Error running CIDR on Windows 10

[philipvk]

Hi,

I tried to install CIDR on a Windows 10 machine, but I ran into an error. I installed Rtools as suggested and allowed Rtools to modify my system path. The following error occured after running devtools::install_github("VCCRI/CIDR"):

'"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-34~1.0/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD config CC' had status 127

I followed some suggestions from http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Courses/R/ICPSR/R-install-instructions.html, paragraph "Building Packages Under Windows, etc. (Optional)", second bulletpoint. But adding extra paths was not the solution.

How can I solve this error?

[hojwk]

Thank you for reporting this issue. We have never come across this issue either. We suspect this may well be a Windows 10 specific issue. We found similar issues being reported elsewhere, e.g.,

r-lib/devtools#885

cjgb/rPython-win#17

Some suggest this has something to do with R's use of "long" or "short" format names in a windows environment.

So far we don't see any clear resolutions to the problem. My lab does not have a Windows 10 machine so we can't easily replicate your error.

We will look into this issue when we do our next major upgrade to the package.

Again, thanks for reporting this issue!