On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The file is src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL. > > You do not want --vanilla: the point is to run R under normal conditions > to pick up the value it uses. There is a workaround on the Unix side, nd > I will add a similar one to the Windows code.
Ah, you're right, that was the purpose of adding it the first place. > > There will be the usual delays in this getting into an alpha Windows > binary, so please try > > https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL > > (save it and drop it into the R_HOME/bin directory). Done. Tested. Works. Thanks! /Henrik > > On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > > > I located the problem to INSTALL. If no the library path is not > > passed explicitly, that is no -l option is use, the following code in > > called: > > > > 132: my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--slave"); > > 133: $library = @out[0]; > > 134: $library = Win32::GetShortPathName($library) if $library =~ / /; > > 135: print "installing to '$library'\n"; > > > > In my .Rprofile I write a message "$HOME2/.Rprofile ...done" to > > stdout. This is what is picked up in @out[0] above, and then I guess > > the code on line 134 turns this into an empty string (somehow). By > > adding option --vanilla to the R call, this problem goes away. > > > > Here is a patch to $R_HOME/bin/INSTALL. > > > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.5.0alpha\bin>diff INSTALL INSTALL.new > > 132c132 > > < my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--slave"); > > --- > >> my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--vanilla --slave"); > > > > > > I'm not sure if that INSTALL is in the source. The only thing I can > > find in the SVN is INSTALL.in > > (https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/scripts/INSTALL.in), but that > > contains no such line of code?!? > > > > /Henrik > > > > > > On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > >> > >> > Hi. > >> > > >> > On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Nothing has changed here for three months, AFAICS. However, I noticed > >> you > >> >> have installed R into a directory with a space in the path, despite the > >> >> advice not to. OTOH, I have just tested installing where you did, and > >> >> was able to install R.oo: > >> >> > >> >> [c:/Program Files/R/R-2.5.0alpha/bin]% ./Rcmd INSTALL > >> >> d:/R/packages/contrib/R.oo_1.2.3.tar.gz > >> >> installing to 'c:/PROGRA~1/R/R-25~1.0AL/library' > >> >> ... > >> > > >> > Thank you for this confirmation. It is odd though, because so have > >> > also I done successfully for years. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Windows, INSTALL is a Perl script. Please debug it to see what is > >> >> going wrong on your setup (it is working for many others). > >> > > >> > I will debug INSTALL to see what might go wrong. I'll see if I can > >> > locate an earlier version of R 2.5.0 alpha to see if the error really > >> > is there or not. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> You can of course specify -l to workaround this. > >> >> > >> >> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Hi, > >> >> > > >> >> > I've just downloaded the latest R v2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-04 r41043) for > >> >> > >> >> That is not the latest binary build I am offered, let alone the latest > >> >> sources. > >> > > >> > Got it from the UC Davis CRAN mirror about an one hour before my message. > >> > >> There is not much point in getting alpha/betas from mirrors: they can > >> introduce another 24-hour delay. > >> > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Henrik > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > WinXP. When I try to > >> >> > install a package R tries to install it to a no-name (empty name) > >> >> > directory (causing error downstream): > >> >> > > >> >> > RCMD INSTALL R.oo > >> >> > installing to '' > >> >> > > >> >> > FYI: Package install perfectly on R v2.4.1 patched, and did so also on > >> >> > earlier R v2.5.0 devel/alpha(?) versions. > >> >> > > >> >> > Current directory is: > >> >> > C:\tmp > >> >> > > >> >> > with subdirectory R.oo/ containing inst/ man/ R/ DESCRIPTION as usual. > >> >> > > >> >> > I noticed the following in CHANGES and NEWS related to R CMD INSTALL: > >> >> > > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL now installs by default into the first library on > >> >> > the library path if R was run in the current environment. > >> >> > Similarly, R CMD REMOVE by default removes from that library. > >> >> > R CMD INSTALL does a better job of removing its temporary > >> >> > directory. > >> >> > > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL and R CMD REMOVE now use as the default library > >> >> > (if -l is not specified) the first library that would be used > >> >> > if R were run in the current environment (and they run R to > >> >> > find it). > >> >> > > >> >> > o R CMD INSTALL now prepends the installation directory (if > >> >> > specified) to the library search path. > >> >> > > >> >> > But my I do have: > >> >> > > >> >> >> .libPaths() > >> >> > [1] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.5.0alpha/library" > >> >> > > >> >> > My setup: > >> >> > echo %RHOME%: > >> >> > C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.5.0alpha > >> >> >> .libPaths() > >> >> > [1] "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-2.5.0alpha/library" > >> >> >> sessionInfo() > >> >> > R version 2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-04 r41043) > >> >> > i386-pc-mingw32 > >> >> > locale: > >> >> > LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United > >> >> States.1252;LC_MON > >> >> > ETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United > >> >> States.1252 > >> >> > attached base packages: > >> >> > [1] "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" > >> "methods" > >> >> > [7] "base" > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Any help appreciated > >> >> > > >> >> > Henrik > >> >> > > >> >> > ______________________________________________ > >> >> > 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 > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > >> > > > > -- > 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
