You do need Windows Perl, but I have only tested ActiveState perl. Cygwin Perl wil not work: it does not understand the Windows paths.
We've never seen a problem with ActiveState perl on XP. On 15 Feb 2003, Douglas Bates wrote: > Is there a recommended binary version of perl to use under Windows XP > for `Rcmd build'? The R FAQ for Windows just mentions "perl". I > think that Kevin Wang's document on R for Windows suggests ActiveState > perl but I have not been able to install it. > > I am running Windows XP Professional on a laptop. The operating > system was originally Windows 98 then upgraded to Windows ME then to > XP Pro. I have downloaded the MSI installer version of ActiveState > perl 5.8.0 and tried to install it. All that happens when I execute > the installer is that I get a command prompt window that exits a few > moments later, apparently with no effect. I tried this a few times, > rebooted the computer and tried again and still no luck. I then > removed the 5.8.0 installer and downloaded the ActivePerl-5.6.1.635 > MSI installer instead but the same thing happened. > > Should I try Apache Perl or some other binary distribution instead? > > -- 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 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
