Friend can't install pacman

[trinker]

Not sure if this is a pacman problem or my friends setup. He tried to installpacman and got an error:

nstalling github repo(s) pacman/master from trinker
Installing pacman.zip from https://github.com/trinker/pacman/zipball/master
Installing pacman
* checking for file 'C:\Documents and Settings\amaloe\Local Settings\Temp\RtmpgbxVj8\trinker-pacman-0a24465/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'pacman':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building 'pacman_0.2.0.tar.gz'
 ERROR
packaging into .tar.gz failed
Error: Command failed (1)
In addition: Warning message:
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.1/bin/i386/R" CMD build "C:\Documents and Settings\amaloe\Local Settings\Temp\RtmpgbxVj8\trinker-pacman-0a24465" --no-manual --no-vignettes' had status 1 

Any ideas why? How to help him? Need more infor?

He's running windows XP R 2.15.1

[Dasonk]

Do they have Rtools installed (I don't actually know if that matters but it seems to be a problem building the package)? Can they install other packages using install_github?

[trinker]

I just had him update Rtools (R was squawking he didn't have the altest version) but I don't what he's got going on where. He has 10 versions of R on his desktop (back to 2.9) and I don't think it's easy to tell what's going where. I'll have him install my hangman game using install_github

[Dasonk]

It looked like it was using the right version of R for building so I don't think that's the issue. I think it's probably related to the build environment. If you can't install anything using install_github then we know it's not pacman's fault at least.

[trinker]

This is the error trying hangman:

> library(devtools); install_github("hangman", "trinker")
Version of Rtools does not match R version :(. Please reinstall Rtools from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/.
Installing github repo(s) hangman/master from trinker
Installing hangman.zip from https://github.com/trinker/hangman/zipball/master
Installing hangman
* checking for file 'C:\Documents and Settings\amaloe\Local Settings\Temp\Rtmp61llY3\trinker-hangman-9249784/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'hangman':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added
* building 'hangman_1.0.tar.gz'
 ERROR
packaging into .tar.gz failed
Error: Command failed (1)
In addition: Warning message:
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.1/bin/i386/R" CMD build "C:\Documents and Settings\amaloe\Local Settings\Temp\Rtmp61llY3\trinker-hangman-9249784" --no-manual --no-vignettes' had status 1 

It appears this is a problem with his machine. Not sure if it's that it's XP, RTools, R version etc. Any ideas of what to try?

Does RTools updated version have to be in the path?

[trinker]

This may answer the question:

http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/error-building-package-packaging-into-tar-gz-failed-td3636249.html

[Dasonk]

Yes Rtools definitely needs the updated version in the path.

[trinker]

Had him reinstall RTools and put it in the path. That was the problem not pacman.