Error CreateProcess' failed to run 'C:\rtools40\usr\bin\make.exe

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I always get these errors when trying to run code from RSTAN/STAN/brms. I have used RStan Getting Started · stan-dev/rstan Wiki · GitHub, and have followed the instructions, but the problem persists.



Compiling Stan program...
Warning in system(paste(CXX, ARGS), ignore.stdout = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE) :
  'C:/rtools40/usr/mingw_/bin/g++' not found
make cmd is
  make -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/share/make/winshlib.mk" -f "C:/Users/christiana/Documents/.R/Makevars.win" CXX='$(CXX14) $(CXX14STD)' CXXFLAGS='$(CXX14FLAGS)' CXXPICFLAGS='$(CXX14PICFLAGS)' SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXX14LD)' SHLIB="file19b056ff7da.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file19b056ff7da.o"

make would use
Warning message:
In system(paste(cmd, "-n")) :
  'CreateProcess' failed to run 'C:\rtools40\usr\bin\make.exe -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/share/make/winshlib.mk" -f "C:/Users/christiana/Documents/.R/Makevars.win" CXX='$(CXX14) $(CXX14STD)' CXXFLAGS='$(CXX14FLAGS)' CXXPICFLAGS='$(CXX14PICFLAGS)' SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXX14LD)' SHLIB="file19b056ff7da.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file19b056ff7da.o" -n'
 Error in compileCode(f, code, language = language, verbose = verbose) : 
Warning message:In system(cmd) : 'CreateProcess' failed to run 'C:\rtools40\usr\bin\make.exe -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-41~1.1/share/make/winshlib.mk" -f "C:/Users/christiana/Documents/.R/Makevars.win" CXX='$(CXX14) $(CXX14STD)' CXXFLAGS='$(CXX14FLAGS)' CXXPICFLAGS='$(CXX14PICFLAGS)' SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXX14LD)' SHLIB="file19b056ff7da.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file19b056ff7da.o"'
 Error in sink(type = "output") : invalid connection

Operating System:R4.1.1, Windows 10
Interface Version:
Compiler/Toolkit:
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Just to check some system configuration, can you post the output from the following commands:

Sys.getenv("PATH")
Sys.getenv("BINPREF")
Sys.which("make")
readLines("~/.Renviron")
readLines("~/.Rprofile")
readLines("~/.R/Makevars.win")
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Hei,

Thank you for following up.

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Nothing jumps out there, lets try getting R to compile some arbitrary c++. Can you post the output from the following commands:

system("touch foo.cpp")
system("R CMD SHLIB foo.cpp")
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Here it is.

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Are you able to compile any packages from source?

install.packages('jsonlite',type='source')
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Here is the result from that operation:

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8

It looks like your RTools installation is broken in some way. Can you close R, uninstall rtools, and then re-download and reinstall it?

9

Now a new version Is installed.

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Is there any difference if you try the jsonlite source install from above again?

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No, it seems to be the same error messages.

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Is it different if you run it from the console rather than a markdown document?

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Thank you again for your help and effort.

No, it seems not to make a difference if I run in the console.

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Hmm, I’m afraid I’m stumped then. To get this sorted you’ll need to open an issue on the rtools github, as the maintainer will likely have a better idea of what’s going on: Issues · r-windows/rtools-installer · GitHub

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Ok, I will try that.

Thank you, it was very kind of you to give it a try.

Best regards

Christian

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