Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-08 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The file is src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL. > > You do not want --vanilla: the point is to run R under normal conditions > to pick up the value it uses. There is a workaround on the Unix side, nd > I will add a similar one to the Windows c

Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
The file is src/gnuwin32/fixed/bin/INSTALL. You do not want --vanilla: the point is to run R under normal conditions to pick up the value it uses. There is a workaround on the Unix side, nd I will add a similar one to the Windows code. There will be the usual delays in this getting into an al

Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
I located the problem to INSTALL. If no the library path is not passed explicitly, that is no -l option is use, the following code in called: 132:my @out = R_runR("cat(.libPaths()[1])", "--slave"); 133:$library = @out[0]; 134:$library = Win32::GetShortPathName($library) if $library =~

Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > Hi. > > On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nothing has changed here for three months, AFAICS. However, I noticed you >> have installed R into a directory with a space in the path, despite the >> advice not to. OTOH, I have jus

Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Hi. On 4/7/07, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing has changed here for three months, AFAICS. However, I noticed you > have installed R into a directory with a space in the path, despite the > advice not to. OTOH, I have just tested installing where you did, and > was able to

Re: [Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Nothing has changed here for three months, AFAICS. However, I noticed you have installed R into a directory with a space in the path, despite the advice not to. OTOH, I have just tested installing where you did, and was able to install R.oo: [c:/Program Files/R/R-2.5.0alpha/bin]% ./Rcmd INSTAL

[Rd] R CMD install on R 2.5.0 alpha

2007-04-07 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Hi, I've just downloaded the latest R v2.5.0 alpha (2007-04-04 r41043) for WinXP. When I try to install a package R tries to install it to a no-name (empty name) directory (causing error downstream): RCMD INSTALL R.oo installing to '' FYI: Package install perfectly on R v2.4.1 patched, and did