I appreciate all your help. But I think it is not fair to blame me for not knowing enough about R. You kept telling me to read the R installation manual, and I have read it through for several times and it is not easy for a beginner. It is even hard for a windows user since the whole manual is not quite windows-friendly. In the manual, everything explained in very detail for unix-like command, but every limited explanation for windows user. I think it would be a lot easier for me to grab a unix system even I know nothing about unix now, since the manual is so in detail for unix. The same issue in your responses. This is fine that you only provide help for non-windows users, but you should let me know about this so I would not "persist in multiple departures". Anyway, there are so many windows users.
________________________________ From: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:54 AM, zheng wei wrote: > You can tell me what do you mean by add R's bin directory to path. I think you will find that the R experts expect users to have a higher level of knowledge about your system's workings than you are displaying. Here you are apparently asking them to give step by step education about how to do a basic Windows software management task. That' not what R-help offers. You could ask this sort of question on a Windows help forum .... or get yourself a book ..... or read the MS documentation. I'm not a Windows user so don't ask me. And you really should read the Posting Guide more carefully. You persist in multiple departures from its requested posting style. --David. > > Thanks > > From: Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > Cc: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>; "r-help@r-project.org" > <r-help@r-project.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex > > I give up. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > On 23.02.2012 15:01, zheng wei wrote: > > Thanks. > > > > I do not understand item 2, what do you mean by add R's bin directory to > > path? > > > > While directly use to c:\temp and type the commands, it says 'R' is not > > recognized as an internal or external command. > > > > While I use previous approach by going into the bin directory and type R > > CMD INSTALL "c:/temp/Rcplex", it told me that configuration failed for > > package 'Rcplex' > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Uwe Ligges<lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > > Cc: David Winsemius<dwinsem...@comcast.net>; > > "r-help@r-project.org"<r-help@r-project.org> > > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:07 AM > > Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex > > > > > > > > On 22.02.2012 21:04, zheng wei wrote: > >> Based on my understanding of the manual, I moved upziped the file and put > >> the folder of Rcplex under the directory of c:/temp > >> Then I use cmd under windows to go to the director of C:\Program > >> Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin, where my R is installed > >> and typed R CMD INSTALL > >> "c:/temp/Rcplex" > > > > I'd > > > > 1. install a recent version of R > > > > 2. add R's bin directory to the PATH and go to c:\temp and say > > > > R CMD build Rcplex > > > > followed by > > > > R CMD INSTALL Rcplex_version.tar.gz > > > > > > 3. When it fails, I'd try to find out if the ERROR message is helpful. > > > > 4. If 3 fails, I'd ask the maintainer for help - including relevant > > information, like the error message, install paths, version information etc. > > > > > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > > >> I got the error of configuration failed for package "Rcplex" > >> > >> Any idea? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Uwe Ligges<lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > >> Cc: David Winsemius<dwinsem...@comcast.net>; > >> "r-help@r-project.org"<r-help@r-project.org> > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:04 AM > >> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex > >> > >> > >> > >> On 22.02.2012 03:33, zheng wei wrote: > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> I was just reminded by the tech support in my university that cplex is an > >>> independent software owned by ILOG, which in turn is now owned by IBM. I > >>> suceeded in installing the software cplex under the directory of > >>> "C:/Program Files/IBM/ILOG/CPLEX_Studio_Academic124/cplex" > >>> I guess Rcplex is an R package to utilize the software cplex. I have > >>> changed the path "/c/ilog/cplex111" to the above path. My question is how > >>> to finally and effectively install the package of Rcplex? > >> > >> You have been asked alreeady to read the R Installation and > >> Administration manual. > >> > >> Uwe Ligges > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Wei > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: Uwe Ligges<lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > >>> Cc: David Winsemius<dwinsem...@comcast.net>; > >>> "r-help@r-project.org"<r-help@r-project.org> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:14 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 21.02.2012 19:57, zheng wei wrote: > >>>> Thank you both for helping. Still could not figure out. > >>>> > >>>> I was contacting different supporting IT departments in my university > >>>> but did not get any help. > >>>> > >>>> For the moment, I just want to what does the instruction of the package > >>>> means. You could find this instruction on page > >>>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcplex/INSTALL > >>>> > >>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> ***WINDOWS*** > >>>> Installation on Windows systems is done by using the provided > >>>> Makevars.win file in the src directory. It contains the following > >>>> lines: > >>>> PKG_CPPFLAGS=-I<CPLEX_DIR>/include > >>>> PKG_LIBS=-L<CPLEX_DIR>/lib/x86_windows_vs2008/stat_mda -lcplex111 -lm > >>>> where<cplex_dir> is the cplex installation directory > >>>> e.g. /c/ilog/cplex111. Please edit your Makevars.win file accordingly. > >>>> We have successfully tested this procedure with CPLEX 11.1 on 32-bit > >>>> Windows XP. > >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I can find the file and see the codes. But what new path should I put, > >>>> and what to do next? > >>> > >>> The path to your CPLEX installation? > >>> > >>> Uwe Ligges > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Wei > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ________________________________ > >>>> From: Uwe Ligges<lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > >>>> To: David Winsemius<dwinsem...@comcast.net> @r-project.org> > >>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 6:01 AM > >>>> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 20.02.2012 01:54, David Winsemius wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 7:45 PM, zheng wei wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I did not know this before. I installed it as you suggested. what to > >>>>>> do next? > >>>>> > >>>>> Read the Installation Manual? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> And don't forget this is a source package for which no CRAN Windows > >>>> binary exists, hence it may be not that straightforward to get it done > >>>> and you wil have to read the INSTALL file from the source package > >>>> carefully. > >>>> > >>>> Uwe Ligges > > David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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