[R] problem with installing a local zip file : GFCURE

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:17 AM, marc bernard
<marc_bernard at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
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> I am trying to install a package called "GFCURE" from a local zip file. This package fits a cure survival model and  has been downloaded from:
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You are assuming its in the form of an R *package* but its not.
Unzip it and read the readme.txt file.  If you still have problems
contact the author.

> http://post.queensu.ca/~pengp/software.html
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> The problem is that when I try to install this package from a local zip file using R,  I've got the following error message:
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> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
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> In gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open compressed file 'gfcureWinR/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory'
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> First, I thought it was an internal problem.  I then asked  some of my colleagues to do the same thing and they  had the same error message.
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> I would be very grateful if you can help me on that matter.
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> All the best
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> Marc
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