[R] Building R packages in Windows 7

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 25/02/2010 7:56 PM, Eric Ferreira wrote:
> Thank you, Sir, but how can I demand it to create HTML files?

The tools::Rd2HTML function will do the translation, but it takes a bit
of work to prepare input for it.  The idea is that you don't need to
save the files, R just produces them when the browser asks for them.

There's an option --enable-prebuilt-html that can be used when
installing a package, but I don't recommend using it.  You'll get the
help page as it exists at install time, not as it is intended to be
displayed at run time.  Links to other packages likely won't work properly.

Duncan Murdoch

P.S. Please copy your responses to the group, so that others can see the 
questions and answers.

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> On 25 February 2010 14:41, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
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>> On 25/02/2010 11:49 AM, Eric Ferreira wrote:
>>
>>> Ok,
>>>
>>> I'm working under:
>>> Windows 7 Professional 32bits, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HD, Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> processor
>>> R 2.10.1
>>>
>>> I've installed:
>>> Rtools211
>>> MikteX 2.8
>>> HTML Help Workshop
>>>
>>> Setting my PATH to:
>>> c:\Rtools\bin;c:\Rtools\perl\bin;c:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;c:\Arquivos de
>>> Programas\R\R-2.10.1pat\bin;c:\Arquivos de Programas\MikTeX
>>> 2.8\miktex\bin;c:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop
>>>
>>> ...creating the package called "ExpDes" and asking (at the prompt) :
>>>
>>> Rcmd build --binary ExpDes
>>>
>>> Among others, a warning message is printed: "WARNING: some HTML links may
>>> not be found", and no html files are produced.
>>>
>>>
>> Right, HTML help files are produced on demand, they aren`t stored in the
>> binary package zip file.  HTML Help Workshop is not being used at all.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>  Thank you again.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On 25 February 2010 13:02, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 25/02/2010 10:56 AM, Eric Ferreira wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is my first package. I'm just getting started doing that,
>>> following
>>>>> the
>>>>> steps described on you website... I really don't know how I asking for
>>>>> CHMs
>>>>> to be produced, sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> All I can suggest is that you need to be less stingy with information.
>>>>  Tell us what you did.  Tell us what symptoms you saw.  Do both of those
>>> by
>>>> cut and paste from your console, don't paraphrase, or refer to vague
>>>> instructions like "your website".
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 25 February 2010 12:52, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 25/02/2010 10:40 AM, Eric Ferreira wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Duncan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank so much for your reply.
>>>>>>> Actually, I'm using the latest version of R and the problem
>>> persists.
>>>>> What
>>>>>>> do you use instead of HTML Help Workshop for newer R versions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We just produce text and HTML help pages on demand, and LaTeX ones
>>> for
>>>>> the
>>>>>> pdf manuals.  How are you asking for CHMs to be produced?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Best regards
>>>>>>> Eric.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 25 February 2010 11:43, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 25/02/2010 9:06 AM, Eric Ferreira wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear useRs,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm having trouble building R packages in Windows 7 regarding
>>> HTML
>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>> Workshop.
>>>>>>>>> Pointing PATH to c:\Program Files\HTML help Workshop does work in
>>>>>>> Windows
>>>>>>>>> (e.g. Vista) and does not in Windows 7.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some tips??
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We don't use the HTML Help Workshop any more since R 2.10.0, so
>>> you
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>> upgrade to the current R, and the problem will go away.
>>>  Otherwise, I
>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>> you'll have to ask Microsoft for help.  But they aren't likely to
>>> be
>>>>>>>> helpful:  Win XP is the most recent OS listed as supported.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>>>>
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