Thank you for response Rui. I still get the same error with this repository.
Installing package into âC:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0â (as âlibâ is unspecified) trying URL ' http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb) opened URL downloaded 4.1 Mb Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning messages: 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory' On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote: > Hello, > I have package XML installed on Windows 7, R 3.0.3 and I had no problem at > all. Can't you try (it worked with me) > > install.packages("XML", repos = "http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt";) > > Hope this helps, > > Rui Barradas > > Em 14-04-2014 16:24, Alpesh Pandya escreveu: > > I have tried these sources (almost all US mirrors): >> >> http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/ >> 3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://rweb.quant.ku.edu/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/ >> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://cran.wustl.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://cran.case.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >> >> I have confirmed with IT that there is no restriction on downloading this >> zip file from any of these sources. Also I am getting same error when I >> try >> from my home network as well. >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Uwe Ligges < >> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de >> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >>> On 13.04.2014 01:30, Alpesh Pandya wrote: >>> >>> @Uwe I tried the same steps from office as well as home network with >>>> same >>>> results. Are you using windows 7 with R 3.0.3? >>>> >>>> I have seen same question being asked by others without any resolution. >>>> Is >>>> anything special about XML package? I am OK use older version of package >>>> but in archives there are no zip files (only gz files). Is windows >>>> platform >>>> not recommended for R? >>>> >>>> >>> Right, and you can try to install these from sources. >>> But I doubt you need it. You still have not told us if you tried another >>> mirror to download the XML file from and what you local IT support tells >>> you while your downloads are incomplete. >>> >>> Best, >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Uwe Ligges < >>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 12.04.2014 22:39, Alpesh Pandya wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for response Uwe. I tried multiple times by downloading the >>>>> >>>>>> zip >>>>>> file from many sources but still the same error. This is a major road >>>>>> block >>>>>> for me in using R. Appreciate any help on this. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Please ask your local IT staff. >>>>> >>>>> I get, using the same mirror: >>>>> >>>>> options("repos"=c(CRAN="http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror";)) >>>>> >>>>>> install.packages("XML", lib="d:/temp") >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> trying URL 'http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/ >>>>> >>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip' >>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb) >>>>> opened URL >>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb >>>>> >>>>> package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked >>>>> >>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in >>>>> d:\temp\RtmpqMqL8L\downloaded_packages >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Uwe Ligges >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Uwe Ligges < >>>>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de >>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Works for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Uwe Ligges >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11.04.2014 17:10, Alpesh Pandya wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Using install.package('XML') command produces this error: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> trying URL >>>>>>>> ' >>>>>>>> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/ >>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip >>>>>>>> ' >>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb) >>>>>>>> opened URL >>>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", >>>>>>>> "Type")) : >>>>>>>> cannot open the connection >>>>>>>> In addition: Warning messages: >>>>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : >>>>>>>> downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136 >>>>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip >>>>>>>> file >>>>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", >>>>>>>> "Type")) >>>>>>>> : >>>>>>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason >>>>>>>> 'No >>>>>>>> such >>>>>>>> file or directory' >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Upon receiving this error, I downloaded XML_3.98-1.1.zip directly >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> cran >>>>>>>> site. But this zip file is not a valid archive (cannot open using >>>>>>>> winzip). >>>>>>>> Also trying to install using this downloaded file produces the >>>>>>>> following >>>>>>>> error: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Installing package into 'C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/ >>>>>>>> win-library/3.0' >>>>>>>> (as 'lib' is unspecified) >>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : >>>>>>>> error 1 in extracting from zip file >>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages : >>>>>>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason >>>>>>>> 'No >>>>>>>> such >>>>>>>> file or directory' >>>>>>>> Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I downloaded this zip file from multiple sources and tried to >>>>>>>> install >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> same result. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> -- Thanks and Regards Alpesh [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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