> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:04 AM > To: Duncan Murdoch > Cc: R; Uwe Ligges; Farrel Buchinsky > Subject: Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs > > Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
I recommend that also. Here is the SETPATH.BAT file that I put into my Rtools directory that sets up PATH so it can be used for building R and R packages. I run it from within the cmd window I will use for building packages. Note that it totally replaces the current value of PATH with a new one; it does not append or prepend entries to the existing one. You will have to adjust the entries for you own machine. It is safe to add other entries (like e:\cygwin\bin) to the end of this PATH, but you might run into trouble putting entries at the front of PATH. (I have a similar script to run before building packages for S+, whose package building system uses the Microsoft compilers and ActiveState perl but no cygwin tools.) E:\>type e:\Rtools\SETPATH.BAT set RTOOLS=E:\Rtools REM RHOME is for use in this script, R_HOME will be set by R itself. set RHOME=E:\R-svn\r-devel set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS set PATH=%RTOOLS%\bin;%RTOOLS%\perl\bin;%RTOOLS%\MinGW\bin;%PATH% set PATH=%RHOME%\bin;%PATH% set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\Inno Setup 5 set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\CollabNet Subversion Server Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software Inc - Spotfire Division wdunlap tibco.com > > Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with > the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools > bin directory to your path permanently then you could > find other programs stop working. That actually happened > to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered > that Rtools was the culprit. > > If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have > that problem. > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan > Murdoch<murd...@stats.uwo.ca> wrote: > > On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote: > >> > >> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In > other words from > >> where do I issue the command and what is the command. > > > > You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set > your path. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > >> Farrel Buchinsky > >> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870 > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch > <murd...@stats.uwo.ca> wrote: > >> > >>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have previously read "R Installation and > Administration". I read it > >>>> again. It does not help me > >>>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level > instructions. > >>>> Where > >>>> can I find them. > >>>> > >>> Follow the link. If Windows can't find tar, your toolset > is installed > >>> incorrectly. > >>> > >>> Duncan Murdoch > >>> > >>> > >>>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source > packages if you have > >>>> the > >>>> source-code package files (option "Source Package > Installation Files" in > >>>> the > >>>> installer) and toolset (see The Windows > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > toolset<file:///C:/Program%20Files/R/R-2.9.1/doc/manual/R-admi > n.html#The-Windows-toolset>) > >>>> > >>>> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by > >>>> install.packages > >>>> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options > under Windows > >>>> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular > there is a > >>>> choice > >>>> of the types of documentation to be installed. > >>>> Farrel Buchinsky > >>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > >>>> > >>>> See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for > information on > >>>> how > >>>>> > >>>>> to install source packages on Windows. > >>>>> > >>>>> Uwe Ligges > >>>>> > >>>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI > am getting an > >>>>> error > >>>>>> > >>>>>> message > >>>>>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external > command, operable > >>>>>> program or batch file. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive? > >>>>>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it > all in my > >>>>>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program > >>>>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program > >>>>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all > there or will the > >>>>>> Rcmd > >>>>>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP. > >>>>>> Farrel Buchinsky > >>>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck > >>>>>> <ggrothendi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have haven't neen following this thread but: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as > >>>>>>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so > >>>>>>> that its not the same name as the built file about to > be created. > >>>>>>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs > directory. The third > >>>>>>> builds > >>>>>>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz. The fourth > >>>>>>> installs the built source file into R. I've assumed Windows. > >>>>>>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz > >>>>>>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz > >>>>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs > >>>>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> or > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built > source file then > >>>>>>> you > >>>>>>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need > >>>>>>> the others. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel > Buchinsky<fjb...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs" > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the > >>>>>>>> RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz > >>>>>>>> to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory > called RGoogleDocs > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> under > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Library and then change to that directory? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Farrel Buchinsky > >>>>>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ggrothendi...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Finally enter into the Windows console: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs > >>>>>>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs > >>>>>>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename > >>>>>>>>> created by the build. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
