setup.py fails on Windows about rpy2 HOT 7 CLOSED

Original comment by Laurent Gautier (Bitbucket: lgautier, GitHub: lgautier).

Calling R on the command line with the options CMD config --cppflags should return flags to be passed to the C compiler (location of R headers).

The setup.py script stops whenever nothing (an empty string) is returned. Could you check what does the following return ?

"c:\PROGRA1\R\R-291.0\bin\R" CMD config --cppflags

The issue might have to do with your local install.

Could also specify what is the version of rpy2 you are trying to compile ?

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Original comment by Laurent Gautier (Bitbucket: lgautier, GitHub: lgautier).

Removing version: 2.1.0 (automated comment)

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Original comment by Anonymous.

Hello,

I have the same issue when trying to compile the latest version or RPy2 (2.1.3) on WIndows XP. I have R version 2.11.1.

When I run the command that you suggested ("c:\PROGRA~1\R\bin\R" CMD config --cppflags") The returned message is the following

'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is there a workaround to this problem?

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Original comment by Anonymous.

I have the same problem...

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Original comment by Anonymous.

Yes, me too. I get the same exception as detailed by the OP and I also get the same result from running "R CMD config --cppflags":
'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

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Original comment by Anonymous.

Hi again; the last comment was from me.

To help others install rpy2, I've been able to google a little further (difficult to google 'R', but...)

The problem is more to do with a missing config tool from R than it has to do with rpy2 - specifically, sh.exe must be installed and in the path.

1. Go to another discussion on this topic which references rtools:
   http://bitbucket.org/lgautier/rpy2/issue/20/setuppy-fails-on-windows

2. Download rtools from:
   http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/

3. Make sure your path variable is properly pointing to both sh in rtools and r.exe and you should be able to get a little further in installing rpy2. No guarantees though.
   Good luck.

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Original comment by Laurent Gautier (Bitbucket: lgautier, GitHub: lgautier).

Windows binaries are being built for rpy2-2.3.7. Closing the issue.

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