[R] Reading from Google Docs
Duncan Temple Lang
duncan at wald.ucdavis.edu
Thu Jul 9 15:15:28 CEST 2009
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
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 22:53, Duncan Temple Lang
> <duncan at wald.ucdavis.edu <mailto:duncan at 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 <fjbuch at gmail.com
> <mailto:fjbuch at 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
> <ggrothendieck at gmail.com <mailto:ggrothendieck at 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<murdoch at stats.uwo.ca <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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