Duncan Murdoch wrote: > Seth Falcon wrote: > >>We are trying to setup a Windows server that will allow any of our >>users to build a binary R package given a source package. >> >>The idea is to have a central R installation and allow users to >>install packages to their own package library for the purposes of >>binary package building. >> >>It seems, however, that write access to $R_HOME is required as part of >>the install step even when -l is used to specify an alternate package >>library. >> >>here's an example of what we're seeing: >> >>C:\rlibdir\hpages>set R_LIBS=c:\rlibdir\hpages >> >>C:\rlibdir\hpages>d:\biocbld\R-devel\bin\R CMD INSTALL -l=%R_LIBS% --build >>Biobase_1.6.7.tar.gz >> >>Using auto-selected zip options 'Biobase-ZIPDATA=zip Biobase-HELP=ziponly' >> >>---------- Making package Biobase ------------ >> adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION >> installing NAMESPACE file and metadata >> making DLL ... >> ... DLL made >> installing DLL >> installing R files >> save image >>Loading required package: tools >>Creating a new generic function for 'ncol' in 'Biobase' >> >> installing inst files >> installing data files >> installing man source files >> installing indices >>cannot create d:/biocbld/R-devel/doc/html/search/index.txt: permission denied
I was also annoyed about this point a couple of times. But what are possible solutions? - not updating indices at all? - provide a switch such as --no-indices for the R CMD tools? - ...? short time workaround: simply give users write access to the few files that have to write to. Uwe Ligges >>make[2]: *** [indices] Error 2 >>make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 >>make: *** [pkg-Biobase] Error 2 >>*** Installation of Biobase failed *** >> >>Removing 'c:/rlibdir/hpages/Biobase' >> >> >>Questions: >> >>- Is it possible to build a binary package on Windows without write >> access to the $R_HOME tree? >> >>- Is it still the case that a side-effect of building a binary package >> is having that package be installed? My understanding is that R CMD >> INSTALL --build is the way to get zips on Windows, but maybe this >> changed? > > > There are two ways: R CMD INSTALL --build, and R CMD build --binary. > The latter doesn't do an install, so the links in help pages don't get > generated properly, but it may do a good enough job for what you need. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
