[R] R CMD INSTALL error, R-2.7.1

[Richard Chandler]

After poking around some more I found the problem. The shortcut name
in PATH should be c:\progra~1\htmlhe~1 instead of c:\progra~1\htmhe~1.
Don't know how that happened, but thanks for pointing me in the right
direction.

Richard

Quoting Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>:

> On 8/1/2008 12:39 PM, Richard Chandler wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting the following error when using R CMD INSTALL ever
> since I
> > upgraded to R-2.7.1:
> >
> > hhc: not found
> > CHM compile failed: HTML Help Workshop not intalled?
> >
> > As indicated, the package is installed but without CHM help
> files. I
> > have downloaded the latest version of Rtools and I have tried
> > uninstalling and reinstalling HTML Help Workshop. I have also
> tried
> > rebuilding the package several times. I was able to build and
> install
> > the package without problems with R-2.7.0.
>
> I believe that's a warning rather than an error, but what it
> indicates
> is that your hhc help compiler is not on the current PATH.  If you
> just
> type "hhc" at the same command line where you were running "R CMD
> INSTALL", you should see
>
> Usage:   hhc <filename>
>      where <filename> = an HTML Help project file
> Example: hhc myfile.hhp
>
> but I'm guessing you'll see
>
> hhc: not found
>
> To fix this, edit the PATH, and make sure the directory holding
> hhc.exe
> is on it.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > platform       i386-pc-mingw32
> > arch           i386
> > os             mingw32
> > system         i386, mingw32
> > status
> > major          2
> > minor          7.1
> > year           2008
> > month          06
> > day            23
> > svn rev        45970
> > language       R
> > version.string R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
> >
> >
> >
>
>


-- 
Richard Chandler, PhD student
Department of Natural Resources Conservation
UMass Amherst
(413)545-1237