[R] missing sh.exe file when running "R CMD INSTALL test"

Uwe Ligges
Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:23:11 -0000

Chin Chieh wrote:

> I am trying to learn how to make a simple package that contains no C
> or Fortran code.  I used package.skeleton(...) to make a package
> called "test".  The directory and files look good.  I downloaded
and
> installed Rtools (www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip).  I
> added the path and from the dos prompt I can verify that make.exe and
> sh.exe both exist, but when I try to run "R CMD INSTALL test" I
get an
> error "make: sh.exe: Command not found"  and "make: ***
[pkg-test]
> Error 127".  I get the same error message if a try the command
"make
> pkg-test".

Are you sure it is really in the path of the shell from which you are
executing R CMD?
I think this is not the case. Try typing sh.exe therein directly ...

Uwe Ligges





> I saw in an old FAQ a suggestion to move sh.eve to the C:\bin\ folder,
> but my C: root does not have a "bin" folder.  Nonetheless, I
created
> one and put sh.exe there and it provided no help (I didn't expect it
> too).
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
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