Thanks for pointing that out.
Yes, the link on the package web site was for 0.2-1 and
that was the one used to build the binary for Windows.
Now updated in both places and the binary repository will
give 0.2-2.

How to find the version of an installed package?

  packageDescription("RGoogleDocs")

 D.

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
Dear Duncan

On my home computer I was able to use install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)

But, alas it would not read the data in the spreadsheet. It went back to its nasty ways
Error in !includeEmpty : invalid argument type

That is what I was getting with version 0.2-1.You then sent me link to 0.2-2 (in source code) which is what worked.

Is it possible that that the windows binary version you put in omegahat was 0.2-1 and not 0.2-2? I did not know how to tell what version had been installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 22:53, Duncan Temple Lang <dun...@wald.ucdavis.edu <mailto:dun...@wald.ucdavis.edu>> wrote:



    Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

     > ........


        Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super
        painful. Now
        that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder
        with my
        coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the
        same
        process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really
        do not want
        to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.

        Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere
        so that
        others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate
        that I should
        post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that
        it is Duncan
        Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his
        work as he
        wishes?


    Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
    Both encourage you to help others and make the
    binary available to others.
    And indeed,  I hope that Windows users do build binaries
    for others and remove the additional work from those
    who provide the software in the first place.

    Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
    version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
    so

     install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)

    should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the hardship
    of building the binary.  Sorry to do it so soon after.

     D.





        Farrel Buchinsky
        Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



        On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky <fjb...@gmail.com
        <mailto:fjb...@gmail.com>> wrote:

            Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does
            one need to
            restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
            Farrel Buchinsky
            Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



            On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck
            <ggrothendi...@gmail.com <mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com>>wrote:

                Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

                Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
                the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
                bin directory to your path permanently then you could
                find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
                to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
                that Rtools was the culprit.

                If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
                that problem.

                On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan
                Murdoch<murd...@stats.uwo.ca <mailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca>>
                wrote:

                    On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

                        Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows
                        find tar. In other words

                from

                        where do I issue the command and what is the
                        command.

                    You need to install the toolset, and let the
                    installer set your path.

                    Duncan Murdoch

                        Farrel Buchinsky
                        Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



                        On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch
                        <murd...@stats.uwo.ca <mailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca>>

                wrote:

                            On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

                                I  have previously read "R Installation
                                and Administration". I read

                it

                                again. It does not help me
                                The relevant paragraph is below. But I
                                need lower level instructions.
                                Where
                                can I find them.

                            Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar,
                            your toolset is installed
                            incorrectly.

                            Duncan Murdoch


                                R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to
                                install source packages if you have
                                the
                                source-code package files (option
                                “Source Package Installation Files”

                in

                                the
                                installer) and toolset (see The Windows



                
toolset<file:///C:/Program%20Files/R/R-2.9.1/doc/manual/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset>)

                                installed. Installation of binary
                                packages must be done by
                                install.packages
                                . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the
                                current options under

                Windows

                                (which differ from those on a
                                Unix-alike): in particular there is a
                                choice
                                of the types of documentation to be
                                installed.
                                Farrel Buchinsky
                                Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



                                2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges
                                <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
                                <mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>>

                                 See the manual "R Installation and
                                Administration" for information

                on

                                how

                                    to install source packages on Windows.

                                    Uwe Ligges

                                    Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

                                     After issuing tar xvfz
                                    RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am
                                    getting an
                                    error

                                        message
                                        'tar' is not recongnized as an
                                        internal or external command,

                operable

                                        program or batch file.

                                        Should I use my 7-zip to open up
                                        the archive?
                                        Where should I be doing this?
                                        For instance can I do it all in my
                                        download directory or should I
                                        do it in C:\Program
                                        Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or
                                        should I manually create C:\Program
                                        Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs
                                        and do it all there or will the
                                        Rcmd
                                        INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
                                        command do that for me.

                                        Yes, you assumed correctly. I am
                                        using Windows XP.
                                        Farrel Buchinsky
                                        Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



                                        On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17,
                                        Gabor Grothendieck
                                        <ggrothendi...@gmail.com
                                        <mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com>>wrote:

                                         I have haven't neen following
                                        this thread but:

                                            1. if
                                            RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is
                                            a source distribution (as
                                            opposed to built source)
                                            then the first line renames
                                            it so
                                            that its not the same name
                                            as the built file about to
                                            be created.
                                            The second line detars it
                                            into the RGoogleDocs
                                            directory.  The

                third

                                            builds
                                            the built source file,
                                            RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.
                                             The fourth
                                            installs the built source
                                            file into R.  I've assumed
                                            Windows.
                                            If you are on Linux replace
                                            rename with mv.

                                            rename
                                            RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
                                            RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
                                            tar xvfz
                                            RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
                                            Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
                                            Rcmd INSTALL
                                            RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

                                            or

                                            2. if
                                            RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is
                                            already a built source file then
                                            you
                                            can just issue the last of
                                            the above lines and don't need
                                            the others.

                                            On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52
                                            PM, Farrel Buchinsky<

                fjb...@gmail.com <mailto:fjb...@gmail.com>>

                                            wrote:

                                             What do you mean by "cd
                                            
the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"

                                                Do you mean the
                                                directory where I
                                                downloaded the
                                                RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
                                                to? Or do you mean that
                                                I must create a
                                                directory called

                RGoogleDocs

                                                 under

                                             Library and then change to
                                            that directory?

                                                Farrel Buchinsky
                                                Google Voice Tel: (412)
                                                567-7870



                                                On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at
                                                22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

                                                 ggrothendi...@gmail.com
                                                
<mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com>>

                                             wrote:

                                                 Finally enter into the
                                                Windows console:

                                                    cd
                                                    
the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
                                                    Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
                                                    Rcmd INSTALL
                                                    RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

                                                    except replace
                                                    RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
                                                    with the filename
                                                    created by the build.

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