Dear Sekhar,
I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you haven't said so
directly, I assume that you aren't able to use install.packages() to install
*any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.
Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the package. You
can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows GUI via the
"Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but that too won't
really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on which the Rcmdr
depends.
As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem with a
firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's problem), you
can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in preference to the
default HTTPS:
Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R Console > prompt
and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first (0-Cloud) mirror. Then issue
the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.
If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.
You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help. That not a good
idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people who have other
suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response to r-help.
Best,
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com]
> Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
> To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca>
> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>
> Dear Sirs,
> Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several CRAN mirrors
> but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also unzip the
> same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
> that is the problem.
> regards
> sekhar
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
>
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:r...@temple.edu
> <mailto:r...@temple.edu> ]
> > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
> > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.mug...@unipa.it
> <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it> >
> > Cc: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> >;
> Sekhar Venkatesan
> > <venkatesansek...@gmail.com
> <mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com> >; Duncan Murdoch
> > <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >; R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-
> h...@r-project.org> ; R-windows@r-
> > project.org <http://project.org>
> > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >
> > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty with Rstudio.
> >
>
> Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R Windows
> SDI and MDI.
>
> Best,
> John
>
>
> > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named function in an
> > environment that does not appear in either conflicts(details=TRUE)
> or in
> > search().
> >
> > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
> >
> > utils::install.packages("package.name <http://package.name> ")
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
> <vito.mug...@unipa.it <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it> >
> > wrote:
> > > dear John,
> > > Thanks for your prompt reply
> > >
> > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
> > >>
> > >> Dear Vito,
> > >>
> > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a general way,
> > >
> > > Me too. I have always installed R packages straightforwardly..
> > >
> > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call install.packages() all the
> > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
> > > Of course..
> > >
> > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
> > > install.packages() from working in your case -- possibly an
> Internet
> > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server, use of https,
> etc.
> > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these issues
> than I am
> > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for fixing the
> problem.
> > >
> > > However I have just checked that it works with *http* servers
> (but not
> > > for any other *https*..)
> > >
> > > Thanks for your support,
> > > best,
> > > vito
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> John
> > >>
> > >> -----------------------------
> > >> John Fox, Professor
> > >> McMaster University
> > >> Hamilton, Ontario
> > >> Canada L8S 4M4
> > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ________________________________________
> > >> From: R-help [r-help-boun...@r-project.org <mailto:r-help-
> boun...@r-project.org> ] on behalf of Vito M. R.
> > >> Muggeo [vito.mug...@unipa.it <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it>
> ]
> > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
> > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help@r-project.org
> <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>
> > >> Cc: r-wind...@r-project.org <mailto:R-windows@r-
> project.org>
> > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > >>
> > >> dear all,
> > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr package
> itself..
> > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
> > >>
> > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when typing
> > >>
> > >> > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
> > >>
> > >> I get the message
> > >> Warning message:
> > >> package ‘_ANY_PACKAGE_’ is not available (for R version 3.2.3)
> > >>
> > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
> > >>
> > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
> > >>
> > >> best,
> > >> vito
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
> > >>>
> > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
> > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you instead of R-
> help.
> > >>> Thanks
> > >>> for directing me.
> > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i asked for
> > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not available
> with
> > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for getting started with
> > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical interface
> which
> > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr console.
> > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out the R
> console as
> > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import files
> and also
> > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-commander
> console.
> > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the R-commander
> > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the statistical
> operations.
> > >>> Thanks and regards,
> > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for disturbing
> him.
> > >>> Sekhar
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> > >>> <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
> > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN site. I
> have tried
> > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface. But
> Rcmdr is not
> > >>>>> opening in as a console along with R console. Help is
> required to
> > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
> library(Rcmdr)
> > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
> > >>>>> thanks
> > >>>>> Sekhar
> > >>>>> Delhi
> > >>>>> India
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help. Please write to R-
> help,
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>
> > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands that are
> failing.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > >>>
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> > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> reproducible code.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> ==============================================
> > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > >> Università di Palermo
> > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > >> tel: 091 23895240
> > >> fax: 091 485726
> > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > >>
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> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
> code.
> > >>
> > >
> > > --
> > > ==============================================
> > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > > Università di Palermo
> > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > > tel: 091 23895240
> > > fax: 091 485726
> > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > >
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