On 22-10-2013, at 15:19, Steven Dwayne Randolph <randolph_steve...@lilly.com>
wrote:
> Ista,... Thank you for your response. Here is what is occurring when I
> attempt to command-line install.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> install.packages('XML')
> Installing package into ‘C:/Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/R/win-library/3.0’
> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> trying URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 4287270 bytes (4.1 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 4.1 Mb
>
> Warning in install.packages :
> downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4287270
Look at what is reported here. The downloaded length is not equal to the
reported (i.e. actual) length of the zip.
What is the length if you download the .zip file manually?
So something has gone wrong with the download.
Can you open a .zip file in another program? If so see what happens if you open
it in that program.
You have to do detective work.
Berend
> Warning in install.packages :
> error 1 in extracting from zip file
> Warning in install.packages :
> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file
> or directory'
> Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> STeven
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ista Zahn [mailto:istaz...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:09 AM
> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph
> Cc: Duncan Murdoch; r-help@r-project.org; stevendrando...@aol.com; Piyush
> Singh - Network
> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> I still don't understand why you are downloading it manually. What happens
> when you
>
> install.packages("XML")
>
> ?
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph
> <randolph_steve...@lilly.com> wrote:
>> Duncan... Thank you.
>>
>> 1. I am able to download the XML file via my corporate network,
>> other packages without this same issue, even rcurl and bitops which are
>> pre-requisites on the same page as XML.
>> 2. I have attempted to download this from my own wifi at home
>> using xfinity/Comcast to my personal pc and still get the same error on this
>> package alone.
>> 3. I am genuinely baffled by this package download and
>> install experience.
>> 4. I would gladly build this from source, If indeed I could
>> find the source and then use RTools to compile it. That has been
>> unsuccessful as well. Nightmare? Slightly.
>>
>> Thanks for your response.....
>> Steven
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:13 PM
>> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org; Ista Zahn
>> Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working
>>
>> On 13-10-20 9:23 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote:
>>> My apologies for not conforming to the posting guideline.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sys.info()
>>> sysname release
>>> version
>>> "Windows" "7 x64" "build 7601,
>>> Service Pack 1"
>>> nodename machine
>>> login
>>> "xxxxxxNU247BZ1S" "x86-64"
>>> "XXXXXX"
>>> user effective_user
>>> "xxxxxxx" "xxxxxxx"
>>>
>>> When I attempt to install a local copy of the xml.zip file:
>>>
>>> in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
>>> cannot open the connection
>>> In addition: Warning messages:
>>> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip
>>> file
>>> 2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such
>>> file or directory'
>>
>> I think it is pretty clear that the problem is at your end: you aren't
>> downloading the file properly, even though everyone else is. Perhaps you
>> are behind a firewall, or something else is interfering with your downloads?
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:23 PM
>>> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org
>>> Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com
>>> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working
>>>
>>> On 13-10-19 3:47 PM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote:
>>>> I know I cannot be the only one who is not able to install the XML
>>>> package from CRAN (zip or tar file) Many packages depend on this XML
>>>> package. Can someone help me either access the source for a good binary?
>>>> I have received no assistance from the author/developer of the package.
>>>
>>> It installs fine for me.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>
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