>>>>> Francois Rousseu <francoisrous...@hotmail.com>
>>>>> on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:10:27 -0400 writes:
> Hello useRs
> I am trying to build a package for personal use and for
> making easier working with other people but I keep getting
> the same error message about the DESCRIPTION file not
> existing.
> when trying to install from a source tar.gz file:
> Error in .read_description(dfile) : file
>
'C:/Users/Propri�taire/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpHFMONb/R.INSTALL647a3535/mypkg/DESCRIPTION'
> does not exist
> when trying to build a binary version:
> Error in .read_description(dfile) : file
> 'C:/Users/Propri�taire/Documents/RETROBIRD/mypkg/DESCRIPTION'
> does not exist
> In this last case, the DESCRIPTION file is certainly
> there! Also, help and DESCRIPTION files are edited and my
> path variable seems to be set correctly as I can access R
> and tex (form miktex 2.9) from the console. I feel it
> might be related to language issues (windows on my system
> is in french, see sessionInfo() at bottom of message) or
> something about temporary directories, but I really can't
> find the problem. I've looked into the cygwin warning, but
> it didn't seemed to be the problem, though I may be wrong.
Yes, I'm almost sure it's the "language issues".
I've recently taught a course on R Package building
and on Windows, the user had problems because of an 'ä'
(a-Umlaut) in one of the directories in her 'path'.
So if you work from another place than
'C:/Users/Propri�taire/' this may solve the main problem.
Bonnes salutations,
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
> Any hints? Below is the complete sequence with errors.
> Thanks, Francois Rousseu
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