[R] error on Windows OS

Duncan Murdoch murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
Mon May 31 19:09:14 CEST 2010


On 31/05/2010 9:13 AM, M.Ribeiro wrote:
> Ok, 
> I re-installed the Rtools (now Rtools211 because I was in another computer
> with R version 2.10) , and the message now when I tried to install the
> package was
>
> Warning: invalid package 'GWSR_1.0.tar.gz'
> Erro: ERROR: no packages specified
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("GWSR_1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") :
>   installation of package 'GWSR_1.0.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status
>
>
> Any Clue?


I would guess that the package didn't exist in the current directory.

I'd recommend working in the CMD window rather than in R (using "Rcmd 
INSTALL GWSR_1.0.tar.gz"); it is sometimes tricky to see what the state 
of the system is from R.


Duncan Murdoch



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