Hi Robert: There was a time when we supported ESS under Cygwin. In other words, run elisp code assuming UNIX/Linux rather than Windows even though Windows is the OS. However, that was a long time ago: at least 10 years since I last tried it. Cygwin has largely fallen out of fashion since you can now so easily install Ubuntu on typical hardware: something that has markedly improved since 2013. Therefore, I would not expect Cygwin support to work out of the box since there has been no recent testing. Also, Windows is not very popular with R users since there is no forking support for the parallel package. So switching to Linux is well worth it. I used to run Windows inside VirtualBox when I needed to do PC stuff like Office and iTunes (before switching to macOS and never looking back ;o)
-- Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, He/Him/His Vice President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Biostatistics Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus From: ESS-bugs <mailman-boun...@stat.ethz.ch> on behalf of Robert Lerche <rler...@pacificbiosciences.com> Date: Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 11:04 AM To: Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalib...@gmail.com>, ess-b...@r-project.org <ess-b...@r-project.org> Cc: ess-bugs-ow...@r-project.org <ess-bugs-ow...@r-project.org>, r-wind...@r-project.org <r-wind...@r-project.org> Subject: RE: [R-win] Difficulty installing R packages under Windows 11 / Cygwin ATTENTION: This email originated from a sender outside of MCW. Use caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. ________________________________ Let me try raw text: Tomas, my thanks for your prompt and useful response. I followed your instructions and the Windows (MinGW/MSYS2) R and ggplot2 of course work perfectly well launched from a Cygwin bash shell. Alas, ESS inside Cygwin Emacs 29.1 doesn't quite work, launching an R process gives an error and although R is running with stdin/stdout directed to the Emacs buffer there is no tab completion. [background for the benefit of ess-b...@r-project.org] I recently received a new Windows 11 laptop from our IT department and I'm trying to recreate my R environment (Cygwin/Emacs/ESS/R/ggplot2). Originally I installed R 4.3.0 as packaged in Cygwin's setup.exe utility (in the Math section). I was unable to add ggplot2. Tomas kindly pointed me to the pre-built Windows binaries and as expected installing it and ggplot2 went smoothly. I perused https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ess.r-project.org/index.php?Section=home__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKnpbUlLT$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ess.r-project.org/index.php?Section=home__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKnpbUlLT$> and pulled the latest ESS via git clone. Make worked but now when I try to launch R inside Emacs [with (require 'ess-r-mode) in my .emacs file] an error message appears: ess-r--init-error-handler: Wrong type argument: listp, "Caused by error: R error during background ESS command base::tryCatch( base::local({ base::source('/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess/etc/ESSR/R/.load.R', local=TRUE) #define load.ESSR .ess.ESSR.load('/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess/etc/ESSR/R') }), error = function(cnd) { msg <- paste0('ESSR::ERROR \"', conditionMessage(cnd), '\"') writeLines(msg) } ) Error: cannot open the connection" Following this the buffer is live but tab completion fails. I attach the ess build log: G6WM1J3-89CBD7 ~ $ git clone https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS.git__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKr2dFRa2$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/emacs-ess/ESS.git__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKr2dFRa2$> ess-latest Cloning into 'ess-latest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 44632, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (1252/1252), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (424/424), done. remote: Total 44632 (delta 904), reused 1152 (delta 827), pack-reused 43380 Receiving objects: 100% (44632/44632), 27.28 MiB | 1.76 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (33688/33688), done. G6WM1J3-89CBD7 ~ $ cd ess-latest/ G6WM1J3-89CBD7 ~/ess-latest $ make ********************* VERSIONS ************************** GNU Emacs 29.1 ESS 18.10.3snapshot ESSR 1.8 ********************************************************* make -C lisp all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' which: no wget in (/cygdrive/c/Program Files/R/R-4.3.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PuTTY:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin:/cygdrive/c/Users/rlerche/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/usr/lib/lapack) which: no wget in (/cygdrive/c/Program Files/R/R-4.3.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/PuTTY:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin:/cygdrive/c/Users/rlerche/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/usr/lib/lapack) test -f ../etc/.IS.RELEASE || /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/curl https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-emacs/master/julia-mode.el__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKo9c7zFD$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-emacs/master/julia-mode.el__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKo9c7zFD$> > julia-mode.el % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 40906 100 40906 0 0 144k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 146k test -f ../etc/.IS.RELEASE || /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/curl https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-emacs/master/julia-mode-latexsubs.el__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKmcNaJ6x$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaEditorSupport/julia-emacs/master/julia-mode-latexsubs.el__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!7kh3oo0D5fJMElRU8O3Xz6Hmc-Y0ufB8oSgC1uqX1yvGwlD9fv0aJdrxgnpo0X7E1tfYMI0XU5Y1iNnIKmcNaJ6x$> > julia-mode-latexsubs.el % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 442k 100 442k 0 0 1292k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1296k Computing dependencies emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-custom.el In toplevel form: ess-custom.el:324:2: Warning: custom-declare-variable `ess-startup-directory' docstring has wrong usage of unescaped single quotes (use \= or different quoting) ess-custom.el:1401:2: Warning: custom-declare-variable `ess-post-run-hook' docstring has wrong usage of unescaped single quotes (use \= or different quoting) emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-utils.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-bugs-l.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-tracebug.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-inf.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-mode.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-bugs-d.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-help.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-s-lang.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-rd.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-syntax.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-roxy.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-completion.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-package.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-trns.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-xref.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-mode.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-gretl.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-jags-d.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-julia.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-r-flymake.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-rdired.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-sas-a.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-sas-l.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-sas-d.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-sp6-d.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile essd-els.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-toolbar.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile ess-site.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile julia-mode-latexsubs.el emacs -batch -Q --directory . --directory ./obsolete -f batch-byte-compile julia-mode.el Generating ess-autoloads.el emacs -batch -Q --eval "(progn\ (setq make-backup-files nil)\ (setq generated-autoload-file (expand-file-name \"ess-autoloads.el\"))\ (setq find-file-visit-truename t)\ (update-directory-autoloads default-directory))" Package autoload is deprecated INFO Scraping files for ess-autoloads.el... INFO Scraping files for ess-autoloads.el...done make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' make -C doc all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/doc' making Info documentation... makeinfo ess.texi mv -f ess.info info/ makeinfo --no-validate --plaintext --no-split -o - readme.texi \ | perl -pe 'last if /^Concept Index/;' > ../README makeinfo --no-validate --plaintext --no-split -o - announc.texi \ | perl -pe 'last if /^Concept Index/;' > ../ANNOUNCE makeinfo --no-validate --plaintext --no-split -o - news.texi > ../NEWS makeinfo --no-validate --plaintext --no-split -o - onews.texi > ../ONEWS make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/doc' make -C etc all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/etc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/etc' cd lisp; make ess-autoloads.el make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' make[1]: 'ess-autoloads.el' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' G6WM1J3-89CBD7 ~/ess-latest $ make install ********************* VERSIONS ************************** GNU Emacs 29.1 ESS 18.10.3snapshot ESSR 1.8 ********************************************************* make -C lisp all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' make -C doc all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/doc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/doc' make -C etc all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/etc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/etc' cd lisp; make ess-autoloads.el make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' make[1]: 'ess-autoloads.el' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/rlerche/ess-latest/lisp' mkdir -p /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess cp -p -R ./* /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ess/ G6WM1J3-89CBD7 ~/ess-latest $ exit -----Original Message----- From: ESS-bugs <ess-bugs-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of ess-bugs-ow...@r-project.org Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2023 8:13 AM To: Robert Lerche <rler...@pacificbiosciences.com> Subject: RE: [R-win] Difficulty installing R packages under Windows 11 / Cygwin [EXTERNAL MESSAGE] Be mindful when clicking links or attachments After content filtering, the message was empty [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ ESS-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help
