Dear R users, I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have followed the recommendations in http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html. I have followed the so called Workaround 4. After running R CMD Rd2txt and R CMD Rdconv without problems, I have a problem when I run R CMD build <package>. It is always in the .chm file:>>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'test'Formats: text html latex example chm riChisq text html latex example chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat 'c:/temp/RPackageExample-19Jul05/test/chm/test.chm': No such file or directory I do not know if this error is due to the TeX version, or if I am doing any other error. Does anybody have some idea? Thank you in advance Jordi [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
hhc.exe is the Microsoft help compiler. You have to download that and then put hhc.exe somewhere in your path. The Windows console command path will give you the pathnames in your current path, any of which you could put it in. On 7/24/05, Jordi <jordi_molins at hotmail.com> wrote:> Dear R users, > > > > I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the > instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the > TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said > that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have > followed the recommendations in > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html. I have followed the so > called Workaround 4. > > > > After running R CMD Rd2txt and R CMD Rdconv without problems, I have a > problem when I run R CMD build <package>. It is always in the .chm file: > > > > >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'test' > > Formats: text html latex example chm > > riChisq text html latex example chm > > hhc: not found > > cp: cannot stat 'c:/temp/RPackageExample-19Jul05/test/chm/test.chm': No such > file or directory > > > > I do not know if this error is due to the TeX version, or if I am doing any > other error. Does anybody have some idea? > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > Jordi > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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 >
Jordi wrote:> Dear R users, > > > > I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the > instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the > TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said > that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have > followed the recommendations in > http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html. I have followed the so > called Workaround 4. > > > > After running R CMD Rd2txt and R CMD Rdconv without problems, I have a > problem when I run R CMD build <package>. It is always in the .chm file: > > > > >>>>Building/Updating help pages for package 'test' > > > Formats: text html latex example chm > > riChisq text html latex example chm > > hhc: not foundhhc is the Mircosoft html help compiler. Do you have it installed? Do you have it in your path? Do you have modified MkRules accordingly? Uwe Ligges> cp: cannot stat 'c:/temp/RPackageExample-19Jul05/test/chm/test.chm': No such > file or directory > > > > I do not know if this error is due to the TeX version, or if I am doing any > other error. Does anybody have some idea? > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > Jordi > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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
Thank you for the fast answers (on Sunday! ;->). I have tried your suggestions and I have been able to finish the process and use the package already. It was my mistake: I did not type correctly the path for the Microsoft help compiler. Kind regards Jordi _____ From: Jordi [mailto:jordi_molins@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 7:39 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Cc: 'Molins, Jordi'; 'Jordi' Subject: problem building R packages in windows xp Dear R users, I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for the TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said that fpTeX has been discontinued. I have MikTeX in my computer, and I have followed the recommendations in http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/miktex.html. I have followed the so called Workaround 4. After running R CMD Rd2txt and R CMD Rdconv without problems, I have a problem when I run R CMD build <package>. It is always in the .chm file:>>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'test'Formats: text html latex example chm riChisq text html latex example chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat 'c:/temp/RPackageExample-19Jul05/test/chm/test.chm': No such file or directory I do not know if this error is due to the TeX version, or if I am doing any other error. Does anybody have some idea? Thank you in advance Jordi [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Jordi wrote:> > I am having problems building R packages in Windows xp. I have followed the > instructions from Peter E. Rossi in Documentation -> Other, except for theBetter to follow the accurate official documentation.> TeX version (fpTeX), since when I go to the recommended webpage, it is said > that fpTeX has been discontinued.Only development has been discontinued. fptex is still available at e.g. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/fptex/ and other CTAN nodes.> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.htmlPLEASE do as it asks, including not sending HTML mail. -- 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