Error installing old packages in R

Question

I\'m trying to install a 0.6-2 version of the tm library. I\'ve downloaded the tar.gz file from the archive and in RStudio selected Tools -> Archive -> Package Archive File to i

Answer 1

You should install Rtools which contains resources needed to build packages in R under Microsoft Windows :

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/

After installing, you should see it under your PATH variable:

Sys.getenv("PATH")