Hi! In the bat file where you specified the paths to perl, miktex bin directory you can also set the TMPDIR by:
set TMPDIR =c:/path/toAnExistingTempDirectory Eryk *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/27/2004 at 2:20 PM TEMPL Matthias wrote: >Thank you for your help. I´m sorry that I found not the right > entries in the R-devel. Now, I have again a problem. > > After installing all needed things I have run > Rcmd INSTALL -l ../mypkg and respectively > make mypkg > > By running Rcmd check I get following message: > * checking for working latex ...Error: environment > variable TMPDIR not set (or set to unusable value) and no > default available. At > D:\Programme\R\rw1090\share\perl/R/Utils.pm line 153 > > By running Rcmd built I get following message: > Please set TMPDIR to a valid temporary directory > > My TMPDIR is on "D:\temp" , which is known by R. > In "Utils.pm" I have no idea how to set TMPDIR at sub R_tempfile > > Maybe this problem was discussed in Oct 2002. > > Can anybody help me again please? > > Thanks, > Matthias > > (I´m running R version 1.9.0 on Windows XP, perl 5.8.3) > >> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> > Von: Uwe Ligges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2004 09:26 >> > An: TEMPL Matthias >> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Betreff: Re: [R] Rcmd check, windows xp, perl >> > >> > >> > TEMPL Matthias wrote: >> > >> > > Dear R users, >> > > >> > > With package.skeleton() i have produced successfully my >> > .Rd´s, ... Now >> > > i will run Rcmd check on ..\R\bin\ >> > > >> > > But Rcmd check (and build) on my Windows XP does not work. It`s a >> > > problem with "perl". (Translated i get the message: >> > > The instruction Perl is either wrongly written or could not >> > not be found.) >> > > >> > > In help("check") I found this: >> > > "These may not work correctly under Windows 95/98/ME >> because of >> > > problems Perl has launching programs on those limited OSes." >> > > >> > > And in the R-devel I found following from Prof. Brian Ripley: >> > > "2) On Windows, we did hope to make Rcmd check the >> > standard way. >> > > Unfortunately, a whole series Perl builds were >> broken, so make >> > > pkgcheck-foo is still preferred." >> > > >> > > But i can not find something like "pkgcheck" and Rcmd >> does not work. >> > > >> > > (I use R version 1.9.0 on Windows XP, IBM Computer) >> > >> > On Windows XP everything is fine. >> > >> > Please read ..../src/gnuwin32/readme.packages and follow the >> > instructions therein exactly. >> > In particular: Do you have perl installed? >> > >> > Uwe Ligges >> > >> > >> > > Can anybody help me please? >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > >> > > Matthias >> > > >> > > ______________________________________________ >> > > [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 >> > >> > >> > >______________________________________________ >[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 Dipl. bio-chem. Eryk Witold Wolski @ MPI-Moleculare Genetic Ihnestrasse 63-73 14195 Berlin 'v' tel: 0049-30-83875219 / \ mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---W-W---- http://www.molgen.mpg.de/~wolski ______________________________________________ [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