R help - Aug 2010 - how to convert a unix R package to windows installable zip file?

Hi,

I downloaded a package with .gz extension, which presumably works for Unix,
when I installed it directly on windows, it has the error msg:

Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
  cannot open compressed file 'CustomCDF_1.1.0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
reason 'No such file or directory'

Does anyone know how to convert the package into a windows installable zip
file?

Thanks a bunch,

-Jack

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On 24.08.2010 17:35, Jack Luo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded a package with .gz extension, which presumably works for Unix,
> when I installed it directly on windows, it has the error msg:
>
> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
> 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
>    cannot open compressed file
'CustomCDF_1.1.0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>
> Does anyone know how to convert the package into a windows installable zip
> file?
Please see the "R Installation and Administration" manual in order to 
learn how to install source packages (such as the tar.gz file you got) 
under Windows.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> -Jack
>
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