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
ls
>> installed.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm not sure
>> > > what utils:::menuInstallLocal() does.
>> >
>> > It is essentially
>> >
>>
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
> >
> >> Sendt fra Samsung mobil
> >>
> >>
> >> Oprindelig meddelelse
> >> Fra: Jeff Newmiller
> >> Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00)
> >> Til: Frede Aakm
domain = NA)
> >>> }
> >>> lengths <- rle(cumsum(line_has_tag))$lengths
> >>> pos <- cumsum(lengths)
> >>> tags <- sub(":.*", "", lines[line_has_tag])
> >>> lines[line_has_tag] <- sub("[
K, so that's what I suspected.
Regards
> Duncan
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >> Sendt fra Samsung mobil
> >>
> >>
> >> Oprindelig meddelelse
> >> Fra: Jeff Newmiller
> >> Dato:21
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
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
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.
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.
description class
>"climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" "gzfile"
> mode text
> "rb"
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
, "conn_id")=
>Browse[2]> file
> description class
>"climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" "gzfile"
> mode text
>
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
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
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
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
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' leng
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
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
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
@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
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
>
>
>
>
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
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
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(
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