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From: ggrothend|eck @end|ng |rom gm@||@com (Gabor Grothendieck)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 10:28:44 -0500
Subject: [Rd] installling R-devel on Windows
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I meant on the R devel download page. (I was just installing Rtools40
on another computer.)

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 10:27 AM Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I tried it from another computer and it did work.  Is there some way
> of installing R devel using the analog of the R --vanilla flag so that I can
> do it in a reproducible manner. It seems to remember prior settings
> and maybe that is a problem although one would not expect a setting
> that could lead to what occurs.  I don't see anything documenting flags
> on the Rtools40 page.
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:52 AM Gabor Grothendieck
> <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I clicked on the download link at
> > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html
> > and then opened the downloaded file which starts the installation process.
> > I specified a new directory that does not exist, R-test, to be sure that
> > it would not get confused with an old directory.
> >
> > I repeated this using different directories and on different days.
> >
> > I tried it from a user and an Admin account.
> >
> > If I use the exact same procedure to install R-4.0.3patched it works.
> >
> > I have successfully downloaded and installed R maybe hundreds
> > of times over the last 10 to 20 years and have never before
> > encountered this.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 9:13 AM Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM Gabor Grothendieck
> > > <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When I try to install r-devel on Windows all I get is this.  No other
> > > > files.  This also occurred yesterday as well.
> > >
> > > It just tested it to be sure, but it works fine for me. Are you using
> > > the official installer from
> > > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html ?
> > >
> > > The default install path is not R-test C:\Program Files\R\R-devel.
> > > Perhaps you have old files lingering from previous installations that
> > > cause permission problems during the installation process?
> >
> >
> >
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[Rd] installling R-devel on Windows
Gabor Grothendieck