[R] Failed install of package xlsReadWrite

[Hans-Peter Suter]

2010/2/11  <david.luckett at industry.nsw.gov.au>:
> Does anyone have a work-around for a failed installation of this package?
>> library(xlsReadWrite)
...
> xls.getshlib()
>
> However, the xls.getshlib() command fails with this error:

(For the record) It probably was a corporate firewall problem.

Apart from info on www.swissr.org (thanks for pointing this out) you
can always download the file directly. The full listing is here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/listing.html

Direct links to the current (R2.10.x/1.5.1 pkg) version, either:
- download the zipped dll:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/shlib/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1_dll.zip
and manually replace xlsReadWrite.dll (in e.g.
'C:\Programme\R\R-2.10.1\library\xlsReadWrite\libs') or
- download the full package:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/2.10/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1.zip
and re-install.

Note: 0.0.0-versions are development versions. They will be updated
when there is something 'fixworthy' while a new official version is
'in wait mode'. Currently 0.0.0 fixes a bug with non-absolute file
paths in 1.5.1.

Cheers,
Hans-Peter