[ADMB Users] installing admb and bringing it into R

[Ben Bolker]

On 10/14/2011 03:37 PM, Mari Jaramillo wrote:
> Hi, appreciate the quick response!

  [forwarding back to the users at admb-project.org list so others can
participate]

> Ok so, I extracted the source distribution (in download folder), I
> opened Command  Prompt and set BCC55_HOME variable to location of BCC55
> folder > set BCC55_HOME=c:\Borland\BCC554. I set BCC5_HOME to system PATH >
> set PATH=c:\Borland\BCC55\Bin;%PATH%5.
> But then when I try to change the directory to "src" folder >cd
> admb-10.0\src6
> it gives me the following message: The system cannot find the path
> specified

 If you extracted the source distribution in the download folder then
its location would be something like
c:\users\yourname\Downloads\admb-10.0 ... I'm not sure what the README
says, but I would try moving the whole source directory to c:\admb-10.0

  Others may be able to be more helpful.

  Ben Bolker


> 
> Is there something that I am doing wrong?
> And I use Windows XP.
> 
> Million thanks!
> Mari
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ben Bolker" <bbolker at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 9:44 AM
> To: "Mari Jaramillo" <marij85 at live.com>
> Cc: <users at admb-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [ADMB Users] installing admb and bringing it into R
> 
>> On 10/14/2011 02:33 PM, Mari Jaramillo wrote:
>>> I have questions about installing and using admb in R. I tried using
>>> the commands in the readme file with both WinGW and Borland 5.5 when
>>> downloading the source code and it doesn't work. Some of them are not
>>> accepted by the command prompt. And if I download the dedicated
>>> version for WinGW or Borland 5.5 how do I bring it into R? I
>>> appreciate any help,
>>
>>  "Doesn't work; some of them are not accepted by the command prompt" is
>> probably too vague for us to give useful feedback/help. Please tell us
>> *exactly* what you tried and *exactly* what went wrong (e.g., cut and
>> paste error messages.)
>>
>>  I assume you're on Windows; which version (probably doesn't matter but
>> might be helpful)?
>>
>>  It is best to get examples running from the command line first, before
>> you try to integrate with R.  Integrating with R can be done in various
>> ways, including the R2admb package.  Install R2admb from R forge
>> (install.packages("R2admb",repos="http://r-forge.r-project.org");
>> library("R2admb"); vignette("R2admb")) and go from there ...
>>
>>
>> Mari Jaramillo Ms Student University of Missouri
>>> - St Louis Biology Dept., 223 Research Bldg. One University Blvd. St.
>>> Louis, MO 63121-4400
>>>
>>>
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