Great thank you - are there any resources that step through how to use RTools to compile the source package and install it in R on (64-bit windows) ?
>>> Berend Hasselman <b...@xs4all.nl> 8/07/2013 6:38 pm >>> On 08-07-2013, at 02:15, "Lucy Leigh" <lucy.le...@newcastle.edu.au> wrote: > Hi, > I have a source package that isn't available as a windows zip file. Can > anyone explain to me how I can install this on my windows R platform? > When I use the following code: > install.packages("PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz", type = "source") > > Where did you get that version from? CRAN has version 3.0.20 and that is available as a binary Windows package (.zip). As for the error message: you have to have Rtools installed to compile source packages. Berend > I get this error message: > > > > * installing *source* package 'PReMiuM' ... > ** libs > > *** arch - i386 > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'PReMiuM' > * removing 'C:/Program Files/R/R-3.0.1/library/PReMiuM' > Warning messages: > 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-30~1.1/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l > "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.1\library" "PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz"' had status > 1 > 2: In install.packages("PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz", type = "source") : > installation of package ‘PReMiuM_3.0.21.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit > status >> > > Thanks for any help anyone can give me, > Lucy > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.