Re: [R] Package compilation errors

2015-10-02 Thread Jeff Newmiller
No, don't get in the way of install.packages(). Download the source versions of the packages and unpack them yourself and fix the source files and update the DESCRIPTION files. Then follow the instructions in the "Writing R Extensions" document at the command line (I.e. R CMD check, R CMD build,

[R] Package compilation errors

2015-10-02 Thread Noel Hunt
I have a few packages for which compilation has failed. The errors are simple compile-time errors I could fix if the configured source was left untouched and not removed. I have found out how to stop source being removed but I want the whole set of extracted, configured files left, so I can fix th