running map2stan function error 127 - r

Question

I installed rstan and when I call map2stan I get the error below:
> library(rstan)
> packageVersion("rstan", lib.loc = "C://TOOLS//R-3.4.0patched//library" )
[1] ‘2.16.2’
here's the call to map2stan
library(rethinking)
data(rugged)
d <- rugged
d$log_gdp <- log(d$rgdppc_2000)
dd <- d[ complete.cases(d$rgdppc_2000) , ]
dd.trim <- dd[ , c("log_gdp","rugged","cont_africa") ]
str(dd.trim)
m8.1stan <- map2stan(
alist(
log_gdp ~ dnorm( mu , sigma ) ,
mu <- a + bR*rugged + bA*cont_africa + bAR*rugged*cont_africa ,
a ~ dnorm(0,100),
bR ~ dnorm(0,10),
bA ~ dnorm(0,10),
bAR ~ dnorm(0,10),
sigma ~ dcauchy(0,2)
) ,
data=dd.trim )
here's the error
Warning message:
running command 'make -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/share/make/winshlib.mk" SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXXLD)' SHLIB="file29cc72047709.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file29cc72047709.o"' had status 127
ERROR(s) during compilation: source code errors or compiler configuration errors!
Error in compileCode(f, code, language = language, verbose = verbose) :
Compilation ERROR, function(s)/method(s) not created! Warning message:
running command 'make -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/share/make/winshlib.mk" SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXXLD)' SHLIB="file344416f9304.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file344416f9304.o"' had status 127
In addition: Warning message:
running command 'C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/bin/x64/R CMD SHLIB file344416f9304.cpp 2> file344416f9304.cpp.err.txt' had status 1
Error in map2stan(alist(log_gdp ~ dnorm(mu, sigma), mu <- a + bR * rugged + :
Something went wrong, when calling Stan. Check any debug messages for clues, detective.
Compilation ERROR, function(s)/method(s) not created! Warning message:
running command 'make -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "C:/TOOLS/R-34~1.0PA/share/make/winshlib.mk" SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXXLD)' SHLIB="file344416f9304.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="file344416f9304.o"' had status 127
>

Answer 1

Hmm, I installed rethinking library via http://xcelab.net/rm/software/ (it was not on CRAN) and ran the same code and didn't get any errors in my case. What's the Rtools, R, and OS type/version? Have you followed all installation instructions, e.g. if your OS is Windows, on https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/Installing-RStan-on-Windows? Can you check that their eight school example in https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/RStan-Getting-Started runs fine?