Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
On 2/24/24 01:01, David Winsemius wrote: On 2/23/24 14:34, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or something. I suppose making sure that whatever directory holds your Rtools code is on your path would be a good idea. I wondered if there's an environment variable that could be set, but reading the page on using Rtools did not mention one until I got down to the section on building R from source which is surely NOT what you want to do.. You should read the information on installation and building packages from source. https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html which includes this sentence: "It is recommended to use the defaults and install into|c:/rtools43|. When done that way, Rtools43 may be used in the same R session which installed it or which was started before Rtools43 was installed." Yes, for regular users, who just want to install R packages on Windows from source (packages that include C, C++ of Fortran code), all that is needed is to: - install R from the official installer provided by CRAN - install Rtools (also from CRAN) for that version of R (so Rtools42 for R 4.2, Rtools43 for R 4.3, Rtools44 for R-devel/to become R 4.4) If both is done accepting the defaults, no additional configuration is needed. R will automatically find Rtools when it needs it. One can have multiple versions of R and multiple versions of Rtools installed on the system, R will find and use the version of Rtools it needs. Tomas But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using Windows and from within RSTUDIO. In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO which can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make binaries available in the first place? Binaries are automatically produced by CRAN but perhaps you are trying to install from some other source? It would help if you could be specific about several missing pieces of information: Operating system, R version, Rtools version, current location of Rtools, names of packages and where they were obtained. Regards and good luck; David (a.k.a IRTFM) Avi [[alternative HTML version deleted]] Rhelp is a plain text mailing list. You should configure your email client to send only plain-text and NOT html. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2024, at 18:19, Sorkin, John wrote: > > David, > > I greatly appreciate the explanation you gave regarding R tools providing > tools available in Linux distros, but not found in Windows. (I am using a > windows system). Does this mean that Linux users don't need to use R tools > when they want to compile R code. Yes. That’s been true for me anyway. On a Mac I need to make sure I have the proper C and Fortran compilers and the proper environment variables , which are always provided by Saint Simon Urbanek at the att.research site. — David. > > Additionally, thank you for the information about what I should read. I will > look at the material again, and hopefully things the material you suggest I > read will be more understandable. > > John > > P.S. This email should be in txt format, not html. I sent if from my desktop > windows machine which provides more options than does my iPhone. > > > > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; > Associate Director for Biostatistics and Informatics, Baltimore VA Medical > Center Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center; > PI Biostatistics and Informatics Core, University of Maryland School of > Medicine Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; > Senior Statistician University of Maryland Center for Vascular Research; > > Division of Gerontology and Paliative Care, > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > Cell phone 443-418-5382 > > > > > > From: David Winsemius > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 8:14 PM > To: Sorkin, John > Cc: avi.e.gr...@gmail.com; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it > > > On 2/23/24 16:28, Sorkin, John wrote: > David, > My apologies regarding the format of my email. I am replying using my iPhone, > and I can’t find a way to switch from what I suspect is html to txt format. > The link you sent told me that R tools allows compilation of code. > > > It's specifically designed to provide the code tools missing in Windows that > would other wise have been provided by a typical Linux distro. More > expansively, it allows compilation of code written in C and/or Fortran using > the version that was used to build the matching R version and allows it to be > called by the routines written in R that bind a package together. > > This is good to know, but beyond this important fact, the rest of the > material was close to unintelligible. > > The phrase "the rest of the material" is not specific enough to offer more > explanation. You should quote material that is beyond your understanding. You > should only be reading the sections named: "Installing Rtools43" and > "Building packages from source using Rtools43". I doubt that material further > on would be relevant. > > -- > > David > > I doubt this is the fault of the author, it is probably because I lack some > basic knowledge. Can you suggest some more basic material I can read. Please > note. I am not computer naive, I am simply missing basic knowledge of the > material discussed in the web page. > Thank you, > John > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Professor of Medicine > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and > Geriatric Medicine > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > (Phone) 410-605-7119 > (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to > faxing) > > On Feb 23, 2024, at 7:01 PM, David Winsemius > <mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > On 2/23/24 14:34, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com<mailto:avi.e.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. > > I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine > and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are > available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or > something. > > > I suppose making sure that whatever directory holds your Rtools code is > on your path would be a good idea. I wondered if there's an environment > variable that could be set, but reading the page on using Rtools did not > mention one until I got down to the section on building R from source > which is surely NOT what you want to do.. You should read the > information on installation and building packages from source. > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html<https://c
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
David, I greatly appreciate the explanation you gave regarding R tools providing tools available in Linux distros, but not found in Windows. (I am using a windows system). Does this mean that Linux users don't need to use R tools when they want to compile R code? Additionally, thank you for the information about what I should read. I will look at the material again, and hopefully things the material you suggest I read will be more understandable. John P.S. This email should be in txt format, not html. I sent if from my desktop windows machine which provides more options than does my iPhone. John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Director for Biostatistics and Informatics, Baltimore VA Medical Center Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center; PI Biostatistics and Informatics Core, University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Senior Statistician University of Maryland Center for Vascular Research; Division of Gerontology and Paliative Care, 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 Cell phone 443-418-5382 From: David Winsemius Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 8:14 PM To: Sorkin, John Cc: avi.e.gr...@gmail.com; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it On 2/23/24 16:28, Sorkin, John wrote: David, My apologies regarding the format of my email. I am replying using my iPhone, and I can’t find a way to switch from what I suspect is html to txt format. The link you sent told me that R tools allows compilation of code. It's specifically designed to provide the code tools missing in Windows that would other wise have been provided by a typical Linux distro. More expansively, it allows compilation of code written in C and/or Fortran using the version that was used to build the matching R version and allows it to be called by the routines written in R that bind a package together. This is good to know, but beyond this important fact, the rest of the material was close to unintelligible. The phrase "the rest of the material" is not specific enough to offer more explanation. You should quote material that is beyond your understanding. You should only be reading the sections named: "Installing Rtools43" and "Building packages from source using Rtools43". I doubt that material further on would be relevant. -- David I doubt this is the fault of the author, it is probably because I lack some basic knowledge. Can you suggest some more basic material I can read. Please note. I am not computer naive, I am simply missing basic knowledge of the material discussed in the web page. Thank you, John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) On Feb 23, 2024, at 7:01 PM, David Winsemius <mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: On 2/23/24 14:34, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com<mailto:avi.e.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or something. I suppose making sure that whatever directory holds your Rtools code is on your path would be a good idea. I wondered if there's an environment variable that could be set, but reading the page on using Rtools did not mention one until I got down to the section on building R from source which is surely NOT what you want to do.. You should read the information on installation and building packages from source. https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html<https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html> which includes this sentence: "It is recommended to use the defaults and install into|c:/rtools43|. When done that way, Rtools43 may be used in the same R session which installed it or which was started before Rtools43 was installed." But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using Windows and from within RSTUDIO. In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTU
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
On 2/23/24 16:28, Sorkin, John wrote: > David, > My apologies regarding the format of my email. I am replying using my > iPhone, and I can’t find a way to switch from what I suspect is html > to txt format. > The link you sent told me that R tools allows compilation of code. It's specifically designed to provide the code tools missing in Windows that would other wise have been provided by a typical Linux distro. More expansively, it allows compilation of code written in C and/or Fortran using the version that was used to build the matching R version and allows it to be called by the routines written in R that bind a package together. > This is good to know, but beyond this important fact, the rest of the > material was close to unintelligible. The phrase "the rest of the material" is not specific enough to offer more explanation. You should quote material that is beyond your understanding. You should only be reading the sections named:"Installing Rtools43" and "Building packages from source using Rtools43". I doubt that material further on would be relevant. -- David > I doubt this is the fault of the author, it is probably because I lack > some basic knowledge. Can you suggest some more basic material I can > read. Please note. I am not computer naive, I am simply missing basic > knowledge of the material discussed in the web page. > Thank you, > John >> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. >> Professor of Medicine >> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics >> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and >> Geriatric Medicine >> Baltimore VA Medical Center >> 10 North Greene Street >> GRECC (BT/18/GR) >> Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 >> (Phone) 410-605-711 9 >> (Fax)410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above >> prior to faxing) > >> On Feb 23, 2024, at 7:01 PM, David Winsemius >> wrote: >> >> >> On 2/23/24 14:34, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: >>> This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. >>> >>> I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my >>> machine >>> and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are >>> available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or >>> something. >> >> >> I suppose making sure that whatever directory holds your Rtools code is >> on your path would be a good idea. I wondered if there's an environment >> variable that could be set, but reading the page on using Rtools did not >> mention one until I got down to the section on building R from source >> which is surely NOT what you want to do.. You should read the >> information on installation and building packages from source. >> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcran.r-project.org%2Fbin%2Fwindows%2Fbase%2Fhowto-R-devel.html=05%7C02%7CJSorkin%40som.umaryland.edu%7C7000449b5bd74e1d6cbb08dc34cbcba8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C638443297110517980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C=%2B1tC1ROo11Bj1dPg7Ho9lDcVfL31Y3mCYUYqwDcyKs4%3D=0 >> >> which >> includes this sentence: >> >> "It is recommended to use the defaults and install into|c:/rtools43|. >> When done that way, Rtools43 may be used in the same R session which >> installed it or which was started before Rtools43 was installed." >> >>> >>> But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the >>> tabyl() >>> function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning >>> when I >>> install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it >>> fails. I >>> assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are >>> both using >>> Windows and from within RSTUDIO. >>> >>> In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just >>> moved >>> on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a >>> work-around. >>> >>> And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO >>> which >>> can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. >>> >>> Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make >>> binaries >>> available in the first place? >> >> Binaries are automatically produced by CRAN but perhaps you are trying >> to install from some other source? It would help if you could be >> specific about several missing pieces of information: Operating system, >> R version, Rtools version, current location of Rtools, names of packages >> and where they were obtained. >> >> >> Regards and good luck; >> >> David (a.k.a IRTFM) >> >>> Avi >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> Rhelp is a plain text mailing list. You should configure your email >> client to send only plain-text and NOT html. >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> __ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
RTools is a set of command-line programs needed for compiling R and its packages on Windows. You don't need it if your OS is not Windows. In theory, users on Windows should not need to worry about compiling packages to binary (zip) form, because CRAN compiles the source code for every package that supports Windows and just updating in a few days should bring in the current binaries. In practice, that task seems to always be lagging for certain packages, so you may end up using old versions of packages if you only rely on binary packages. Tidyverse packages seem to be among the worst in this respect.. there are many many dependencies and getting just one old one can make it all but impossible to get a current set of top-level Tidyverse packages. I think this is the strongest argument for teaching beginners to use Bsse R at first... the most plaintive cries come from beginners tasked with preparing their Windows computers to use tidyverse for their "class" at times when the binary files are very out of date. Once installed and an RtoolsXX directory is present, it is still necessary to add the Rtools\mingw64\bin directory to your PATH environment variable so R can find it. Unfortunately there is no one way to do this because some people use multiple versions of R/Rtools and you can't just add all of them to your PATH. One of my preferred ways is to put the following in a newly-created .Rprofile text file in the Documents directory Sys.setenv( PATH=paste( "C:\\Rtools43\\mingw64", Sys.getenv( "PATH" ), sep=";" ) ) after restarting R it should be ready to install source packages when needed. The problem is that beginners rarely remember doing this and after updating to R/Rtools 4.4.0 they will not understand why all their existing packages disappear (they must be reinstalled for each x.y version of R) nor why the source install doesn't work anymore (the 43 in their .Rprofile file which they have long ago forgotten must be updated to 44). On February 23, 2024 3:39:28 PM PST, "Sorkin, John" wrote: >Avi , >Your question is not dumb. Let me ask a more fundamental question. What is R >tools, what does it do, and how is it used. From time to time, I receive a >message when I down load a package saying I need R tools. When I receive the >message, I don’t know what I should do, other than down load R tools. >John >John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. >Professor of Medicine >Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics >University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and >Geriatric Medicine >Baltimore VA Medical Center >10 North Greene Street >GRECC (BT/18/GR) >Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 >(Phone) 410-605-7119 >(Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to >faxing) > >On Feb 23, 2024, at 5:34 PM, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: > >This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. > >I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine >and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are >available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or >something. > >But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() >function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I >install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I >assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using >Windows and from within RSTUDIO. > >In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved >on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. > >And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO which >can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. > >Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make binaries >available in the first place? > >Avi > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >__ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help=05%7C02%7CJSorkin%40som.umaryland.edu%7C8d5f2c8346f24559a7f908dc34bf9979%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C638443244987424663%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C6%7C%7C%7C=BO9wgkrjNmI4j2deiBDxHw%2F9tVjynfQYEHhBZ8BGq%2Fk%3D=0 >PLEASE do read the posting guide >https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html=05%7C02%7CJSorkin%40som.umaryland.edu%7C8d5f2c8346f24559a7f908dc34bf9979%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C638443244987432863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C6%7C%7C%7C=kVnTbE6ZEpmJ88Zmu%2FUbUH%2F%2FnjoSHSmDjuIxxxw3uz8%3D=0 >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
On 2/23/24 15:39, Sorkin, John wrote: Avi , Your question is not dumb. Let me ask a more fundamental question. What is R tools, what does it do, and how is it used. From time to time, I receive a message when I down load a package saying I need R tools. When I receive the message, I don’t know what I should do, other than down load R tools. https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html And do configure your client to send only plain-text. -- David. John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) On Feb 23, 2024, at 5:34 PM, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
On 2/23/24 14:34, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: > This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. > > I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine > and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are > available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or > something. I suppose making sure that whatever directory holds your Rtools code is on your path would be a good idea. I wondered if there's an environment variable that could be set, but reading the page on using Rtools did not mention one until I got down to the section on building R from source which is surely NOT what you want to do.. You should read the information on installation and building packages from source. https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/howto-R-devel.html which includes this sentence: "It is recommended to use the defaults and install into|c:/rtools43|. When done that way, Rtools43 may be used in the same R session which installed it or which was started before Rtools43 was installed." > > But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() > function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I > install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I > assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using > Windows and from within RSTUDIO. > > In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved > on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. > > And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO which > can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. > > Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make binaries > available in the first place? Binaries are automatically produced by CRAN but perhaps you are trying to install from some other source? It would help if you could be specific about several missing pieces of information: Operating system, R version, Rtools version, current location of Rtools, names of packages and where they were obtained. Regards and good luck; David (a.k.a IRTFM) > Avi > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] Rhelp is a plain text mailing list. You should configure your email client to send only plain-text and NOT html. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] Rtools and things dependent on it
Avi , Your question is not dumb. Let me ask a more fundamental question. What is R tools, what does it do, and how is it used. From time to time, I receive a message when I down load a package saying I need R tools. When I receive the message, I don’t know what I should do, other than down load R tools. John John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) On Feb 23, 2024, at 5:34 PM, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or something. But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using Windows and from within RSTUDIO. In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO which can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make binaries available in the first place? Avi [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help=05%7C02%7CJSorkin%40som.umaryland.edu%7C8d5f2c8346f24559a7f908dc34bf9979%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C638443244987424663%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C6%7C%7C%7C=BO9wgkrjNmI4j2deiBDxHw%2F9tVjynfQYEHhBZ8BGq%2Fk%3D=0 PLEASE do read the posting guide https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html=05%7C02%7CJSorkin%40som.umaryland.edu%7C8d5f2c8346f24559a7f908dc34bf9979%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C638443244987432863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C6%7C%7C%7C=kVnTbE6ZEpmJ88Zmu%2FUbUH%2F%2FnjoSHSmDjuIxxxw3uz8%3D=0 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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] Rtools and things dependent on it
This may be a dumb question and the answer may make me feel dumber. I have had trouble for years with R packages wanting Rtools on my machine and not being able to use it. Many packages are fine as binaries are available. I have loaded Rtools and probably need to change my PATH or something. But I recently suggested to someone that they might want to use the tabyl() function in the janitor package that I find helpful. I get a warning when I install it about Rtools but it works fine. When they install it, it fails. I assumed they would get it from CRAN the same way I did as we are both using Windows and from within RSTUDIO. In the past, I have run into other packages I could not use and just moved on but it seems like time to see if this global problem has a work-around. And, in particular, I have the latest versions of both R and RSTUDIO which can be a problem when other things are not as up-to-date. Or, maybe some people with R packages could be convinced to make binaries available in the first place? Avi [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
