[R] problem building first package
Hi, I am trying to build a package from source for the first time. I'm using Windows XP. After R CMD INSTALL or R CMD check I get an error message that I don't understand. I've tried to follow the instrucions provided in the R Installation and Administration .pdf and the text file that comes with Rtools, but most of this is new to me and clearly I'm missing something. Here's what I've done: -Downloaded perl and Rtools and put them in my c directory -Used package.skeleton() to set up the package structure and put the package-to-be removal in C:\toBuild -I edited my path to : C:\Rtools\bin;C:\perl\bin;C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R-2.5.0\bin;... -I changed the following in the MkRules file: 1)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 2)HELPTYPES = -txt 3)WINHELP = NO 4)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 5)R_EXE=C:/R-2.5.0/bin/R.exe -Next, I opened up a command prompt and went to c:/toBuild -Then I ran: R CMD build removal. No problems. -Then I ran: R CMD INSTALL removal_1.0.tar.gz and got this: - installing to 'c:/R-2.5.0/library' latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found -- Making package removal latex: not found adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found installing R files latex: not found installing data files latex: not found installing man source files installing indices latex: not found latex: not found not zipping data installing help Building/Updating help pages for package 'removal' Formats: text chm RemProbs text chm add.error text chm error.plottext chm firstDetect text chm funs text chm path text chm pll2 text chm remll2text chm removal-package text chm removal2 text chm var.d text chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `C:/toBuild/R.INSTALL.3064/removal/chm/removal.chm': No such fil e or directory make[1]: *** [chm-removal] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-removal] Error 2 *** Installation of removal failed *** Removing 'c:/R-2.5.0/library/removal' --- I don't know what hhc is. I'm guessing its trying to build the compiled help files even though I tried to ask for only text files. It also seems to want latex even though I read that it isn't necessary to build simple packages. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Richard -- Richard Chandler, PhD student Department of Natural Resources Conservation UMass Amherst (413)545-1237 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
Re: [R] problem building first package
You can ignore the message about latex (and 2.5.1 RC does not give it). hhc is part of HTML Help Workshop: you either have not installed that or not put it in your path. The settings in MkRules affect the types of help for building R, not 'R CMD INSTALL'. If you only want text help you need to run R CMD INSTALL --docs=txt removal_1.0.tar.gz On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Richard Chandler wrote: Hi, I am trying to build a package from source for the first time. I'm using Windows XP. After R CMD INSTALL or R CMD check I get an error message that I don't understand. I've tried to follow the instrucions provided in the R Installation and Administration .pdf and the text file that comes with Rtools, but most of this is new to me and clearly I'm missing something. Here's what I've done: -Downloaded perl and Rtools and put them in my c directory -Used package.skeleton() to set up the package structure and put the package-to-be removal in C:\toBuild -I edited my path to : C:\Rtools\bin;C:\perl\bin;C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R-2.5.0\bin;... -I changed the following in the MkRules file: 1)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 2)HELPTYPES = -txt 3)WINHELP = NO 4)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 5)R_EXE=C:/R-2.5.0/bin/R.exe The last two are for cross-building, not what you are doing. -Next, I opened up a command prompt and went to c:/toBuild -Then I ran: R CMD build removal. No problems. -Then I ran: R CMD INSTALL removal_1.0.tar.gz and got this: - installing to 'c:/R-2.5.0/library' latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found -- Making package removal latex: not found adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found installing R files latex: not found installing data files latex: not found installing man source files installing indices latex: not found latex: not found not zipping data installing help Building/Updating help pages for package 'removal' Formats: text chm RemProbs text chm add.error text chm error.plottext chm firstDetect text chm funs text chm path text chm pll2 text chm remll2text chm removal-package text chm removal2 text chm var.d text chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `C:/toBuild/R.INSTALL.3064/removal/chm/removal.chm': No such fil e or directory make[1]: *** [chm-removal] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-removal] Error 2 *** Installation of removal failed *** Removing 'c:/R-2.5.0/library/removal' --- I don't know what hhc is. I'm guessing its trying to build the compiled help files even though I tried to ask for only text files. It also seems to want latex even though I read that it isn't necessary to build simple packages. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Richard -- 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, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
Re: [R] problem building first package
Thanks so much. I was able to get it installed using: R CMD INSTALL --docs=normal removal_1.0.tar.gz However, setting --docs=txt gave me this error: ERROR: invalid --docs value `txt' The --help says it needs to be a list, but no matter, --docs=normal worked fine. Quoting Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can ignore the message about latex (and 2.5.1 RC does not give it). hhc is part of HTML Help Workshop: you either have not installed that or not put it in your path. The settings in MkRules affect the types of help for building R, not 'R CMD INSTALL'. If you only want text help you need to run R CMD INSTALL --docs=txt removal_1.0.tar.gz On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Richard Chandler wrote: Hi, I am trying to build a package from source for the first time. I'm using Windows XP. After R CMD INSTALL or R CMD check I get an error message that I don't understand. I've tried to follow the instrucions provided in the R Installation and Administration .pdf and the text file that comes with Rtools, but most of this is new to me and clearly I'm missing something. Here's what I've done: -Downloaded perl and Rtools and put them in my c directory -Used package.skeleton() to set up the package structure and put the package-to-be removal in C:\toBuild -I edited my path to : C:\Rtools\bin;C:\perl\bin;C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R-2.5.0\bin;... -I changed the following in the MkRules file: 1)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 2)HELPTYPES = -txt 3)WINHELP = NO 4)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 5)R_EXE=C:/R-2.5.0/bin/R.exe The last two are for cross-building, not what you are doing. -Next, I opened up a command prompt and went to c:/toBuild -Then I ran: R CMD build removal. No problems. -Then I ran: R CMD INSTALL removal_1.0.tar.gz and got this: - installing to 'c:/R-2.5.0/library' latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found -- Making package removal latex: not found adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found installing R files latex: not found installing data files latex: not found installing man source files installing indices latex: not found latex: not found not zipping data installing help Building/Updating help pages for package 'removal' Formats: text chm RemProbs text chm add.error text chm error.plottext chm firstDetect text chm funs text chm path text chm pll2 text chm remll2text chm removal-package text chm removal2 text chm var.d text chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `C:/toBuild/R.INSTALL.3064/removal/chm/removal.chm': No such fil e or directory make[1]: *** [chm-removal] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-removal] Error 2 *** Installation of removal failed *** Removing 'c:/R-2.5.0/library/removal' --- I don't know what hhc is. I'm guessing its trying to build the compiled help files even though I tried to ask for only text files. It also seems to want latex even though I read that it isn't necessary to build simple packages. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Richard -- 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, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 -- Richard Chandler, PhD student Department of Natural Resources Conservation UMass Amherst (413)545-1237 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
Re: [R] problem building first package
It's a buglet: --docs=txt, works. On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Richard Chandler wrote: Thanks so much. I was able to get it installed using: R CMD INSTALL --docs=normal removal_1.0.tar.gz However, setting --docs=txt gave me this error: ERROR: invalid --docs value `txt' The --help says it needs to be a list, but no matter, --docs=normal worked fine. Quoting Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can ignore the message about latex (and 2.5.1 RC does not give it). hhc is part of HTML Help Workshop: you either have not installed that or not put it in your path. The settings in MkRules affect the types of help for building R, not 'R CMD INSTALL'. If you only want text help you need to run R CMD INSTALL --docs=txt removal_1.0.tar.gz On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Richard Chandler wrote: Hi, I am trying to build a package from source for the first time. I'm using Windows XP. After R CMD INSTALL or R CMD check I get an error message that I don't understand. I've tried to follow the instrucions provided in the R Installation and Administration .pdf and the text file that comes with Rtools, but most of this is new to me and clearly I'm missing something. Here's what I've done: -Downloaded perl and Rtools and put them in my c directory -Used package.skeleton() to set up the package structure and put the package-to-be removal in C:\toBuild -I edited my path to : C:\Rtools\bin;C:\perl\bin;C:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R-2.5.0\bin;... -I changed the following in the MkRules file: 1)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 2)HELPTYPES = -txt 3)WINHELP = NO 4)HEADER=C:/Rtools/MinGW/include 5)R_EXE=C:/R-2.5.0/bin/R.exe The last two are for cross-building, not what you are doing. -Next, I opened up a command prompt and went to c:/toBuild -Then I ran: R CMD build removal. No problems. -Then I ran: R CMD INSTALL removal_1.0.tar.gz and got this: - installing to 'c:/R-2.5.0/library' latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found -- Making package removal latex: not found adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION latex: not found latex: not found latex: not found installing R files latex: not found installing data files latex: not found installing man source files installing indices latex: not found latex: not found not zipping data installing help Building/Updating help pages for package 'removal' Formats: text chm RemProbs text chm add.error text chm error.plottext chm firstDetect text chm funs text chm path text chm pll2 text chm remll2text chm removal-package text chm removal2 text chm var.d text chm hhc: not found cp: cannot stat `C:/toBuild/R.INSTALL.3064/removal/chm/removal.chm': No such fil e or directory make[1]: *** [chm-removal] Error 1 make: *** [pkg-removal] Error 2 *** Installation of removal failed *** Removing 'c:/R-2.5.0/library/removal' --- I don't know what hhc is. I'm guessing its trying to build the compiled help files even though I tried to ask for only text files. It also seems to want latex even though I read that it isn't necessary to build simple packages. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Richard -- 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, UKFax: +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, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
