> Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This will only happen if you installed R without HTML help > and then install a package *with* HTML help *and* do so into > a non-standard directory. That seems an arcane thing to do: > why do you want HTML help for some packages and not others? > You will end up with a partially functional system. > > The fix is simple: put '-' at the beginning of that line > (after the tab) in MakePkg. I've put a more complete > solution in R-devel.
Thanks for the fix. I think the message is more general, though. What I want to do is install the package just with "vanilla help"-- the stuff that comes up in the pager. According to "RCMD INSTALL --help" the only options are "doc=none/normal/chtml/all"-- there's no "vanilla" or equivalent. If I do "doc=none" I don't get vanilla help. So "doc=normal" is required, and this tries to do HTML which I don't need. A vanilla-only option would be ideal, I guess. > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've just had the error below while trying to install a > package from > > source under R2.2.1 and Windows XP. I recall encountering this > > sporadically in the past. It is a pretty confusing message > and took me > > quite some time to figure out; I've seen queries about it on the R <<snipped>> > > ---------- Making package debug ------------ <<snipped>> installing > > indices > > cat: C:/R/RW2021/library/*/CONTENTS: No such file or directory <<snipped>> > > be used? If not, a different error message would be handy. > > The error message is completely informative: why would you > want to change it? I should have said "an additional error message" instead of "a different...". It's pretty difficult for a user to track down where & why it is occurring and whether it matters-- accurate, yes, but not informative! Anyway, maybe otiose now (the more complete solution hasn't made it to the R-devel I got this morning, so I can't check yet). > > > I don't understand enough about makefiles to suggest a patch, > > unfortunately. > > A good learning project for you? true no doubt-- but just one out of so many ... :( Thanks Mark > > > > Mark Bravington > > CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences Marine Laboratory Castray > > Esplanade Hobart 7001 TAS > > > > ph (+61) 3 6232 5118 > > fax (+61) 3 6232 5012 > > mob (+61) 438 315 623 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
