[R] Reading from Google Docs

Wed Jul 8 21:30:09 CEST 2009

On 7/8/2009 3:18 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
> software not work and the importance of using the word
> find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
> look at the scripts.

You didn't read what I wrote.  It could be called anything as far as the 
scripts are concerned.  I explained to you how to rename it and keep 
them happy.

Duncan Murdoch
> 
> Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
> Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
> number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
> that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
> for kludges is eliminated.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch<murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>> On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck 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.
>>
>> That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the find.exe
>> in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules), and it
>> will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want to
>> do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the Rtools
>> basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>> 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<murdoch at 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 <murdoch at 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 <ligges at 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
>>>>>>>>> <ggrothendieck at 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<fjbuch at 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 <
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  ggrothendieck at 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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