Thanks Uwe. Actually, the problem persists in R-3.2.1.

If it helps, the .zip file is here:

http://win-builder.r-project.org/yC8eUu09w3Ui/

Thank you,
Axel.



On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> wrote:

>
>
> On 15.06.2015 22:32, Axel Urbiz wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've built a windows binary package from my Mac using the help from this
>> site: http://win-builder.r-project.org
>>
>> As expected, I got back the file "mypackage.zip". Also, the logs show no
>> errors.
>>
>
> No, you got a file packagename_version.zip.
>
>
>
>  Now, when I try to install on windows using the GUI "install package(s)
>> from local zip files", I get the following error:
>>
>>  utils:::menuInstallLocal()
>>>
>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type"))
>> :
>>    cannot open the connection
>> In addition: Warning messages:
>> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
>> 2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
>>    cannot open compressed file 'mypackage/DESCRIPTION', probable reason
>> 'No
>> such file or directory'
>>
>> I've attempted to use the solutions from prior similar email threats with
>> no success. Btw - I've install all the packages dependencies prior to the
>> above. I'm on R 3.2.0.
>>
>
> please try the release condadate of R-3.2.1, R-3.2.0 had a bug for package
> installation from local zip files.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>  Any guidance would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Axel.
>>
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