[R] package installation from source

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/19/2009 7:59 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
> Hi
> 
> r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 19.10.2009 12:24:47:
> 
>> Petr PIKAL wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> napsal dne 16.10.2009 17:01:59:
>> >
>> > 
>> >> On 10/16/2009 9:31 AM, Petr PIKAL wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> Dear all
>> >>>
>> >>> I noticed from NEWS 2.11.0,dev
>> >>> SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES
>> >>>
>> >>>     o   Packages must have been installed under R 2.10.0 or later, 
> as
>> >>>         the current help system is the only one now supported.
>> >>>
>> >>> So I tried to follow instructions in manual, Duncan Murdoch 
>> >>> 
>> > presentation 
>> > 
>> >>> and help pages to prepare and accomplish installation of a set of 
>> >>> functions I use. However in R 2.11.0dev and too in R 2.10.0dev I was 
> 
>> >>> 
>> > not 
>> > 
>> >>> able to finish it.
>> >>>
>> >>> 
>> >
>> > < snip>
>> >
>> 
>> That should have worked.  Just to confirm, try running R from that shell 
> 
>> (using either Rgui or R), and then print Sys.getenv("PATH") and make 
>> sure it shows what you expected.
> 
> It seems like the path is set but system does not accepts it. Rgui does 
> not start until I switch to its bin directory. Sys.getenv than shows 
> "correct" path.
> 
> See attached pictures. 

I believe the problem is the spaces that you have in your PATH.  (You 
have spaces after the semi-colons, before the "D:\" beginning of several 
entries.)  If you remove those it should work.

Duncan Murdoch