On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, W. Beldman wrote: > Recently I tried to install a package in R version 1.8.1 for Windows. First I > un".tar.gz"ed it and ".zip"ed it back in to be able to use the option Install > package(s) from local zip files...
So it was not a binary package, but a source package? No wonder it failed. Please let us know from which document you got the idea that your procedure would produce a valid package, so we can correct it. > Unfortunately tis error message appeared: > Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) : > Malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field Note `Bundle' here. Your file format is completely wrong. > It's correct that the DESCRIPTION file does not have a Contains field, but I > can't figure out why it's mandatory and what values it may contain. The manual > Writing R Extensions doesn't even mention this field in paragraph 1.1.1 > > Any clues how I can make this package running? > Note that it's not CRAN but self written, but as I'm told it have worked before > (probably in a Linux environment). You have to INSTALL source packages even on Windows: it is all explained in the rw-FAQ. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html