Duncan... Thank you.
1. I am able to download the XML file via my corporate network, other
packages without this same issue, even rcurl and bitops which are
pre-requisites on the same page as XML.
2. I have attempted to download this from my own wifi at home using
xfinity/Comcast to my personal pc and still get the same error on this package
alone.
3. I am genuinely baffled by this package download and
install experience.
4. I would gladly build this from source, If indeed I could
find the source and then use RTools to compile it. That has been unsuccessful
as well. Nightmare? Slightly.
Thanks for your response.....
Steven
-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:13 PM
To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org; Ista Zahn
Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working
On 13-10-20 9:23 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote:
> My apologies for not conforming to the posting guideline.
>
>
> Sys.info()
> sysname release
> version
> "Windows" "7 x64" "build 7601,
> Service Pack 1"
> nodename machine
> login
> "xxxxxxNU247BZ1S" "x86-64"
> "XXXXXX"
> user effective_user
> "xxxxxxx" "xxxxxxx"
>
> When I attempt to install a local copy of the xml.zip file:
>
> in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
> cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip
> file
> 2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such
> file or directory'
I think it is pretty clear that the problem is at your end: you aren't
downloading the file properly, even though everyone else is. Perhaps you are
behind a firewall, or something else is interfering with your downloads?
Duncan Murdoch
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:23 PM
> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org
> Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working
>
> On 13-10-19 3:47 PM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote:
>> I know I cannot be the only one who is not able to install the XML package
>> from CRAN (zip or tar file) Many packages depend on this XML package. Can
>> someone help me either access the source for a good binary? I have received
>> no assistance from the author/developer of the package.
>
> It installs fine for me.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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