[Rd] RTools40 Error - sh: line 1: gcc: command not found

[Simon Urbanek]

Gene,

I believe you have the wrong page - the link you listed is for an old version of R (4.0-4.1) - the current one (for 4.2.x) is

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools42/rtools.html

Cheers,
Simon


> On 29/11/2022, at 7:39 AM, Gene Leynes <gleynes using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I installed git bash for windows, R, RStudio, and R Tools on a fresh
> Windows 10 machine.
> 
> I followed the directions for RTools:
> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools40.html
> 
> I added RTools to my user path, but I was getting an error when
> installing jsonlite from source (even though it could find "make"
> correctly). So, I tried the .Renviron method, and that didn't work either.
> 
> I was getting errors like this:
> 
>> install.packages("jsonlite", type = "source")
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/jsonlite_1.8.3.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1053099 bytes (1.0 MB)
> downloaded 1.0 MB
> 
> 
> * installing *source* package 'jsonlite' ...
> ** package 'jsonlite' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** using staged installation
> ** libs
> gcc  -I"C:/Users/XXXXXXX/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-42~1.2/include"
> -DNDEBUG -Iyajl/api
> -I"c:/rtools42/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"
> -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO   -O2 -Wall  -std=gnu99 -mfpmath=sse -msse2
> -mstackrealign  -c base64.c -o base64.o
> sh: line 1: gcc: command not found
> make: *** [C:/Users/ XXXXXXX
> /AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-42~1.2/etc/x64/Makeconf:253:
> base64.o] Error 127
> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'jsonlite'
> * removing
> 'C:/Users/375492/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.2.2/library/jsonlite'
> 
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>        ‘C:\Users\ XXXXXXX
> \AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpeCLXit\downloaded_packages’
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("jsonlite", type = "source") :
>  installation of package ‘jsonlite’ had non-zero exit status
> 
> 
> I can't reproduce this part, but at one point it said that gcc wasn't found
> in C:\rtools40\mingw_64\bin (not sure where the underscore was, but it had
> an underscore)
> 
> I noticed that my folder is named C:\rtools40\mingw64\bin
> 
> That gave me the idea to add C:\rtools40\mingw64\bin to my user path which
> resolved the issues. Adding that to the path allowed me to compile from
> source, etc. Fixed RStudio and the R GUI (whatever we call it now).
> 
> TLDR: I think there's a bug in the installer or something that creating an
> incompatible path name with an underscore, or the instructions are missing
> the advice to add C:\rtools40\mingw{WIN}\bin to the path.
> 
> 
> 
> Somewhat related:
> 
> By the way, I think adding RTools to the user path is the superior option
> for Windows users, and I would like to propose an edit to that
> documentation.
> 
> First, it will help avoid complications for users who may
> experience different paths for ~ depending on network availability.
> 
> Second, it is a more standard way to edit the path and helps users learn
> what's going on with the path and makes R less of a mysterious "exception
> to the rule". No other program uses ~/.Renviron to edit the path.
> 
> Although it's worth mentioning the option to create ~/.Renviorn, it
> shouldn't be the primary instruction.
> 
> Would it be possible to create a pull request for those edits? I don't know
> where that documentation is maintained.
> 
> 
> Thank you, and I hope you all are doing well.
> 
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