R help - Jul 2007 - Creating windows binary R package (PowerArchiver vs. zip -r9X)

Hi list,I apologize if you see funny fonts, b/c I'm using the new Windows
Live Hotmail and don't know how to turn off the "rich text"
mode.....I have successfully built and installed a R package in windowsXP for
R-2.5.1.  But when I tried to create a .zip file so I can use
"Packages/install package(s) from local .zip files..." to install it,
it seems R only recognizes the .zip file created by "zip -r9X" not by
PowerArchiver.  Do you know why?  I vaguely remember I used WinZip before and it
worked fine.The two threads I found on R-help and R-devel help me a lot, but
don't really answer my
question.http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/06/29587.htmlhttp://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/12/3336.htmlThanks,...Tao



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Tao Shi wrote:
> Hi list,I apologize if you see funny fonts, b/c I'm using the new
> Windows Live Hotmail and don't know how to turn off the "rich
text"
> mode.....I have successfully built and installed a R package in
> windowsXP for R-2.5.1.  But when I tried to create a .zip file so I
> can use "Packages/install package(s) from local .zip files..." to
> install it, it seems R only recognizes the .zip file created by "zip
> -r9X" not by PowerArchiver.  Do you know why?  I vaguely remember I
> used WinZip before and it worked fine.The two threads I found on
> R-help and R-devel help me a lot, but don't really answer my
>
question.http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/06/29587.htmlhttp://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/12/3336.htmlThanks,...Tao

In order to provide a Windows binary package, type:

R CMD INSTALL --build PackageName_vers.tar.gz
and the zip file will be generated by R in the correct way.

Uwe Ligges

Thanks, Uwe!  It worked....Tao> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:16:49 +0200>
From: ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de> To: shitao@hotmail.com> CC:
r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> Subject: Re: [R] Creating windows binary R package
(PowerArchiver vs. zip -r9X)> > > > Tao Shi wrote:> > Hi
list,I apologize if you see funny fonts, b/c I'm using the new> >
Windows Live Hotmail and don't know how to turn off the "rich
text"> > mode.....I have successfully built and installed a R package
in> > windowsXP for R-2.5.1.  But when I tried to create a .zip file so
I> > can use "Packages/install package(s) from local .zip
files..." to> > install it, it seems R only recognizes the .zip file
created by "zip> > -r9X" not by PowerArchiver.  Do you know why?
I vaguely remember I> > used WinZip before and it worked fine.The two
threads I found on> > R-help and R-devel help me a lot, but don't
really answer my> >
question.http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/06/29587.htmlhttp://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/devel/05/12/3336.htmlThanks,...Tao>
> > In order to provide a Windows binary package, type:> > R CMD
INSTALL --build PackageName_vers.tar.gz> and the zip file will be generated
by R in the correct way.> > Uwe Ligges> > > > >
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