[R] install on windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Two comments:

1) Rcmd build does not install packages, it packages up source packages.
As all the documentation says it is Rcmd INSTALL which installs a source
package.

2) You have ignored the advice not to have spaces in your path, and the
request at the top of readme.packages `not to report problems to R-help
unless you have followed all the prescriptions', one of which is

   Do not use paths with spaces in: you can always use the short forms.

And as you have discovered, that advice was given for a good reason.


On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Ghislaine Guigon wrote:

> 
>    I'm trying to install packages on windows XP and I have trouble with
>    command Rcmd build (R version 1.8.1) :
>    In the Windows console for package maanova for example, answer is :
>    C:\Documents and Settings\dillies\Mes documents\ghis\packages>Rcmd
>    build maanova
>    * checking for file 'maanova/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>    * preparing 'maanova':
>    * cleaning src
>    * checking whether 'INDEX' is up-to-date ... NO
>    * use '--force' to overwrite the existing 'INDEX'
>    * removing junk files
>    * building 'maanova_0.91-3.tar.gz'
>    tar: and: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>    tar: Settings/dillies/Mes : Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>    tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Cannot stat: No such
>    file or directory
>    tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>    tar: and: Not found in archive
>    tar: Settings/dillies/Mes: Not found in archive
>    tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Not found in archive
>    tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>    tar: and: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>    tar: Settings/dillies/Mes: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>    tar: documents/ghis/packages/maanova_0.91-3.tar: Cannot stat: No such
>    file or di
>    rectory
>    tar: maanova: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>    tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>    maanova_0.91-3.tar: No such file or directory
>    Is someone still have same problem ?
>    Rtools are installed.
>    Thanks for answers,
> 
>    Ghislaine GUIGON
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