Hi, I have had a look at the manual but it makes no sense to me. I have downloaded RTools, and the InnoSetup, but I don't understand how to use these to install my package? Am I meant to be writing commands in R itself, or in these other things I've downloaded? Lucy
>>> Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@gmail.com> 9/07/2013 5:30 pm >>> Hi Lucy: Did you look at the R Installation and Administration manuals? There's a good section about installing on Windows via Rtools. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Lucy Leigh <lucy.le...@newcastle.edu.au>wrote: > 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. > -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.