Installation issue on R 3.3.2, Windows 7

[dvzhukov]

Excited to try the BASiCS package (but am a total R novice)!
Here's where I'm getting stuck:

> devtools::install_github("catavallejos/BASiCS", build_vignettes = TRUE)

Downloading GitHub repo catavallejos/BASiCS@master
from URL https://api.github.com/repos/catavallejos/BASiCS/zipball/master
running command '"C:/R/R-33~1.2/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD config CC' had status 127

Error in if (!file.exists(path)) { : argument is of length zero

Thanks in advance for any help!

[dvzhukov]

Ok, I did some more digging around and was able to solve this issue. In case others run into it, here is what I had to do:

1. Install Rtools by following these steps (quoting from here):
   1. Install Rtools from HERE.
   2. Locate the folder that Rtools is installed. In my case it is at C:\Rtools.
   3. Add C:\Rtools\bin path to the system path.
   Adding C:\Rtools\bin to the system path:
   1, Go to Control Panel >> System and Security >> System
   2. Go to Advanced System Settings
   3. Open Advanced tab
   4. Click Environmental Variables... button
   5. Select Path variable and click Edit button
   6. If there is nothing as a "Variable Value" you can simply write C:\Rtools\bin. If there is already a value, then add ;C:\Rtools\bin to the end of it.
   7. Click OK, OK...
   8. Restart R, it should work.

2. I also had to install testthat and colorspace packages:

• devtools::install_github("hadley/testthat")
• install.packages("colorspace")

Hopefully this saves you folks a little time!

[catavallejos]

Many thanks for posting the solution! I will add these suggestions to the troubleshooting section in the repo.