Dear Sirs, just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in the installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr regards sekhar
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: > Dear Sekhar, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com] > > Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM > > To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> > > Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr > > > > Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone > > And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help. > > > In any case I hv tried all > > over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar > > I assume that by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an > HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work. > > I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas. > > Maybe someone else will have a suggestion. > > John > > > > > On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <j...@mcmaster.ca > > <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > <mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com> ] > > > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM > > > To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca <mailto: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> > > > <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Rich, > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:r...@temple.edu > > <mailto:r...@temple.edu> > > > <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> > > > <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it> > > > > > > Cc: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca > > > > <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > >; > > > Sekhar Venkatesan > > > > <venkatesansek...@gmail.com > > <mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com > > <mailto:venkatesansek...@gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch > > > > <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com > > <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com > > <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > >; R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R- > > h...@r-project.org> <mailto:R- <mailto:R-> > > > h...@r-project.org <mailto:h...@r-project.org> > ; R-windows@r- > > > > project.org <http://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> > > <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> > > <mailto: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> > > > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> ________________________________________ > > > > >> From: R-help [r-help-boun...@r-project.org <mailto:r- > > help-boun...@r-project.org> <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help-> > > > boun...@r-project.org <mailto:boun...@r-project.org> > ] on > > behalf of Vito M. R. > > > > >> Muggeo [vito.mug...@unipa.it > > <mailto:vito.mug...@unipa.it> <mailto: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> > > > <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > > > > > >> Cc: r-wind...@r-project.org <mailto:R-windows@r- > > project.org> <mailto:R-windows@r- <mailto:R-windows@r-> > > > project.org <http://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> > > > <mailto: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]] > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > ______________________________________________ > > > > >>> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > > <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > mailing > > > list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > > > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide > > > > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > >>> 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 > > > > >> > > > > >> > > ______________________________________________ > > > > >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > > <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > mailing > list > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > > > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > > > > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > > <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> > mailing > list - > > > - To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > > > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, > > reproducible > > > code. > > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
