Sorry, it seems as this was my mistake. I did not set the PATH environment correctly. Now it works perfectly! As the status messages told me that a zip file was created I thought that rtools was integrated correctly.
Thanks for your help Jannis --- Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> schrieb am Mi, 23.2.2011: > Von: Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> > Betreff: Re: [R] building zipped package with windows > An: "Jannis" <bt_jan...@yahoo.de> > CC: r-help@r-project.org > Datum: Mittwoch, 23. Februar, 2011 13:37 Uhr > On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Jannis wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > i would like to build an own package using: > > > > R CMD INSTALL --html --build --auto-zip -l folder > spectral.methods > > > > it seems to succeed as I get the following messages: > > > > * installing *source* package 'spectral.methods' ... > > ** R > > ** data > > Warning: empty 'data' directory > > ** preparing package for lazy loading > > ** help > > *** installing help indices > > converting help for package 'spectral.methods' > > finding HTML links ... done > > filter.tseries.SSA > > html > > gapfilling.SSA > > html > > spectral.methods-package > html > > ** building package indices ... > > ** testing if installed package can be loaded > > * MD5 sums > > packaged installation of 'spectral.methods' as > spectral.methods_1.0.zip > > > > * DONE (spectral.methods) > > > > I can also load the package using > library('spectral.methods') and everything seems to work > fine. The way I understand the R CMD INSTALL command, > however, lets me to expect that a zipped directory is > created which does not happen. > > Well, it said it was: > > > packaged installation of 'spectral.methods' as > spectral.methods_1.0.zip > > and that is how all the CRAN binaries are made. So > look for a file of that name. > > > Do I need to zip the folder independently? Do I need > to install some sort of zipping program? > > You did, in Rtools .... > > > I have installed rtools. > > > > Cheers > > Jannis > > -- Brian D. Ripley, > rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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.