[Rd] Possible issue with R-tools on Windows - Amend subject to RTerm issue

Sun Mar 12 20:23:52 CET 2017

Because my response is a little long and summarizes original thread is 
at bottom.

Okay, I tried to implement your test (and the package is installed).  My 
discovery is that it was RTerm and not
RTools giving me a problem.

Summary: RTerm starts fine if installed on C: even if there is a space 
in the path.
RTerm starts fine on E: drive if there is no space in the path, but 
fails to start if there is a space in the path.
Because of the R versions I happened to have, this was checked using a 
combination of R-3.3.1, R-3.3.2, and R-3.3.3.
I know for surethat RTerm for R-3.3.2 and R-3.3.3 fails to start from 
the command prompt in E:/prgram Files/R/R-3.3.x/bin
suggesting that R-dev should be tested.

For completeness here is what happened in a couple of circumstances:

Windows 10
I tried starting RTerm for various R versions in the following install 
locations:
C:/program files/R/R-3.3.1/bin - Works
E:/Program Files/R/R-3.3.3/bin - Fails
E:/Program/R/R-3.3.3/bin/ - Works
C:/Program Files/R/R-3.3.1/bin - Works

=====================================================================================
RTerm will start (at least an older version) in a path containing spaces ...

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 > q()
Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n
====================================================================================
Current RTerm won't start if on E: dirve in a path containing spaces ...
C:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.1\bin>e:

E:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin>R
'E:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

E:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin>dir
  Volume in drive E is Baer_HardDrive
  Volume Serial Number is F890-9E98

  Directory of E:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin

03/11/2017  10:57 AM    <DIR>          .
03/11/2017  10:57 AM    <DIR>          ..
03/06/2017  04:00 PM             9,712 config.sh
03/11/2017  10:57 AM    <DIR>          i386
03/06/2017  04:07 PM            88,576 R.exe
03/06/2017  04:07 PM            88,576 Rscript.exe
03/11/2017  10:57 AM    <DIR>          x64
                3 File(s)        186,864 bytes
                4 Dir(s)  262,685,499,392 bytes free

E:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin>

=============================================================================
And finally current RTerm works on C: in a path with spaces ...

c:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin>R

R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe"
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On 3/12/2017 6:02 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> Hmmm, you may know winbuilder: It has R not installed oin drive C: and 
> works well. Even with R installed on a network share I can easily 
> install packages.
>
> using R-devel binary in, e.g. for 64 bit: in d:/RCompile/recent/R/bin/x64
>
> working directory: d:/library-devel
>
> specified library: c:/tmp
>
>
>
> > install.packages("GO.db", lib="c:/tmp")
> installing the source package ‘GO.db’
>
> trying URL 
> 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.5/data/annotation/src/contrib/GO.db_3.4.0.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 31897756 bytes (30.4 MB)
> downloaded 30.4 MB
>
> * installing *source* package 'GO.db' ...
> ** R
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> ** help
> *** installing help indices
> ** building package indices
> ** testing if installed package can be loaded
> *** arch - i386
> *** arch - x64
> * DONE (GO.db)
>
> The downloaded source packages are in
>         ‘d:\temp\RtmpKaYI2t\downloaded_packages’
>
>
> So we really need the full log.
>
> Can you please run the installation from the OS shell, i.e. something 
> like:
>
> R CMD INSTALL --library=c:/tmp GO.db_3.4.0.tar.gz
>
> and send us the install.log
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
> On 11.03.2017 18:17, Robert Baer wrote:
>> This is a bit of a cross-post but I've encountered what appears to be a
>> parsing error with RTools on Windows in a couple of different contexts
>> on Widows when R is installed on a secondary drive to avoid using
>> precious space on my c:/ solid state drive.
>>
>> This type of apparent parsing error has has occurred several times
>> previously when install source code from GitHub, and most recently when
>> installing Bioconductor code.  It occurred that this list might have
>> input directed at RTools on Windows, if this is indeed my problem
>>
>> Here's the full example of my most recent encounter posted to
>> bioconductor: https://support.bioconductor.org/p/93731/
>>
>> In brief the parsing seems to break in the space in the path name:
>>
>> The downloaded source packages are in
>>     ‘C:\Users\Rob 
>> Baer\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpagJM0a\downloaded_packages’
>> Warning messages:
>> 1: running command '"E:/Program Files/R/R-3.3.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL
>> -l "C:\Users\Rob Baer\R\win-library\3.3"
>> C:\Users\ROBBAE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpagJM0a/downloaded_packages/GO.db_3.4.0.tar.gz' 
>>
>> had status 1
>> 2: In install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, repos =
>> repos,  :
>>   installation of package ‘GO.db’ had non-zero exit status
>>
>> Is there something going on with my RTools installation I should
>> upgrade?  My apologies if this is too off-topic for this list.
>>
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