From andy_liaw at merck.com  Fri Jan 28 14:47:45 2005
From: andy_liaw at merck.com (Liaw, Andy)
Date: Fri Jan 28 14:48:13 2005
Subject: [Rd] compiling and making R-2.0.1 for windows XP
Message-ID: <3A822319EB35174CA3714066D590DCD50994E5E0@usrymx25.merck.com>

> From: John Marsland
> 
> I am having no luck compiling R-2.0.1 on a Windows XP 
> platform. I have not had these problems when compliling 
> previous versions of R.
> 
> I've installed all the recommended software and tools. But I 
> cannot get round this error message:
> 
> make
> make[1]: `Rpwd.exe' is up to date.
> make -f Makefile.docfiles
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `docfiles'.
> -------- Building ../../../library/base/R/Rprofile from 
> ../../library/profile/Common.R 
> ../../library/profile/Rprofile.windows--------
> mkdir -p ../../../library/base/R
> cat: not found
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Have you checked to make sure the *nix tools in Rtool.zip is in the PATH?

Andy

> make[3]: *** [../../../library/base/R/Rprofile] Error 127
> make[2]: *** [fixfiles] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [rbuild] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Can anybody suggest a solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
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[Rd] compiling and making R-2.0.1 for windows XP
Liaw, Andy