[R] can't R CMD INSTALL on WinXP

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/14/2008 3:04 PM, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I recently got a laptop upgrade, and had to re-install the tools I used
> for building R packages on Windows (XP SP2).  I'm running into a strange
> problem that I can't resolve.  Can anyone shed on light?  This is with
> R-2.7.2 patched 2008-09-20 r46576, Rtools.zip downloaded a couple of
> weeks ago

I haven't updated Rtools.zip in a long time.  You should use the Rtools 
installer nowadays.  (Where did you get Rtools.zip from?  Do we still 
have documents pointing there?)  It may be that Rools.zip contains some 
obsolete tools.

Duncan Murdoch




, and MikTeX 2.7.  The output below was from a cygwin shell
> (PATH modified apropriately), but it's identical to what I get under
> Windows command prompt.  I've also tried adding the -l flag to install
> in another directory that I'm sure is writable, but same problem.
> 
> $ R CMD INSTALL -c randomForest
> installing to 'c:\R\library'
> 
> 
> ---------- Making package randomForest ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>   installing NAMESPACE filecp: cannot create regular file
> `c:/R/library/randomFo
> rest/NAMESPACE': Permission denied
>  and metadata
> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> Calls: <Anonymous> -> parseNamespaceFile -> parse -> file
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "r") :
>   cannot open file 'c:/R/library/randomForest/NAMESPACE': Permission
> denied
> Execution halted
> make[2]: *** [nmspace] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-randomForest] Error 2
> *** Installation of randomForest failed ***
> 
> Removing 'c:/R/library/randomForest'
> 
> Best,
> Andy
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