[R] Compiling errors for Matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz under XP

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Please read the R-admin manual and as it suggests use the candidate 
compilers, now gcc 3.4.5.

You also need the Rtools at the front of your path, so you find find.exe 
not FIND.exe.

Finally, it seems to be requiring latex, so you may need to install that 
(I am really not sure why though).

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, White, Charles E WRAIR-Wash DC wrote:

> I installed the MinGW-5.0.0 compilers today (gcc-3.4.2 is now contained in the 'Current' distribution. When the current compilers failed to compile the referenced Matrix update and not knowing how to check the exact version numbers for individual files, I applied the Id.exe and f771.exe fixes from the 'Building R for Windows' page (http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/#ldbug). More compiler errors were obtained. I then checked my Pearl version (5.8.7) and updated my R tools since I couldn't tell how old they were. At that point, I obtained the following output:
>
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Whitece.AMED\My Documents\1 Pocket Office\R Repository
> \lme4>rcmd install matrix_0.995-5.tar.gz
>
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
> latex: not found
>
> ---------- Making package matrix ------------
> latex: not found
>  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> latex: not found
>  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
> latex: not found
>  running src/Makefile.win ...
> latex: not found
> make[3]: `Matrix.dll' is up to date.
>  ... done
>  installing DLL
> latex: not found
>  installing R files
> latex: not found
>  installing inst files
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
> make[2]: *** [C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix/inst] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-matrix] Error 2
> *** Installation of matrix failed ***
>
> Removing 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
> Restoring previous 'C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-22~1.1/library/matrix'
>
> If I need to read one of R's many friendly manuals, I'd appreciate a reference to which one and approximately which section.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chuck
>
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