[R] Problems with R package building

[Michael Weylandt]

On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:18, jpm miao <miaojpm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  I try to build a toy package by running the following codes in an R
> program
> 
> require(stats)
> f <- function(x,y) x+y
> g <- function(x,y) x-y
> d <- data.frame(a=1, b=2)
> e <- rnorm(1000)
> package.skeleton(list=c("f","g","d","e"), name="test1pkg",
> path="D:/R/pkgtest")
> 
>   Then the program runs smoothly
> 
> Creating directories ...
> Creating DESCRIPTION ...
> Creating NAMESPACE ...
> Creating Read-and-delete-me ...
> Saving functions and data ...
> Making help files ...
> Done.
> Further steps are described in 'D:/R/pkgtest/test1pkg/Read-and-delete-me'.
> 
>    Since it is a test, I skip all the documentation work and then type
> this line:
> 
>> R CMD build test1pkg
> Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD"
> 
>   I check on the web about the error message. It's said that the command
> should be typed in a DOS window (command prompt window?). However it does
> not work  in my DOS window either. Could someone tell me how to process the
> package building process?
> 

Have you installed the Windows Rtools from CRAN and made sure your PATH is set properly?

MW


>   Thanks,
> 
> Miao
> 
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