[R] Problem: packages TinnR, Hmisc, applications Tinn-R and R version 2.11.0

Fri Apr 30 17:05:07 CEST 2010

... I know, but until the new version of the package Hmisc is not
released, we can go using
(temporarily) the new version of R (2.11.0) with Tinn-R.

Best wishes,
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Jose Claudio Faria
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2010/4/30 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
> ... but please note that the old Hmisc version does not pass the checks
> under R-2.11.0. This has been discussed several times on the lists both
> yesterday and today.
>
> Best wishes,
> Uwe Ligges
>
> Am 30.04.2010 13:20, schrieb Jose Claudio Faria:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First: sorry for my bad English!
>>
>> I have received several emails reporting problems using Tinn-R with
>> the new R version (2.11.0).
>>
>> This email is meant to assist the users.
>>
>> This problem is new and is related with R 2.11.0 and Hmisc package for
>> Windows!
>>
>> After download and install R 2.11.0pat under Linux and Windows, see
>> below my results:
>>
>> a) Under Linux (Open SUSE 11.3) - I found no problem installing, compiling
>> and
>>    using these packages: TinnR, Hmisc, R2HTML and svSocket.
>>
>> b) Under Windows (Vista Ultimate) - after to set the file Rprofile.site
>> with
>>    the script (generated by Tinn-R, i.e, main menu
>>    R/Configure/Permanent (Rprofile.site), see below:
>>
>> ##===============================================================
>> ## Tinn-R: necessary packages and functions
>> ## Tinn-R:>= 2.2.0.2 with TinnR package>= 1.0.3
>> ##===============================================================
>> ## Set the URL of the preferred repository, below some examples:
>> options(repos='http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/') # USA
>> #options(repos='http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/') # UK
>> #options(repos='http://brieger.esalq.usp.br/CRAN/') # Brazil
>>
>> library(utils)
>>
>> ## Check necessary packages
>> necessary<- c('TinnR', 'svSocket')
>> installed<- necessary %in% installed.packages()[, 'Package']
>> if (length(necessary[!installed])>=1)
>>  install.packages(necessary[!installed])
>>
>> ## Load packages
>> library(TinnR)
>> library(svSocket)
>>
>> ## Uncoment the two lines below if you want Tinn-R to always start R at
>> start-up
>> ## (Observation: check the path of Tinn-R.exe)
>> #options(IDE='C:/Tinn-R/bin/Tinn-R.exe')
>> #trStartIDE()
>>
>> ## Set options
>> options(use.DDE=T)
>>
>> ## Start DDE
>> trDDEInstall()
>>
>> .trPaths<- paste(paste(Sys.getenv('APPDATA'), '\\Tinn-R\\tmp\\', sep=''),
>>   c('', 'search.txt', 'objects.txt', 'file.r', 'selection.r', 'block.r',
>>   'lines.r'), sep='')
>> #===============================================================
>>
>> when R was rebooted I received the messages below:
>>
>> IO:
>> #===============================================================
>> R version 2.11.0 Patched (2010-04-26 r51822)
>> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>
>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>
>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>>
>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>
>>>
>> #===============================================================
>>
>> Log:
>> #===============================================================
>> Warning: dependency 'Hmisc' is not available
>> also installing the dependencies 'R2HTML', 'svMisc'
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/R2HTML_2.0.0.zip'
>>  length 464688 bytes (453 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> downloaded 453 Kb
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/svMisc_0.9-57.zip'
>>  length 134502 bytes (131 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> downloaded 131 Kb
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/TinnR_1.0.3.zip'
>>  length 37715 bytes (36 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> downloaded 36 Kb
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/svSocket_0.9-48.zip'
>>  length 59065 bytes (57 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> downloaded 57 Kb
>>
>> Loading required package: tcltk
>>  done
>> Loading required package: Hmisc
>> Error: package 'Hmisc' could not be loaded
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, lib.loc
>> = lib.loc) :
>>  there is no package called 'Hmisc'
>> #===============================================================
>>
>> So, the main problem is related with the package 'Hmisc' under Windows!
>>
>> I closed the R.
>> I did a copy/paste from my previous Hmisc package ('library' of my old
>> R version: R-2.10.0pat) to the folder 'library' of my new R version:
>> R-2.11.0pat.
>>
>> So, I rebooted R newly and below the results:
>>
>> IO:
>> #===============================================================
>> R version 2.11.0 Patched (2010-04-26 r51822)
>> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>
>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>
>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>> ' for more information and
>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>>
>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>
>>>
>> #===============================================================
>>
>> Log:
>> #===============================================================
>> Type 'contributors()Loading required package: mvbutils
>> Loading required package: utils
>> Loading required package: tools
>> Loading required package: tcltk
>>  done
>> Loading required package: scatterplot3d
>> Loading required package: rgl
>> Loading required package: stats
>> Loading required package: grDevices
>> Loading required package: MASS
>> Loading required package: graphics
>>
>> Attaching package: 'graphics'
>>
>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:mvbutils':
>>
>>    clip
>>
>> Loading required package: Hmisc
>> Loading required package: survival
>> Loading required package: splines
>>
>> Attaching package: 'Hmisc'
>>
>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:survival':
>>
>>    untangle.specials
>>
>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:mvbutils':
>>
>>    Save
>>
>> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':
>>
>>    format.pval, round.POSIXt, trunc.POSIXt, units
>>
>> Loading required package: R2HTML
>> #===============================================================
>>
>> The resource requirements of Hmisc used by Tinn-R are all working
>> fine: no problem!
>> For while, not perfect, but this is my recommendation!
>>
>> HTH,
>> --
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>> Jose Claudio Faria
>> Estatistica - prof. Titular
>> UESC/DCET/Brasil
>> joseclaudio.faria at gmail.com
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