Hello, I installed git bash for windows, R, RStudio, and R Tools on a fresh Windows 10 machine.
I followed the directions for RTools: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools40.html I added RTools to my user path, but I was getting an error when installing jsonlite from source (even though it could find "make" correctly). So, I tried the .Renviron method, and that didn't work either. I was getting errors like this: > install.packages("jsonlite", type = "source") --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/jsonlite_1.8.3.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1053099 bytes (1.0 MB) downloaded 1.0 MB * installing *source* package 'jsonlite' ... ** package 'jsonlite' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked ** using staged installation ** libs gcc -I"C:/Users/XXXXXXX/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-42~1.2/include" -DNDEBUG -Iyajl/api -I"c:/rtools42/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include" -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -O2 -Wall -std=gnu99 -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign -c base64.c -o base64.o sh: line 1: gcc: command not found make: *** [C:/Users/ XXXXXXX /AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-42~1.2/etc/x64/Makeconf:253: base64.o] Error 127 ERROR: compilation failed for package 'jsonlite' * removing 'C:/Users/375492/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.2.2/library/jsonlite' The downloaded source packages are in ‘C:\Users\ XXXXXXX \AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpeCLXit\downloaded_packages’ Warning message: In install.packages("jsonlite", type = "source") : installation of package ‘jsonlite’ had non-zero exit status I can't reproduce this part, but at one point it said that gcc wasn't found in C:\rtools40\mingw_64\bin (not sure where the underscore was, but it had an underscore) I noticed that my folder is named C:\rtools40\mingw64\bin That gave me the idea to add C:\rtools40\mingw64\bin to my user path which resolved the issues. Adding that to the path allowed me to compile from source, etc. Fixed RStudio and the R GUI (whatever we call it now). TLDR: I think there's a bug in the installer or something that creating an incompatible path name with an underscore, or the instructions are missing the advice to add C:\rtools40\mingw{WIN}\bin to the path. Somewhat related: By the way, I think adding RTools to the user path is the superior option for Windows users, and I would like to propose an edit to that documentation. First, it will help avoid complications for users who may experience different paths for ~ depending on network availability. Second, it is a more standard way to edit the path and helps users learn what's going on with the path and makes R less of a mysterious "exception to the rule". No other program uses ~/.Renviron to edit the path. Although it's worth mentioning the option to create ~/.Renviorn, it shouldn't be the primary instruction. Would it be possible to create a pull request for those edits? I don't know where that documentation is maintained. Thank you, and I hope you all are doing well. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
