[R] One question about R

[ZihangYin]

When I make check the R 2.12
* DONE (mgcv)
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/src/library/Recommended'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/src/library/Recommended'
root at ip-192-168-1-66:/usr/local/R-2.12.0# make check-all
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests'
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests/Examples'
WARNING: ignoring environment value of R_HOME

Collecting examples for package ‘base’
Extracting from parsed Rd's ........................................
Running examples in package ‘base’
Error: testing 'base' failed
Execution halted
make[3]: *** [test-Examples-Base] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests/Examples'
make[2]: *** [test-Examples] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests'
make[1]: *** [test-all-basics] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.12.0/tests'
make: *** [check-all] Error 2
Why I get this error?

On 12/08/2010 09:22 PM, Santosh Srinivas wrote:
> Why 2.8? You should perhaps go for 2.12 ... I like 2.11 right now
> because most of my work has been tested on it already and it is quite
> stable with other packages.
>
> But, the ideally you should go for 2.12 which is the most recent
> release and has substantial enhancements.
>
> Then you should post the error that you are getting so that we could
> try to help.
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:12 AM, ZihangYin<yinzh at cs.duke.edu>  wrote:
>    
>> I am a beginner with R. After I installed R 2.8.0, I tried to add a package.
>> R CMD INSTALL RHIPE.tar.gz
>> I got following error message:
>> cannot extract package from RHIPE.tar.gz
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what's the problem?
>>
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>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Zihang Yin
>> 919-225-1717
>> Computer Science
>> Duke University
>>
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Best Regards,

Zihang Yin
919-225-1717
Computer Science
Duke University