Dear all,
Following John Fox and Brian Ripley instructions, things come better. I still get errors but they just come at the first step from unappropriate DESCRIPTION file (which was expected: I just wanted to check if the software installation was OK for building packages with the "crude" AnExample from the package.skeleton() doc. I can "quitely" come back to the "Writing R extension guide" and work on it now).
One mishaps that can be worthy to bold for other listers is that I did not select the installation of the source package tools in an early installation of R (it is unselected by default with rw2000.exe). Advised to re-install R taking this into account for those who gradually try to move from function development to package writing...
Thanks for the hints kindly provided even a Sunday,
Patrick Giraudoux
A 10:24 07/11/2004 -0500, vous avez écrit :
Dear Patrick,
I've prepared some basic instructions and a batch file for building simple packages under Windows and have given them to several people who have experienced problems. I've hesitated to send them to this list since they really just duplicate information available elsewhere, and because the batch file probably could be improved.
Since there has been a rash of Windows package-building problems recently (probably because it's no longer possible to bypass the package-building tools), I've appended the instructions and batch file to this message in the hope that they prove useful. Of course, comments and suggestions for improvement are appreciated.
Regards, John
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Building Simple Packages Under R for Windows
1. Links to tools and additional information are at <http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/>.
2. Make sure R is *not* installed under c:\Program Files (or in any location with spaces in the path) and that it is installed with package-building tools. I use c:\R for the installation; I'll assume this below -- make changes as necessary.
3. Download <http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip> and unzip e.g. to c:\Program Files\Utilities; put this directory at the beginning of the path. (It may be necessary to copy sh.exe to c:\bin\sh.exe.)
4. Download Perl from <http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html> and install it using defaults.
5. Download fptex from <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/fptex/current/TeXSetup.exe> and install it. Note: This requires a fast internet connection during the installation. Don't install latex under c:\Program Files\!
6. Download HTML Help Workshop from <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/h tml/hwmicrosofthtmlhelpdownloads.asp> and install it. Add c:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop to the path.
7. If you want to be able to compile old-style Windows help files (probably not necessary) download Microsoft Help Workshop <ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/hcwsetup.exe> and install it. Add c:\Program Files\Help Workshop to the path.
8. Put my file make-package.bat in c:\R\rwxxxx\src (where xxxx is the version, e.g., 2000). If necessary, edit this file to reflect the location of the R installation.
9. Open a DOS (command) window. CD to R\rwxxxx\src. Make sure that the package source files are in the directory package-name under R\rwxxx\src\library. Enter make-package package-name. Carefully examine the log file etc.
10. After this process is completed, you'll have both a tar.gz file with the source package and a .zip file with the Windows binary package. Install the latter from the "Packages -> Install package(s) from local zip files" menu in the normal manner.
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cd c:\R\rw2000\src\library del %1\INDEX del %1\data\00Index del %1\chm\*.* /Q
..\..\bin\R CMD build --force --binary --auto-zip %1 ..\..\bin\R CMD build --force %1 ..\..\bin\R CMD check %1
cd %1.Rcheck dvipdfm %1-manual
notepad 00check.log
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