Dear all, I write to you because there seems to be something I'm just not 'getting' in the way R lets you construct a new package. Google and this mailing list's archive don't seem to have the answer to my specific case so I signed up and mailed the question myself.
So I've written this function that I wan't to make a package out of. Here is what I've done so far: 1) I've used "package.skeleton(MyFunction)" on it (with no futher arguments) to create the package. 2) I edited the DESCRIPTION file and the manual page in the man folder according to the specifications in the R tutorial 3) I opened a command window to run the commands "Rcmd build" and "Rcmd check" on my package (my OS is windows Vista) 4) I corrected the warnings and errors given in the log file and repeated step3 until there were no more warnings 5) I started the RGui (version 2.10.1) to check if the package was working. I used the menu option "Install packages from local zip file' This is were the problem occured. Namely, when trying to install my package from local zip file, I get the error message: > utils:::menuInstallLocal() Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning messages: 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file 2: In gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open compressed file 'pggui_2.1.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory' By checking the file manually, I can confirm that the DESCRIPTION file is in fact in the right location, that it's content has the correct structure as dictated by the R tutorial, and that the file has all the right permissions granted. What could it be, and how can I find the answer to this problem? My thanks in advance, Mipam Bruining [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.