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#6 Automatic installation fails

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nobody
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2008-06-23
2008-06-23
Anonymous
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Installation in R/Linux using install.packages from the local (downloaded) .tar.gz fails with the following error message :

** building package indices ...
Error in Rdinfo(RdFiles[i]) :
missing/empty \name field in '/tmp/R.INSTALL.q26867/xpose4/man/xpose4.Rd.gz'
Rd files must have a non-empty \name.
See chapter 'Writing R documentation' in manual 'Writing R Extensions'.
Calls: <Anonymous> ... .install_package_Rd_indices -> Rdcontents -> Rdinfo
Execution halted
ERROR: installing package indices failed
** Removing '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4'
** Restoring previous '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4'
** Removing '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4data'
** Removing '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4classic'
** Removing '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4generic'
** Removing '/usr/local/share/lib/R/library/xpose4specific'
Warning message:
In install.packages("/home/eco/tmp/prov/xpose4_4.0.1_linux.tar.gz", :
installation of package '/home/eco/tmp/prov/xpose4_4.0.1_linux.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status

workaround: installed the directories by hand

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