[R] problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

[Bob Green]

Hello Gabor,

I believe I used the method you described to download zip files for 
rJava, tm, matrix, filehash etc etc. There is no windows zip file for 
XML, only a gz file which I can't get to load through install local 
zip file. The XML zip file I located on 
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/ resulted 
in the namespace error.


regards

Bob


At 01:23 PM 11/01/2009, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>On a computer with an internet connection use your browser to
>find and download the XML package zip file.  (Note that this
>step does not involve using R.)
>
>Transfer zip file to XP.  Start up R on the XP & use the menus:
>    Packages | Install package(s) from local zip file
>to install it.
>
>On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Bob Green 
><bgreen at dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML package
> > which I require to run package tm.
> >
> > Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to install
> > the packages to a laptop running XP. The laptop does not have an internet
> > connection.
> >
> > Firstly I tried the file -   XML_1.99-0.tar.gz . Below is the error I
> > received
> >
> > Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> > In addition: Warning messages:
> > 1: In zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
> > 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
> >  cannot open compressed file 'XML_1.99-0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
> > reason 'No such file or directory'
> >
> > Then I tried XML 1.96-0.zip (from
> > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/). Below is the
> > error I received
> >
> > Loading required package: XML
> > Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths())) :
> >  there is no package called 'proxy'
> > Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tm'
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated,
> >
> > Bob
> >
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