Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Farrel Buchinsky Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com>wrote: > Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path. > > 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-admin.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. > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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