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List:       r-devel
Subject:    Re: [Rd] Problem installing R-devel dated 4 March 2016.
From:       Rolf Turner <r.turner () auckland ! ac ! nz>
Date:       2016-03-06 9:15:59
Message-ID: 56DBF54F.9080804 () auckland ! ac ! nz
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On 06/03/16 21:27, peter dalgaard wrote:
> Hm, we'll likely never find out. It looks a bit like a race condition
> or a Makefile deficiency in which some dependencies are not
> explicitly recorded (so that it tries to copy files before they have
> been made). I suppose that could happen if you try "make install" w/o
> a preceding "make".

I am *certain* that the latter contretemps did not occur.  I *know* that
I did a make.  Of course I *have* been known to be certain of things 
that weren't actually true ....  But in this instance .....

As you say, we'll never find out.

cheers,

Rolf

> 
> -pd
> 
> > On 06 Mar 2016, at 04:54 , Rolf Turner <r.turner@auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Peter.  I tried running the uninstalled R; it worked.  I checked on the \
> > existence of FAQ, etc. --- yep everything was there.  I don't know about \
> > over-zealous virus checkers; I haven't overtly installed any such. 
> > So, mystified, I started all over again from scratch.  This time it worked; \
> > seamlessly. 
> > Totally mysterious.  Story of my life.  Be that as it were, all systems are go \
> > now, and my package checking was successful. 
> > Sorry for the noise.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > 
> > Rolf
> > 
> > --
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> > University of Auckland
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> > 
> > On 06/03/16 03:10, peter dalgaard wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On 05 Mar 2016, at 03:35 , Rolf Turner <r.turner@auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I am trying to install the latest development version of R so as to be able \
> > > > to perform a package check according the rules specified for CRAN. 
> > > > I performed the following steps:
> > > > 
> > > > (1) Downloaded  R-devel.tar.gz, dated 04-Mar-2016 03:21, from CRAN
> > > > (2) Upacked.
> > > > (3) Created directory "BldDir" next to the directory "R-devel".
> > > > (4) Changed directories to BldDir.
> > > > (5) Executed  ../R-devel/configure --with-tcltk --with-cairo .
> > > > (6) Executed make .
> > > > (7) Executed sudo make install .
> > > > 
> > > > I got the error messages:
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > > mkdir -p -- /usr/local/lib64/R/doc
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `FAQ': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `RESOURCES': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.rds': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory
> > > > > /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `NEWS.pdf': No such file or directory
> > > > > make[1]: *** [install-sources2] Error 1
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rolf/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc'
> > > > > make: *** [install] Error 1
> > > > 
> > > > Can someone/anyone tell me what I am missing or doing wrong?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Beats me. & I just checked that make install works on my system (usually, I \
> > > just run test versions out of their build dirs). 
> > > You might check a couple of things though:
> > > 
> > > - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/bin/R work?
> > > - does ~/Desktop/R-dev-inst/BldDir/doc/FAQ et al. actually exist?
> > > - is there an overzealous virus checker active (those have been known to move \
> > > fresh files to "safe locations" right under peoples feet...) 
> > > -pd
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Ta.
> > 
> > 
> > 

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