Re: [R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

2009-01-11 Thread Bob Green
Brian, Thank you for your reply and advice. I hope that I did not give the impression that your build was the cause of the difficulties I experienced. If so, I apologise for this. Your email was helpful in alerting me to the need to install 'proxy' and I subsequently located the current vers

Re: [R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

2009-01-11 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Bob Green wrote: Hello, I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML package which I require to run package tm. Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to install the packages to a laptop running XP. Windows, I presume. Th

Re: [R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

2009-01-10 Thread Bob Green
Hello Gabor, I believe I used the method you described to download zip files for rJava, tm, matrix, filehash etc etc. There is no windows zip file for XML, only a gz file which I can't get to load through install local zip file. The XML zip file I located on http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin

Re: [R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

2009-01-10 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On a computer with an internet connection use your browser to find and download the XML package zip file. (Note that this step does not involve using R.) Transfer zip file to XP. Start up R on the XP & use the menus: Packages | Install package(s) from local zip file to install it. On Sat, Ja

[R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

2009-01-10 Thread Bob Green
Hello, I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML package which I require to run package tm. Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to install the packages to a laptop running XP. The laptop does not have an internet connection. Firstly I trie