Hello everyone! I'm trying to install R-3.1.2 from source on a Windows 8 laptop.
I installed Rtools 3.1 as administrator and is was fine so far. Then I downloaded the R-3.1.2.tar.gz file and attempted to use the tar command, also from the shell as administrator. I keep getting the following: tar -xf R-3.1.2.tar.gz tar(child): gzip: Cannot exec: no such file or directory tar(child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors I have downloaded from several different mirrors, (both Rtools and R-3.1.2.tar.gz), and have turned off the firewall (McAfee). Has anyone else run into this, please? Thanks so much, Sincerely, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Mathematical and Statistics University of Houston - Downtown mailto: [email protected] [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
