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Hi, I'm trying to build R-2.3.1 on windows, but make gives me following error while building pkg-base: ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 Please note that R.exe, Rterm.exe, Rgui.exe, RCmd.exe are build without any errors. I have three questions, can anyone please help me to resolve it? 1. How to solve (or g...

...base tools utils grDevices graphics stats data sets methods grid splines stats4 tcltk ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib) : shared library 'tools' not found Execution halted make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can anybody help ? Any ideas on what can go wrong are welcome. -- With regards,...

...INGO9\ and Mkrules has been edited and reads # path (possibly full path) to same version of R on the host system R_EXE=C:/R201/R201/bin when I type make I get the following: ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION C:/R201/R201/bin: not found make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 127 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 Any hints as to why it says it can not find C:/R201/R201/bin? Any help would be appreciated. Alan Alan T. Arnholt Associate Professor Dept. of Mathematical Sciences Ap...

Hello, When compiling R-2.0.0 for cross-compiling, I get the following error when calling 'make R' ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION /bin/sh: line 1: --vanilla: command not found make[5]: *** [frontmatter] Erro 127 make[4]: *** [all] Erro 2 make[3]: *** [pkg-base] Erro 2 make[2]: *** [rpackage] Erro 2 make[1]: *** [all] Erro 2 make[1]: Saíndo do directorio `/home/iago/crossbuild/WinR/R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32' The error appears in the call to $(REXE), that was defined in R-2.0.0/src/gnuwin32/Make...

...works fine up till when package base needs to be compiled. here is the error message, ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib) : shared library 'tools' not found Execution halted make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 Has anyone seen this error message before? Where can I find shared library tools? Thanks, Jennifer

...open = "w") : cannot open the connection Calls: <Anonymous> -> file In addition: Warning message: In file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") : cannot open file '/RLS/DESCRIPTION': No such file or directory Execution halted make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-RLS] Error 2 *** Installation of RLS failed *** Removing '/RLS' [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

...r someone else's) for the Windows version of R, I get the following error: C:\>Rcmd INSTALL cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz ---------- Making package cluster ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Fatal error: you must specify `--save', `--no-save' or `--vanilla' make[1]: *** [frontmatter] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-cluster] Error 2 *** Installation of cluster failed *** So I tried: C:\>Rcmd INSTALL --no-save cluster_1.8.1.tar.gz But got the same error. I do not experience this with R CMD INSTALL under FreeBSD. I am running R 1.8.1, perl 5.8.0, gcc 3.2.3, and have tar, make, e...

...d file list in front of Collade in the DESCRIPTION file, I got this error induring installation: ---------- Making package vtkr ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in .read_description(dfile) : file 'DESCRIPTION' is not in valid DCF format Execution halted make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-vtkr] Error 2 *** Installation of vtkr failed *** After a bit playing with th enumber of th efiles, it seems to me Collade cannot handle (probably) more than 256 files. For many good reasosns, I am not going to break the package up into diff...

...ust be names of packages optionally followed by '<=' or '>=', white space, and a valid version number in parentheses. See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual. Execution halted make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 ########################### After I removed "R (>=2.4.0)", "R CMD check" moved on to something else I haven't yet parsed. However, either I've misinterpreted something here or the manual is inconsistent with what "...

...de/iconv.dll ../../modules/ making bootstrap versions of packages ... ... done ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib) : shared library 'tools' not found Execution halted make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 I can’t get ride of this error. I don’t know where it is coming from or what to do about it. Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you for your precious time, Mari...

...on't know what I should write in it. Well, there are still aother error: ---------- Making package example ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION error happened.read_description(dfile) : file 'D:/example/DESCRIPTION' is not in valid DCF format Stop execute make[2]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-example] Error 2 *** Installation of example failed *** Removing 'D:/PROGRA~1/R/rw2011/library/example' Please tell me which step is wrong? Thanks a lot! BG Ivy_Li -----佋伃伿伡佊伿伡侢----- 伔仮伡侢伻佀: Gabor Grothendieck [mailto:ggrothendie...

...e tools utils grDevices graphics stats datasets methods grid sp lines stats4 tcltk ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable ".install_package_description" was not found Execution halted make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 ******************************* Mark Bravington CSIRO (CMIS) PO Box 1538 Castray Esplanade Hobart TAS 7001 phone (61) 3 6232 5118 fax (61) 3 6232 5012 Mark.Bravington@c...

Dear Gabor, Thank your for helping me so much! I have loaded R the newest version 2.1.1. Then I setup it in the path of D:\program files\R\ 1. unpack tools.zip into c:\cygwin 2. install Active perl in c:\Perl 3. install the mingw32 in c:\mingwin 4. add "c:\cygwin; c:\mingwin\bin" in "Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Path ->

Dear all, I have done every step as the previous mail. 1. unpack tools.zip into c:\cygwin 2. install Active perl in c:\Perl 3. install the mingw32 in c:\mingwin 4. add "c:\cygwin; c:\mingwin\bin" in "Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Path -> Variable" , and they are in the beginning of the "Path" Because I install R in