Tobias Schoch wrote:
Dear R users,
My set-up: OS=Windows XP, R-2.9.2, Rtools210
I faced the follwing problem with the package compilation: There is no
"/inst" or "/etc" subdirectory in the package-zip-file. And the content of
the "/etc" subdirectory is lost, too. I tried a simplified "test" package.
The "test" package has the following structure (see also attachement: "test"
package as source file):
/test
|---/inst
| |---/etc
| |---menus.txt
|
|---/man
| |---mymean.Rd
| |---test-package.Rd
|
|---/R
| |---mymean.R
|
|---NAMESPACE
|---DESCRIPTION
The file "menus.txt" (inspired by the Rcmdr menu structure) contains one
single comment line. The file "mymean.R" contains a simple function that
computes the mean.
Situation A) [R CMD BUILD test] works fine and the tar-ball contains the
subdirectory "/inst/etc/" and the file "menus.txt".
Situation B) [R CMD INSTALL --build test] generates the "test_1.0.zip" file
without any error message. But: 1) This zip-file does neither contain the
"/etc" folder nor the "menus.txt" file. 2) The installation created the
folder "/test" in the library path /R-2.9.2/library/test/ , but this folder
is locked by WindowsXP. That is, the access is denied and can only be
resolved by re-defining the owner and the permission rights. 3) Having
removed the package from the library, and trying to install the zip-package
using "install from local zip files..." does the installation. But, the
"/etc" folder is empty; the file "menus.txt" is missing.
Probably the installation process in your Situation B) is never finished
and hangs up due to misconfiguration of your tools or due to wrong
permissions somewhere. I do not have any problem and explicitly tested
with ./inst/etc/menus.txt (only difference is that I do not have exactly
Rtools10 installed, but something that is extremely close).
Try to make a clean setup of all your tools and double check your PATH
variable.
Best,
Uwe Ligges
Is there a known problem/bug in the "R CMD INSTALL --build" process dealing
with the subdirectories "/inst" and "/etc" and the contents of the these
folders? How to resolve the problem?
Thanks
Tobias
http://www.nabble.com/file/p25609569/source_test.zip source_test.zip
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