Sorry guys I didn't do my homework, sorry for cluttering the list. I did know about the source argument.
This worked like a charm: > install.packages(choose.files(), type="source", repos=NULL) * installing *source* package 'climatol' ... ** R ** data ** inst ** preparing package for lazy loading ** help *** installing help indices ** building package indices ** testing if installed package can be loaded *** arch - i386 *** arch - x64 * DONE (climatol) when choosing the cmiatol_2.2.tar.gz file. Thanks for your help. That still leaves Alpesh out in the limbo :-( Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen Frede Aakmann Tøgersen Specialist, M.Sc., Ph.D. Plant Performance & Modeling Technology & Service Solutions T +45 9730 5135 M +45 2547 6050 fr...@vestas.com http://www.vestas.com Company reg. name: Vestas Wind Systems A/S This e-mail is subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. Please refer to www.vestas.com/legal/notice If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender. > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21. april 2014 13:21 > To: Milan Bouchet-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 écrit : > >> Hi > >> > >> Couldn't find a zip file in the archives. > >> > >> Why didn't 'R CMD build' (in a command shell on Windows) not make a > >> zip file? I did try to build from the climatol library that holds the > >> typical files as DESCRIPTION, LICENSE, etc. as well as folders like R, > >> etc. > > R CMD build produces *source* packages, and .zip packages are *binary*. > > > >> Did you see the debug information on read.fcf? For me it seems like R > >> has open a file handler to the DESCRIPTION file. Wouldn't the error > >> already be thrown there and not when read.fcf is called if the .tar.gz > >> format was the problem? > >> > >> I'll try and locate a zip > > Does install.packages(choose.file(), type="source") work? > > That will also need "repos=NULL", or it will go out to a repository to > look for the package. > > That should work if the package doesn't have compiled code. It will > handle compiled code only if Frede has the appropriate tools installed. > > > I'm not sure > > what utils:::menuInstallLocal() does. > > It is essentially > > install.packages(choose.file(), type="binary", repos=NULL) > > so it's not what Frede needs. > > Duncan > > > > > > Regards > > > > > >> 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 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package > >> > >> Frede... Windows uses zip files (binary, aka pre-compiled format) for > packages by default, because most installations don't have the development > tools installed. You need to setup RTools and use the "source" option to > install_package in order to handle the tar.gz package file, or download and > install the zip file instead. > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > >> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > >> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > >> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > >> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > >> On April 20, 2014 11:01:17 PM PDT, "Frede Aakmann Tøgersen" > <fr...@vestas.com> wrote: > >>> Well now, I think I have seen something similar to Alpesh. > >>> > >>> Recently I needed the climatol package that I have used some time ago. > >>> It is not maintained anymore but I downloaded the latest version, > >>> climatol_2.2.tar.gz, from archives > >>> (http://cran.r- > project.org/src/contrib/Archive/climatol/climatol_2.2.tar.gz > >>> ) . Trying to install that package from local file using R-3.1.0 on > >>> Windows 8 resulted in this: > >>> > >>> ## From R Console > >>>> utils:::menuInstallLocal() > >>> Error 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 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', > probable > >>> reason 'No such file or directory' > >>>> > >>> > >>> And yes I know where the file is located, since choose.files() is used. > >>> > >>> However I tried the same on our linux (R-3.0.2) cluster and it > >>> succeeded: > >>> > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R CMD INSTALL climatol_2.2.tar.gz > >>> * installing to library > >>> ?/gpfs02/gcdistro/app/R/3.0.2-gcc4.8.2/lib64/R/library? > >>> * installing *source* package ?climatol? ... > >>> ** R > >>> ** data > >>> ** inst > >>> ** preparing package for lazy loading > >>> ** help > >>> *** installing help indices > >>> ** building package indices > >>> ** installing vignettes > >>> ** testing if installed package can be loaded > >>> * DONE (climatol) > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R > >>> > >>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing" > >>> Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > >>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) > >>> > >>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > >>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > >>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > >>> > >>> Natural language support but running in an English locale > >>> > >>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > >>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and > >>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > >>> > >>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or > >>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. > >>> Type 'q()' to quit R. > >>> > >>>> library("climatol") > >>>> ?rosavent > >>>> q() > >>> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ > >>> > >>> > >>> Now unzipping and untaring climatol_2.2.tar.gz I thought to examine > >>> whether I could build the package on my Windows box. Only R stuff and > >>> no foreign language as C, FORTRAN, etc. so it should be easy. > >>> > >>> ## Command shell in Windows > >>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200] > >>> (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > >>> > >>> C:\Users\frtog>cd Desktop > >>> > >>> C:\Users\frtog\Desktop>c:\Programmer\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64\R CMD build > >>> climatol > >>> * checking for file 'climatol/DESCRIPTION' ... OK > >>> * preparing 'climatol': > >>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK > >>> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files > >>> * checking for empty or unneeded directories > >>> * looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added > >>> * building 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz' > >>> > >>> Now trying to install from that local file I Still got the same error > >>> as above. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Trying to do some debugging on read.dcf() (Emacs/ESS) > >>> > >>> > >>> R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) -- "Spring Dance" > >>> Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > >>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) > >>> > >>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > >>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > >>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > >>> > >>> Natural language support but running in an English locale > >>> > >>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > >>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and > >>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > >>> > >>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or > >>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. > >>> Type 'q()' to quit R. > >>> > >>>>> options(chmhelp=FALSE, help_type="text") > >>>> options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last="'", > >>> editor='emacsclient.exe', show.error.locations=TRUE) > >>>> debug(read.dcf) > >>>> install.packages("~/Desktop/climatol_2.2.tar.gz", repos = NULL) > >>> debugging in: read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), > c("Package", > >>> "Type")) > >>> debug: { > >>> if (is.character(file)) { > >>> file <- gzfile(file) > >>> on.exit(close(file)) > >>> } > >>> if (!inherits(file, "connection")) > >>> stop("'file' must be a character string or connection") > >>> if (!all) > >>> return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) > >>> .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame <- function(tags, vals, > >>> nums) { > >>> tf <- factor(tags, levels = unique(tags)) > >>> cnts <- table(nums, tf) > >>> out <- array(NA_character_, dim = dim(cnts), dimnames = list(NULL, > >>> levels(tf))) > >>> if (all(cnts <= 1L)) { > >>> out[cbind(nums, tf)] <- vals > >>> out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) > >>> } > >>> else { > >>> levs <- colSums(cnts > 1L) == 0L > >>> if (any(levs)) { > >>> inds <- tf %in% levels(tf)[levs] > >>> out[cbind(nums[inds], tf[inds])] <- vals[inds] > >>> } > >>> out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) > >>> for (l in levels(tf)[!levs]) { > >>> out[[l]] <- rep.int(list(NA_character_), nrow(cnts)) > >>> i <- tf == l > >>> out[[l]][unique(nums[i])] <- split(vals[i], nums[i]) > >>> } > >>> } > >>> out > >>> } > >>> on.exit(Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", Sys.getlocale("LC_CTYPE")), > >>> add = TRUE) > >>> Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", "C") > >>> lines <- readLines(file) > >>> ind <- grep("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*$", lines) > >>> if (length(ind)) { > >>> lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 * getOption("width")) > >>> stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nRegular lines must have a > >>> tag.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s", > >>> paste0(" ", lines, collapse = "\n")), domain = NA) > >>> } > >>> line_is_not_empty <- !grepl("^[[:space:]]*$", lines) > >>> nums <- cumsum(diff(c(FALSE, line_is_not_empty) > 0L) > 0L) > >>> nums <- nums[line_is_not_empty] > >>> lines <- lines[line_is_not_empty] > >>> line_is_escaped_blank <- grepl("^[[:space:]]+\\.[[:space:]]*$", > >>> lines) > >>> if (any(line_is_escaped_blank)) > >>> lines[line_is_escaped_blank] <- "" > >>> line_has_tag <- grepl("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*:", lines) > >>> ind <- which(!line_has_tag[which(diff(nums) > 0L) + 1L]) > >>> if (length(ind)) { > >>> lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 * getOption("width")) > >>> stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nContinuation lines must not start a > >>> record.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s", > >>> paste0(" ", lines, collapse = "\n")), domain = NA) > >>> } > >>> lengths <- rle(cumsum(line_has_tag))$lengths > >>> pos <- cumsum(lengths) > >>> tags <- sub(":.*", "", lines[line_has_tag]) > >>> lines[line_has_tag] <- sub("[^:]*:[[:space:]]*", "", > >>> lines[line_has_tag]) > >>> foldable <- rep.int(is.na(match(tags, keep.white)), lengths) > >>> lines[foldable] <- sub("^[[:space:]]*", "", lines[foldable]) > >>> lines[foldable] <- sub("[[:space:]]*$", "", lines[foldable]) > >>> vals <- mapply(function(from, to) paste(lines[from:to], collapse = > >>> "\n"), > >>> c(1L, pos[-length(pos)] + 1L), pos) > >>> out <- .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame(tags, vals, nums[pos]) > >>> if (!is.null(fields)) > >>> out <- out[fields] > >>> out > >>> } > >>> Browse[2]> str(file) > >>> chr "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" > >>> Browse[2]> head(file) > >>> [1] "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: if (is.character(file)) { > >>> file <- gzfile(file) > >>> on.exit(close(file)) > >>> } > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: file <- gzfile(file) > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: on.exit(close(file)) > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: if (!inherits(file, "connection")) stop("'file' must be a > >>> character string or connection") > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) > >>> Browse[2]> str(file) > >>> Classes 'gzfile', 'connection' atomic [1:1] 3 > >>> ..- attr(*, "conn_id")=<externalptr> > >>> Browse[2]> file > >>> description class > >>> "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION" "gzfile" > >>> mode text > >>> "rb" "text" > >>> opened can read > >>> "closed" "yes" > >>> can write > >>> "yes" > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white))) > >>> Browse[2]> > >>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", > >>> "Type")) : > >>> cannot open the connection > >>> In addition: Warning message: > >>> 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, fields, > >>> keep.white))) I loose control and R returns to prompt with an error. > >>> > >>> Hopefully one of you can replicate this. If not then it must have > >>> something with Windows OS to do. But what? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen > >>> > >>> > >>> Frede Aakmann Tøgersen > >>> Specialist, M.Sc., Ph.D. > >>> Plant Performance & Modeling > >>> > >>> Technology & Service Solutions > >>> T +45 9730 5135 > >>> M +45 2547 6050 > >>> fr...@vestas.com > >>> http://www.vestas.com > >>> > >>> Company reg. name: Vestas Wind Systems A/S > >>> This e-mail is subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. > >>> Please refer to > www.vestas.com/legal/notice<http://www.vestas.com/legal/notice> > >>> If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender. > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > >>> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > >>>> On Behalf Of Jeff Newmiller > >>>> Sent: 20. april 2014 23:33 > >>>> To: Alpesh Pandya; Rui Barradas > >>>> Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Uwe Ligges > >>>> Subject: Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package > >>>> > >>>> 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 > >>>> operating system configurations that may not all be fully tested. > >>> Blaming "R" > >>>> or "Windows", or blaming us for "preventing" you from getting your > >>>> education (isn't that something between you and your educational > >>>> institution?) are not going to be effective strategies for problem > >>> solving. > >>>> > >>>> Are you able to use other aspects of R beyond the XML package? Have > >>> you > >>>> tried communicating with the maintainers of that package? > >>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go > >>> Live... > >>>> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live > >>> Go... > >>>> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. > >>> Playing > >>>> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > >>>> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. > >>> rocks...1k > >>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >>>> > >>>> On April 20, 2014 11:45:44 AM PDT, Alpesh Pandya > >>>> <alpeshpan...@gmail.com> 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 (that R is not spelling out). > >>>>> > >>>>> I know R is geared for Mac and Windows is kind of looked down upon > >>> but > >>>>> I > >>>>> have no option but use windows and need this XML package running > to > >>>>> complete my education. Any help on this would be appreciated. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Alpesh Pandya > >>>>> <alpeshpan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> 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' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb) > >>>>>> opened URL > >>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", > >>>>> "Type")) > >>>>>> : > >>>>>> cannot open the connection > >>>>>> In addition: Warning messages: > >>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > >>>>>> downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136 > >>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from > >>> zip > >>>>> file > >>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", > >>>>> "Type")) : > >>>>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason > >>> 'No > >>>>> such > >>>>>> file or directory' > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Rui Barradas > >>>>> <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt>wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> 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 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/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98- > 1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> http://rweb.quant.ku.edu/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98- > 1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/ > >>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> http://cran.wustl.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> http://cran.case.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98- > 1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98- > >>>> 1.1.zip > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I have confirmed with IT that there is no restriction on > >>>>> downloading this > >>>>>>>> zip file from any of these sources. Also I am getting same error > >>>>> when I > >>>>>>>> try > >>>>>>>> from my home network as well. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Uwe Ligges < > >>>>>>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 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 version > >>> of > >>>>>>>>>> package > >>>>>>>>>> but in archives there are no zip files (only gz files). Is > >>>>> windows > >>>>>>>>>> platform > >>>>>>>>>> not recommended for R? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Right, and you can try to install these from sources. > >>>>>>>>> But I doubt you need it. You still have not told us if you > >>> tried > >>>>> another > >>>>>>>>> mirror to download the XML file from and what you local IT > >>> support > >>>>> tells > >>>>>>>>> you while your downloads are incomplete. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Best, > >>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Uwe Ligges < > >>>>>>>>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> 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 same mirror: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>> options("repos"=c(CRAN="http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror";)) > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("XML", lib="d:/temp") > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> 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 > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in > >>>>>>>>>>> d:\temp\RtmpqMqL8L\downloaded_packages > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Best, > >>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Uwe Ligges < > >>>>>>>>>>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 URL > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), > >>>>> c("Package", > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Type")) : > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot open the connection > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition: Warning messages: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", > >>> ...) > >>>>> : > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded length 4276224 != reported length > 4288136 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting > >>>> >from zip > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> file > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), > >>>>> c("Package", > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Type")) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> : > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', > >>> probable > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> reason > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'No > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> such > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> file or directory' > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Upon receiving this error, I downloaded XML_3.98-1.1.zip > >>>>> directly > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> from > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cran > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> site. But this zip file is not a valid archive (cannot > >>> open > >>>>> using > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> winzip). > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also trying to install using this downloaded file produces > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> following > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> error: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Installing package into 'C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/ > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> win-library/3.0' > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (as 'lib' is unspecified) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I downloaded this zip file from multiple sources and > >>> tried > >>>>> to > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> install > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> with > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> same result. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Thanks and Regards > >>>>>> Alpesh > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > >>>> guide.html > >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
