That worked. Thank you, especially for that last one! So, for others who might encounter this same situation:
1. Install RTools from here: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools34.exe Trying to install Rtools from inside RStudio will result in an "it's not available for 3.4.2" message. 2. Install the following dependencies: timeDate, timeSeries, fBasics, fOptions 3. Download fAsianOptions from here: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/fAsianOptions/fAsianOptions_3010.79.tar.gz and prob from here: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/prob/prob_1.0-0.tar.gz 4. Unzip each into its own directory. 5. Use this to install each, as appropriate: install.packages("~/Downloads/fAsianOptions", dependencies=TRUE, repos=NULL, type = "source") On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:02 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 3:46 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks. I found that, and installed it and got the same message. Here: > > > > RTools version 3.4 > > > > install.packages("fAsianOptions_3010.tar.gz", > > I don't see a path to that file's location. > > The expansion from pkg_version.tar.gz might be automatic, but I do > generally expand such file into its own directory and then drag that > directory icon into the console so my command would look like: > > install.packages("~/Downloads/fAsianOptions", dependencies=TRUE, > repos=NULL, type = "source") > > > I suggest you learn to post in plain text since your HTML postings are > loosing their carriage returns. > > -- > David > > > > > > dependencies=TRUE, repos=NULL, type = "source") > > Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Tlk7/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’ (as > ‘lib’ is unspecified) Warning: invalid package 'fAsianOptions_3010.tar.gz' > Error: ERROR: no packages specified Warning in install.packages : running > command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-34~1.2/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l > "C:\Users\Tlk7\Documents\R\win-library\3.4" "fAsianOptions_3010.tar.gz"' > had status 1 Warning in install.packages : installation of package > ‘fAsianOptions_3010.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status > > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 6:06 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Rtools is not available for the current version of R. > > > > Really? If true, I'm surprised and not able to help. I do see an > Rtools34.exe at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ > > -- > > David. > > > > > > > > What I'm looking for is an alternative package or how others have > managed to create workarounds. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 4:25 PM, David Winsemius < > dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 1:09 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, that is exactly what I was doing two days ago. > > > > > > > > Warning in install.packages : > > > > installation of package ‘fAsianOptions_3010.79.tar.gz’ had > non-zero exit status > > > > > > > > Which is what a reading of the explanation for why "prob" was > retired leads one to expect. Do you have some other suggestion about how to > get it to work? I notice you're not using Windows which might have a > relationship to why it is working for you. > > > > > > > > > I explained what you needed to do if you were on Windows. You do need > to read the explanation more closely, identify the parts you don't > understand (in all likelihood the point I made about needing the proper > development tools for Windows) _and_ read: > > > > > > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin. > html#Installing-packages > > > > > > If you have trouble understanding or getting success after thoroughly > reading these directions, you need to explain what you have done > (preserving the order of all operations) and post a complete transcript of > all commands and complete error messages. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David. > > > > Otherwise, do you know of some other package that could be used > instead of prob? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 3:44 PM, David Winsemius < > dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Yes. That's the version I've been discussing that has non-zero > exit status. That situation is why CRAN retired the prob package. It's > possible you installed that library earlier in development and it's been > "carried" along. It no longer installs, now. > > > > > > > > > > The problems with all of this seem to have started this month > according to the conversations. However, no one has mentioned any solutions > or workarounds except the one mentioned in passing (2.9). > > > > > > > > Not true. Not even close to being true. I explained it all on the SO > question page that you posted 2 days ago. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > David. > > > > > > > > > > Is there some other package that does something similar to prob > that can be used instead? > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:29 PM, David Winsemius < > dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The issue is fAsianOptions. Is there a version that works with > the latest version of R? If not, which version of it works with which > version of R and where can it be found? I tried several at the archive > already. > > > > > > > > > > sessionInfo() > > > > > R version 3.4.2 Patched (2017-10-04 r73465) > > > > > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit) > > > > > Running under: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > packageDescription("fAsianOptions") > > > > > Package: fAsianOptions > > > > > Version: 3010.79 > > > > > Revision: 5522 > > > > > Date: 2013-06-23 > > > > > Title: EBM and Asian Option Valuation > > > > > Author: Diethelm Wuertz and many others, see the SOURCE file > > > > > Depends: R (>= 2.4.0), timeDate, timeSeries, fBasics, fOptions > > > > > Suggests: RUnit > > > > > Maintainer: Yohan Chalabi <yohan.chal...@rmetrics.org> > > > > > Description: Environment for teaching "Financial Engineering and > Computational Finance" > > > > > Note: Several parts are still preliminary and may be changed in > the future. this > > > > > typically includes function and argument names, as well > as defaults for > > > > > arguments and return values. > > > > > LazyData: yes > > > > > License: GPL (>= 2) > > > > > URL: http://www.rmetrics.org > > > > > Packaged: 2013-06-23 18:22:14 UTC; yohan > > > > > NeedsCompilation: yes > > > > > Repository: CRAN > > > > > Date/Publication: 2013-06-24 01:53:27 > > > > > Built: R 3.4.2; x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0; 2017-11-01 22:45:02 > UTC; unix > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alternatively, is there another package that behaves similarly > to prob? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 6:17 PM, David Winsemius < > dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 1, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz < > tlkan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The prob package has been archived because it depends upon > some other > > > > > > > packages which have issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, such projects as Introduction to Probability and > Statistics in R > > > > > > > depend upon it for learning. There are a few other resources > that also use > > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know of any workarounds? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Someone at stack exchange mentioned using R 2.9. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure I would trust that person. They seem a bit > uninformed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, that broke my > > > > > > > RStudio (WSOD) and the dependent packages still wouldn't > install, anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > The latest version of pkg-prob at the Archive directory of CRAN > indicates that it was last updated within this year. The DESCRIPTION file > indicates that it does not need compilation, but: > > > > > > > > > > > > Depends: combinat, fAsianOptions > > > > > > > > > > > > So there should be code in text files in its ../R directory > which can be sourced from that directory. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~myuser_name$ ls /Users/../Downloads/prob/R > > > > > > characteristicfunctions.r simulation.r > utils-spaces.r > > > > > > genData.R spaces-examples.r > utils-subsets.r > > > > > > misc.r spaces-prob.r > > > > > > prob.r utils-events.r > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or you can install from source after downloading: > > > > > > > > > > > > install.packages("~/Downloads/prob", repo=NULL,type="source") > > > > > > > > > > > > # Success > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > library(prob) # So does require having several other > packages > > > > > > Loading required package: combinat > > > > > > > > > > > > Attaching package: ‘combinat’ > > > > > > > > > > > > The following object is masked from ‘package:utils’: > > > > > > > > > > > > combn > > > > > > > > > > > > Loading required package: fAsianOptions > > > > > > Loading required package: timeDate > > > > > > > > > > > > Attaching package: ‘timeDate’ > > > > > > > > > > > > The following object is masked from ‘package:cairoDevice’: > > > > > > > > > > > > Cairo > > > > > > > > > > > > The following objects are masked from > ‘package:PerformanceAnalytics’: > > > > > > > > > > > > kurtosis, skewness > > > > > > > > > > > > Loading required package: timeSeries > > > > > > > > > > > > Attaching package: ‘timeSeries’ > > > > > > > > > > > > The following object is masked from ‘package:zoo’: > > > > > > > > > > > > time<- > > > > > > > > > > > > Loading required package: fBasics > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rmetrics Package fBasics > > > > > > Analysing Markets and calculating Basic Statistics > > > > > > Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Rmetrics Association Zurich > > > > > > Educational Software for Financial Engineering and Computational > Science > > > > > > Rmetrics is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > > > > > https://www.rmetrics.org --- Mail to: i...@rmetrics.org > > > > > > Loading required package: fOptions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rmetrics Package fOptions > > > > > > Pricing and Evaluating Basic Options > > > > > > Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Rmetrics Association Zurich > > > > > > Educational Software for Financial Engineering and Computational > Science > > > > > > Rmetrics is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > > > > > https://www.rmetrics.org --- Mail to: i...@rmetrics.org > > > > > > > > > > > > Attaching package: ‘prob’ > > > > > > > > > > > > The following objects are masked from ‘package:dplyr’: > > > > > > > > > > > > intersect, setdiff, union > > > > > > > > > > > > The following objects are masked from ‘package:base’: > > > > > > > > > > > > intersect, setdiff, union > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tiby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > > > > > > > A specific suggestion would be that you read the listinfo and > the Posting Guide and learn to post in plain text. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, > see > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > > > > > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > > > > > > > > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently > advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > > > > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > > > > > > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently > advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > > > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > > > > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently > advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently > advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' > -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' > -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] 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