]: *** [chm-fields] Error 1
make: *** [pkg-fields] Error 2
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STDOUT:
---------- Making package fields ------------
adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
making DLL ...
g77 -O2 -Wall -c css.f -o css.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c csstr.f -o csstr.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c cvrcss.f -o cvrcss.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c cvrf.f -o cvrf.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c dchold.f -o dchold.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c dcopy.f -o dcopy.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c ddot.f -o ddot.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c dlv.f -o dlv.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c dmaket.f -o dmaket.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c drdfun.f -o drdfun.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c dsetup.f -o dsetup.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c expbs.f -o expbs.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c expfn.f -o expfn.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c gaspbs.f -o gaspbs.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c gaspfn.f -o gaspfn.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c gcvcss.f -o gcvcss.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c gcvfc.f -o gcvfc.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c hsort.f -o hsort.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c ifind.f -o ifind.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c inpoly.f -o inpoly.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c lscv.f -o lscv.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c m2deb.f -o m2deb.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c mkpoly.f -o mkpoly.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c mltdrb.f -o mltdrb.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c mltdtd.f -o mltdtd.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c msort.f -o msort.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c multeb.f -o multeb.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c multgb.f -o multgb.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c multrb.f -o multrb.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c nkden.f -o nkden.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c nkreg.f -o nkreg.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c nvden.f -o nvden.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c radbas.f -o radbas.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c radfun.f -o radfun.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c rcss.f -o rcss.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c rcssr.f -o rcssr.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c rcsswt.f -o rcsswt.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c rkmat.f -o rkmat.o
g77 -O2 -Wall -c sortm.f -o sortm.o
ar cr fields.a *.o
ranlib fields.a
windres --include-dir c:/PROGRA~1/R/RW1071~1/src/include -i fields_res.rc -o
fields_res.o
gcc --shared -s -o fields.dll fields.def fields.a fields_res.o
-Lc:/PROGRA~1/R/RW1071~1/src/gnuwin32 -lg2c -lR
... DLL made
installing R files
installing data files
installing man source files
installing indices
not zipping data
installing help
>>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'fields'
Formats: text html latex example
BD text html latex example
Krig text html latex example
Tps text html latex example
US text html latex example
US.dat text html latex
Wtransform.image text html latex example
Wtransform.sim text html latex example
arrow.plot text html latex example
as.image text html latex example
as.surface text html latex example
bplot text html latex example
bplot.xy text html latex example
cover.design text html latex example
exp.cov text html latex example
fields-internal text html latex
flame text html latex
grid.list text html latex example
image.count text html latex example
image.cov text html latex example
image.plot text html latex example
image.smooth text html latex example
interp.surface text html latex example
krig.image text html latex example
lennon text html latex
make.Amatrix.Krig text html latex example
make.Amatrix text html latex example
matern.cov text html latex example
minitri text html latex
nkreg text html latex example
ozone text html latex example
ozone2 text html latex example
plot.Krig text html latex example
plot.sreg text html latex example
plot.surface text html latex example
poisson.cov text html latex example
precip text html latex
predict.Krig text html latex example
predict.se.Krig text html latex example
predict.se text html latex example
predict.surface text html latex example
predict.surface.se text html latex example
print.Krig text html latex example
qsreg text html latex example
rat.diet text html latex
rdist text html latex example
rdist.earth text html latex example
set.panel text html latex example
sim.rf text html latex example
smooth.2d text html latex example
splint text html latex example
sreg text html latex example
stats text html latex example
stats.bin text html latex example
summary.Krig text html latex example
surface.Krig text html latex example
transformx text html latex example
vgram text html latex example
vgram.matrix text html latex example
world text html latex example
xline text html latex example
yline text html latex example
>>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'fields'
Formats: chm
BD chm
Krig chm
Tps chm
US chm
US.dat chm
Wtransform.image chm
Wtransform.sim chm
arrow.plot chm
as.image chm
as.surface chm
bplot chm
bplot.xy chm
cover.design chm
exp.cov chm
fields-internal chm
flame chm
grid.list chm
image.count chm
image.cov chm
image.plot chm
image.smooth chm
interp.surface chm
krig.image chm
lennon chm
make.Amatrix.Krig chm
make.Amatrix chm
matern.cov chm
minitri chm
nkreg chm
ozone chm
ozone2 chm
plot.Krig chm
plot.sreg chm
plot.surface chm
poisson.cov chm
precip chm
predict.Krig chm
predict.se.Krig chm
predict.se chm
predict.surface chm
predict.surface.se chm
print.Krig chm
qsreg chm
rat.diet chm
rdist chm
rdist.earth chm
set.panel chm
sim.rf chm
smooth.2d chm
splint chm
sreg chm
stats chm
stats.bin chm
summary.Krig chm
surface.Krig chm
transformx chm
vgram chm
vgram.matrix chm
world chm
xline chm
yline chm
*** Installation of fields failed ***
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 19:02, Simon Cawley wrote:> Dear R-helpers, > > I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. I > installed R 1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], downloaded the > fields package as source [3] and tried but failed to install the > package [4]. I get the same problem with other packages, so it > doesn't appear to be limited to fields. Installation of precompiled > packages seems to work fine. I've been doing this on linux for a long > time and never ran into such an issue. > > I've trawled the FAQ and the archives but I'm not finding anything. > Any clues where I'm going wrong? > > Thanks in advance, > > -Simon > > ##############...Lengthy notes SNIPPED Simon, Unless I am missing something here, I think that you are making this more difficult than you need to. Thanks I believe to Uwe Ligges, there appears to be a version of the fields package already compiled for R 1.7.x on Windows at: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/fields_1.3-1.zip Is there a reason that you cannot use this? HTH, Marc Schwartz
> From: Simon Cawley [mailto:simon_cawley at affymetrix.com] > > Dear R-helpers, > > I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. > I installed R 1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], > downloaded the fields package as source [3] and tried but > failed to install the package [4]. I get the same problem > with other packages, so it doesn't appear to be limited to > fields. Installation of precompiled packages seems to work > fine. I've been doing this on linux for a long time and > never ran into such an issue.[snip]> [4] within cygwin bash shell, I ran the following: > Rcmd install fields_1.3-1.tar.gz > which dies with the error > . > hhc: not found > cp: cannot stat `c:/tmp/R.INSTALL/fields/chm/fields.chm': No > such file or directory > make[1]: *** [chm-fields] Error 1 > make: *** [pkg-fields] Error 2 > *** Installation of fields failed ***A couple of things: 1. I believe the build need to be done from a command prompt (a.k.a. "MSDOS"), rather than the cygwin bash. The potential problem (at least the one I know about) is that the cygwin bash by default prepends it's own PATH to the system PATH, so it will find the cygwin compilers first before the minGW. 2. The error message is quite clear: it can't find hhc.exe. That's the Compiled HTML help compiler (for CHM help pages). Either install it and put it in the path, or find the Makefile/MkRules and tell it not to make CHM. HTH, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, cont... {{dropped}}
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:02:07 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:> >Dear R-helpers, > >I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K....> Rcmd install fields_1.3-1.tar.gz >which dies with the error >. >hhc: not foundThat's the Microsoft help compiler. You can probably do a build without it; you'll need to define WINHELP to NO instead of the default CHM. Duncan Murdoch
Prof Brian Ripley
2003-Jun-14 06:46 UTC
[R] problem installing packages from source on win2k
The short answer is that you are not following readme.packages, which says If you want to make compiled html (.chm) files you will need the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop, currently available for download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwmicrosofthtmlhelpdownloads.asp and http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa06.htm All of these need to be installed and in your path, and the appropriate environment variables set. hhc.exe is part of HHW, and it is not in your path. If you don't want to make .chm files, you can edit src/gnuwin32/MkRules appropriately. On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Simon Cawley wrote:> > Dear R-helpers, > > I'm having trouble compiling R packages from source on Win2K. I > installed R 1.7.1beta [1] on my win2k machine [2], downloaded the fields > package as source [3] and tried but failed to install the package [4]. > I get the same problem with other packages, so it doesn't appear to be > limited to fields. Installation of precompiled packages seems to work > fine. I've been doing this on linux for a long time and never ran into > such an issue.Maybe someone else set your Linux box up so all the tools were installed?> I've trawled the FAQ and the archives but I'm not finding anything. > Any clues where I'm going wrong?> Thanks in advance, > > -Simon > > ############## > > Notes: > > [1] Version of R: 1.7.1 Beta, obtained from <http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/r-devel/rw1071beta.exe> on 6-13-2003 > > [2] Output from version: > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status Beta > major 1 > minor 7.1 > year 2003 > month 06 > day 06 > language R > > [3] fields 1.3.1 package downloaded from <http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/fields_1.3-1.tar.gz>. > > [4] within cygwin bash shell, I ran the following: > Rcmd install fields_1.3-1.tar.gz > which dies with the error > . > hhc: not found > cp: cannot stat `c:/tmp/R.INSTALL/fields/chm/fields.chm': No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [chm-fields] Error 1 > make: *** [pkg-fields] Error 2 > *** Installation of fields failed ***-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595