R help - Apr 2005 - Installing packages from source code

Hi everybody,



I have trouble in installing packages from source code by following Section
       5.1 in manual R-admin.pdf . I am using R 2.1.0 and Win NT.



Following the Windows toolset section in the manual, I download the tool
       set package from: http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip
       and unzip under C:\tools

I also downloaded Perl (Windows Port) and installed it.

I downloaded source code of abind package (abind.1.1-0.tar.gz) to C:\, as
       an example.



1. I tried to install abind package in Rgui by typing in:
install.packages(repos=NULL, pkgs='c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz',
type='source', lib = 'c:/program files/r/rw2010/library/')
Warning message:
installation of package 'c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status
in: install.packages(repos = NULL, pkgs =
"c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz",
>
2. I then tried to install abind package in CMD:
r cmd install -l "c:/progra~1/r/rw2010/library/"
"c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz"
ARGUMENT 'cmd' __ignored__

ARGUMENT 'install' __ignored__

WARNING: unknown option -l

ARGUMENT 'c:/progra~1/r/rw2010/library/'

ARGUMENT 'c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz' __ignor


R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for
Version 2.0.1  (2004-11-15), ISBN 3-9000

R is free software and comes with ABSOLU
You are welcome to redistribute it under
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for dist

R is a collaborative project with many c
Type 'contributors()' for more informati
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packa

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' f
'help.start()' for a HTML browser interf
Type 'q()' to quit R.

[Previously saved workspace restored]
>
The purpose of installing package from source code is that I hope it can create
those rds files in meta directory automatically.
I wonder if I miss anything here. Can anyone help me out please?
Thanks alot,
Huan



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huan.huang at uk.bnpparibas.com wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> 
> 
> I have trouble in installing packages from source code by following Section
>        5.1 in manual R-admin.pdf . I am using R 2.1.0 and Win NT.
> 
> 
> 
> Following the Windows toolset section in the manual, I download the tool
>        set package from: http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip
>        and unzip under C:\tools
> 
> I also downloaded Perl (Windows Port) and installed it.
> 
> I downloaded source code of abind package (abind.1.1-0.tar.gz) to C:\, as
>        an example.
> 
> 
> 
> 1. I tried to install abind package in Rgui by typing in:
> install.packages(repos=NULL, pkgs='c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz',
type='source', lib = 'c:/program files/r/rw2010/library/')
> Warning message:
> installation of package 'c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz' had non-zero exit
status in: install.packages(repos = NULL, pkgs =
"c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz",
Underscore in package name: abind_1.1-0.tar.gz

You might have a 00lock file in your library dir now that you have to 
delete before further processing .....


> 
> 2. I then tried to install abind package in CMD:
> r cmd install -l "c:/progra~1/r/rw2010/library/"
"c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz"
a) Capitalization!!!
b) underscore in package name!!!


Hence the following sghould be sufficient (called from c:\):

   R CMD INSTALL abind_1.1-0.tar.gz

or full:

   R CMD INSTALL -l c:/progra~1/r/rw2010/library/ c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz


Uwe Ligges

> ARGUMENT 'cmd' __ignored__
> 
> ARGUMENT 'install' __ignored__
> 
> WARNING: unknown option -l
> 
> ARGUMENT 'c:/progra~1/r/rw2010/library/'
> 
> ARGUMENT 'c:/abind.1.1-0.tar.gz' __ignor
> 
> 
> R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for
> Version 2.0.1  (2004-11-15), ISBN 3-9000
> 
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLU
> You are welcome to redistribute it under
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for dist
> 
> R is a collaborative project with many c
> Type 'contributors()' for more informati
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packa
> 
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' f
> 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interf
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
> 
> The purpose of installing package from source code is that I hope it can
create those rds files in meta directory automatically.
> I wonder if I miss anything here. Can anyone help me out please?
> Thanks alot,
> Huan
> 
> 
> 
> This message and any attachments (the "message") is\
intende...{{dropped}}
> 
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