Frede's suggestion was very helpful to me and I could resolve the issue
finally.
I created new archive manually using source code for XML package (only R
code) and winzip utility. Then ran this command for installation and that
worked fine.
install.packages("C:/Course/WorkingData/XML_3.98-1.1.zip", repos = NULL)
Installing package into âC:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0â
(as âlibâ is unspecified)
package âXMLâ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 21/04/2014 9:19 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
>
>> Le lundi 21 avril 2014 à 07:21 -0400, Duncan Murdoch a écrit :
>> > 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.
>> Usually install.packages() prints a warning and assumes repos=NULL iwhen
>> type="source". And since I'm lazy, I've sticked to the short
>> version. ;-)
>>
>
> Right, if the file is a .tar.gz file, it does that. I often install
> directly from source directories, and there it fails.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>
>> > 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.
>> OK, so that's what I suspected.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> > 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
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>> > >>> M +45 2547 6050
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>> > >>>
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>> > >>> Please refer to www.vestas.com/legal/notice<ht
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>> > >>> 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
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> ______________________________________________
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>> > >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-
>> > >>>> guide.html
>> > >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> > >>
>> > >>
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>> > >> ______________________________________________
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>> > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
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>> > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> > >
>> > > ______________________________________________
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>> > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
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>> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> > >
>>
>>
>
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Thanks and Regards
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