Thanks again Uwe. I haven't renamed the file, only in the text sent to
R-help. Here's the error again I'm getting. Sorry, this s a bit
frustrating...
Thanks,
Axel
Error 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 'calibr/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No
such file or directory'
>
On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Uwe Ligges <
lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
>
> On 16.06.2015 15:16, Axel Urbiz wrote:
>
>> Thanks Uwe. Actually, the problem persists in R-3.2.1.
>>
>> If it helps, the .zip file is here:
>>
>> http://win-builder.r-project.org/yC8eUu09w3Ui/
>>
>
>
> Works for me, but your error message is:
>
>
> "cannot open compressed file 'mypackage/DESCRIPTION'"
>
> which suggests you renamed the file? You must not do that, just keep the
> filename "calibr_0.0.0.9000.zip".
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
> Thank you,
>> Axel.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Uwe Ligges
>> <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>> <mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15.06.2015 22:32, Axel Urbiz wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've built a windows binary package from my Mac using the help
>> from this
>> site: http://win-builder.r-project.org
>>
>> As expected, I got back the file "mypackage.zip". Also, the logs
>> show no
>> errors.
>>
>>
>> No, you got a file packagename_version.zip.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, when I try to install on windows using the GUI "install
>> package(s)
>> from local zip files", I get the following error:
>>
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
>>
>> Error 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 'mypackage/DESCRIPTION',
>> probable reason 'No
>> such file or directory'
>>
>> I've attempted to use the solutions from prior similar email
>> threats with
>> no success. Btw - I've install all the packages dependencies
>> prior to the
>> above. I'm on R 3.2.0.
>>
>>
>> please try the release condadate of R-3.2.1, R-3.2.0 had a bug for
>> package installation from local zip files.
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>> Any guidance would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Axel.
>>
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