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On November 29, 2014 8:51:23 PM PST, Erin Hodgess <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello everyone! > >I'm trying to install R-3.1.2 from source on a Windows 8 laptop. > >I installed Rtools 3.1 as administrator and is was fine so far. > >Then I downloaded the R-3.1.2.tar.gz file and attempted to use the tar >command, >also from the shell as administrator. > >I keep getting the following: >tar -xf R-3.1.2.tar.gz >tar(child): gzip: Cannot exec: no such file or directory >tar(child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now >tar: Child returned status 2 >tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > >I have downloaded from several different mirrors, (both Rtools and >R-3.1.2.tar.gz), and have turned off the firewall (McAfee). > >Has anyone else run into this, please? > >Thanks so much, >Sincerely, >Erin ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
