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Getting Started with Slidify
> require(devtools)
Loading required package: devtools
Warning message:
package ‘devtools’ was built under R version 2.15.2
> install_github("slidify", "ramnathv")
Installing github repo(s) slidify/master from ramnathv
Installing slidify.zip from https://api.github.com/repos/ramnathv/slidify/zipball/master
Installing slidify
Installing dependencies for slidify:
yaml
Installing package(s) into ‘C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.0/library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/2.15/yaml_2.1.4.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 168544 bytes (164 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 164 Kb
package ‘yaml’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG\downloaded_packages
C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.0/bin/i386/R --vanilla CMD build \
"C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG\ramnathv-slidify-2915c89" --no-manual \
--no-resave-data
* checking for file 'C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG\ramnathv-slidify-2915c89/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'slidify':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building 'slidify_0.3.0.tar.gz'
C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.0/bin/i386/R --vanilla CMD INSTALL \
"C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG/slidify_0.3.0.tar.gz" --library="C:/Program \
Files/R/R-2.15.0/library" --with-keep.source
* installing *source* package 'slidify' ...
** R
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** testing if installed package can be loaded
* DONE (slidify)
> install_github("slidifyLibraries", "ramnathv")
Installing github repo(s) slidifyLibraries/master from ramnathv
Installing slidifyLibraries.zip from https://api.github.com/repos/ramnathv/slidifyLibraries/zipball/master
Installing slidifyLibraries
C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.0/bin/i386/R --vanilla CMD build \
"C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG\ramnathv-slidifyLibraries-c17e083" --no-manual \
--no-resave-data
* checking for file 'C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG\ramnathv-slidifyLibraries-c17e083/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'slidifyLibraries':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building 'slidifyLibraries_0.1.tar.gz'
C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-215~1.0/bin/i386/R --vanilla CMD INSTALL \
"C:\Users\btibert\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpa0TipG/slidifyLibraries_0.1.tar.gz" --library="C:/Program \
Files/R/R-2.15.0/library" --with-keep.source
* installing *source* package 'slidifyLibraries' ...
** R
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** testing if installed package can be loaded
* DONE (slidifyLibraries)
> library(slidify)
> author("mydeck")
Creating slide directory at mydeck...
/usr/bin/cp: target `mydeck' is not a directory
Finished creating slide directory...
Switching to slide directory...
Error in setwd(deckdir) : cannot change working directory
In addition: Warning message:
running command 'cp -r C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.0/library/slidify/skeleton mydeck' had status 1
> getwd()
[1] "C:/Users/btibert/Documents/Dropbox/Projects"
> setwd("~/Dropbox/Projects/slidify-testing")
> author("mydeck")
Creating slide directory at mydeck...
/usr/bin/cp: target `mydeck' is not a directory
Finished creating slide directory...
Switching to slide directory...
Error in setwd(deckdir) : cannot change working directory
In addition: Warning message:
running command 'cp -r C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.0/library/slidify/skeleton mydeck' had status 1
> author("mydeck")
Creating slide directory at mydeck...
[1] "Directory already exists. Please choose a different name."
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ramnathv commented Nov 7, 2012

I see it. Its a bug I will fix. I used a unix command to copy files, which is what is throwing Windows off. I will push a fix shortly. Thanks for taking the time to try this out.

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ramnathv commented Nov 7, 2012

It looks like you managed to install directly from source. I have pushed the fix on github. You need to reinstall only slidify. Try again and let me know if it works now.

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