[R] issue building my own package... moving from Apple OS to Windows

[Daryl Morris]

Thanks for the various responses.

It was easier than I thought to get all the tools together and setup 
Windows paths for the build process.  I've been successful now on Windows.

BUT... how do I make a package which DOES NOT require R CMD INSTALL to 
install?  Obviously, it should not be required for everyone to have Perl 
on their Windows box to install a package.

When I tried to install the .tar.gz file from the GUI, I got the same 
errors as I did when I used the version I had built on my Apple. 

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 
'multgeneriskpredperf_1.0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such 
file or directory'

Thanks, Daryl


Uwe Ligges wrote:
>
> You need to INSTALL a source package (that has been build) as on any 
> other platform. How to colect the tools in order to make R CMD INSTALL 
> work under Windows (and other OSs) is described in the R Installation 
> and Administration manual.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>