Re: [R] trouble installing R from source on Windows 8

2014-11-30 Thread Erin Hodgess
great...thank you On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > > > On 30.11.2014 06:29, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > >> Stop using administrator. If and only if Windows prompts you for >> permission to install, give it your password. Stay as far away from >> administrator as you can. >> > >

Re: [R] trouble installing R from source on Windows 8

2014-11-29 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 30.11.2014 06:29, Jeff Newmiller wrote: Stop using administrator. If and only if Windows prompts you for permission to install, give it your password. Stay as far away from administrator as you can. Which is not the reason here: gzip is not on the PATH, i.e. Erin forgot to put the Rtool

Re: [R] trouble installing R from source on Windows 8

2014-11-29 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Stop using administrator. If and only if Windows prompts you for permission to install, give it your password. Stay as far away from administrator as you can. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . .

[R] trouble installing R from source on Windows 8

2014-11-29 Thread Erin Hodgess
Hello everyone! I'm trying to install R-3.1.2 from source on a Windows 8 laptop. I installed Rtools 3.1 as administrator and is was fine so far. Then I downloaded the R-3.1.2.tar.gz file and attempted to use the tar command, also from the shell as administrator. I keep getting the following: ta