Hi I have a package which was built using R 1.9.1 and everything worked fine. I recently upgraded to R 2.0.1 and tried to re-install my package - and I got: Error in library(mypackage) : 'mypackage' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0? So I tried rebuilding it using my new version of R: R CMD BUILD --binary mypackage hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `mypackage.chm': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [chm-mypackage] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-mypackage] Error 2 *** Installation of mypackage failed *** Removing 'f:/tmp/Rbuild.2972/mypackage' ERROR * installation failed I didn't have these problems before. What is "hhc" and why can't R find it? In general, will I have to re-build my package everytime a new version of R is released? Many thanks Mick
michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:> Hi > > I have a package which was built using R 1.9.1 and everything worked > fine. I recently upgraded to R 2.0.1 and tried to re-install my package > - and I got: > > Error in library(mypackage) : 'mypackage' is not a valid package -- > installed < 2.0.0? > > So I tried rebuilding it using my new version of R: > > R CMD BUILD --binary mypackage > > hhc: not found > cp: cannot stat `mypackage.chm': No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [chm-mypackage] Error 1 > make: *** [pkg-mypackage] Error 2 > *** Installation of mypackage failed *** > > Removing 'f:/tmp/Rbuild.2972/mypackage' > ERROR > * installation failed > > I didn't have these problems before. What is "hhc" and why can't R find > it?hhc is Microsoft's compiled html help compiler. Either edit your MkRules file not to generate chm files, or download and install the required software as mentioned in file readme.packages.> In general, will I have to re-build my package everytime a new version > of R is released?Well, not always, but yes, if considerable changes have taken place, as it has happend for the change from 1.y.z to 2.0.0. Uwe Ligges> Many thanks > > Mick > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:> Hi > > I have a package which was built using R 1.9.1 and everything worked > fine. I recently upgraded to R 2.0.1 and tried to re-install my package > - and I got: > > Error in library(mypackage) : 'mypackage' is not a valid package -- > installed < 2.0.0?I don't think you re-installed it, rather unzipped the zip file.> So I tried rebuilding it using my new version of R: > > R CMD BUILD --binary mypackage > > hhc: not found > cp: cannot stat `mypackage.chm': No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [chm-mypackage] Error 1 > make: *** [pkg-mypackage] Error 2 > *** Installation of mypackage failed *** > > Removing 'f:/tmp/Rbuild.2972/mypackage' > ERROR > * installation failed > > I didn't have these problems before. What is "hhc" and why can't R find > it?README.packages says what it is, and R is not looking for it, but make is. Probably because you didn't check the checklist in README.packages. This is not a new requirement.> In general, will I have to re-build my package everytime a new version > of R is released?No. But we are talking about installing, not building, here. Please look in `Writing R Extensions' to see the difference. -- 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