Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2015-01-09 Thread ssifleet
This issue seems to be ongoing. I am not the only one at my organization experiencing it either. Downloading the source and trying to unzip it reveals the file is broken. We are running R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10) on Windows 7 64 bit. Issue: install.packages("XML") trying URL 'http://cran.rst

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Alpesh Pandya
ls >> installed. >> > >> > >> > I'm not sure >> > > what utils:::menuInstallLocal() does. >> > >> > It is essentially >> > >>

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Alpesh Pandya
not sure >> > > what utils:::menuInstallLocal() does. >> > >> > It is essentially >> > >> > install.packages(choose.file(), type="binary", repos=NULL) >> > >> > so it's not what Frede needs. >> OK, so that's w

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Duncan Murdoch
> > > >> Sendt fra Samsung mobil > >> > >> > >> Oprindelig meddelelse > >> Fra: Jeff Newmiller > >> Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00) > >> Til: Frede Aakm

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Duncan Murdoch
domain = NA) > >>> } > >>> lengths <- rle(cumsum(line_has_tag))$lengths > >>> pos <- cumsum(lengths) > >>> tags <- sub(":.*", "", lines[line_has_tag]) > >>> lines[line_has_tag] <- sub("[

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
K, so that's what I suspected. Regards > Duncan > > > > > > Regards > > > > > >> Sendt fra Samsung mobil > >> > >> > >> Oprindelig meddelelse > >> Fra: Jeff Newmiller > >> Dato:21

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
het-Valat; Frede Aakmann Tøgersen > Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Uwe Ligges; Alpesh Pandya > Subject: Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package > > On 21/04/2014, 7:10 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > > Le lundi 21 avril 2014 à 11:38 +0200, Frede Aakmann Tøgersen a

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Duncan Murdoch
In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : cannot open compressed file 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory' Well coming to debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fi

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
gards > Sendt fra Samsung mobil > > > Oprindelig meddelelse > Fra: Jeff Newmiller > Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00) > Til: Frede Aakmann Tøgersen ,Alpesh Pandya ,Rui Barradas > Cc: r-help@r-project.org,Uwe Ligges ,Duncan Murdoch > Emne: RE: [R] R 3.0.

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
gards > Sendt fra Samsung mobil > > > Oprindelig meddelelse > Fra: Jeff Newmiller > Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00) > Til: Frede Aakmann Tøgersen ,Alpesh Pandya ,Rui Barradas > Cc: r-help@r-project.org,Uwe Ligges ,Duncan Murdoch > Emne: RE: [R] R 3.0.

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Michael Dewey
description class >"climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" "gzfile" > mode text > "rb"

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
ndelig meddelelse Fra: Jeff Newmiller Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00) Til: Frede Aakmann Tøgersen ,Alpesh Pandya ,Rui Barradas Cc: r-help@r-project.org,Uwe Ligges ,Duncan Murdoch Emne: RE: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package Frede... Windows uses zip files (binary

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff Newmiller
, "conn_id")= >Browse[2]> file > description class >"climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" "gzfile" > mode text >

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-20 Thread Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
c("Package", "Type")) : cannot open compressed file 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory' > Well coming to debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) I loose control and R returns to pro

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-20 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Hard to help you when the problem simply does not happen for others. As for Windows being not a focus, that is not at all true. I use it regularly on Windows at work. That being said, there are thousands of packages and those each involve their own subset of R users. There are also many operatin

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 20/04/2014, 2:45 PM, Alpesh Pandya wrote: I keep on trying from various networks but I still get the same error. I don't this this has anything to do with network or ability to download the package (as I can install other packages fine). This must be something in base R or dependencies issues

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-20 Thread Alpesh Pandya
I keep on trying from various networks but I still get the same error. I don't this this has anything to do with network or ability to download the package (as I can install other packages fine). This must be something in base R or dependencies issues (that R is not spelling out). I know R is gear

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-14 Thread Alpesh Pandya
Thank you for response Rui. I still get the same error with this repository. Installing package into ‘C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0’ (as ‘lib’ 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' leng

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-14 Thread Rui Barradas
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

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-14 Thread Alpesh Pandya
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/b

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-13 Thread Uwe Ligges
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 ve

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-12 Thread Alpesh Pandya
@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

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-12 Thread Alpesh Pandya
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. On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Works for me. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > >

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-12 Thread Uwe Ligges
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 sam

Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-11 Thread Uwe Ligges
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

[R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

2014-04-11 Thread Alpesh Pandya
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(