On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:12:45 +1000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have setup R 1.9.1 on my Dell laptop running windows XP. I have >installed it to C:\R\rw1091. Rgui runs fine, but Rcmd fails if run with >parameters (i.e. install). The windows dialog box cheerfully says "R for >Windows front-end has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are >sorry for the inconvenience." Running the visual C++ debugger informs me >that there is an unhandled exception in rcmd.exe. I have seen similar >problems in R-help and have tried to follow the advice given, but the >earlier problems occurred for Rgui.exe and were overcome by setting the >HOMEPATH variable. I have tried this and set every variable possible to >ensure no blank spaces appear in any of the paths. But still I get this >error. Any further suggestions would be appreciated.
You don't mention your setup. Have you followed the instructions in readme.packages? Rcmd INSTALL sets up environment variables, then runs Perl. I think it's pretty much equivalent to doing the sequence below in a command shell. Can you try those commands, and see if you get an error? set R_HOME=C:/R/rw1091 set R_VERSION=1.9.1 set R_CMD=R CMD set R_OSTYPE=windows set PATH=C:\R\rw1091\bin;your old path set TMPDIR=c:/TEMP (unless you already had TMPDIR set) set PERL5LIB=C:\R\rw1091\share\perl;<old PERL5LIB value, if you had one> set TEXINPUTS=C:\R\rw1091\share\texmf;<old TEXINPUTS, if you had one> perl C:\R\rw1091/bin/INSTALL <other command line args> I think I got all the \ and / right, but I'm not certain. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [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