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

[Uwe Ligges]

Daryl Morris wrote:
> 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.


Well, you can build a binary bundle for Windows (as it happens on CRAN), 
then just you (but not your users) need the tools installed.

Best,
Uwe


> 
> 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
>>