[R] quantstrat and blotter unavailable

[Uwe Ligges]

On 10.07.2010 15:59, David Winsemius wrote:
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> On Jul 10, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Raghu wrote:
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>> These packages were not available. Are these the only places to go for
>> backtesting technical trading systems other than ttrTests pls?
>
> Is it possible that your install packages default for your unnamed OS is
> binary or win-binary


Given the contriburl install.packages() looks for, the unnamed OS is a 
64-bit Windows running a 64-bit R. R-forge does not yet provide 64-bit 
Windows binaries. You need to compile from sources then.

Uwe Ligges




 > and that these packages are only available in source?
>
>>> install.packages("quantstrat", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>> Warning in install.packages("quantstrat", repos = "
>> http://R-Forge.R-project.org") :
>> argument 'lib' is missing: using
>> 'C:\Users\Owner\Documents/R/win64-library/2.11'
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11
>> Warning message:
>> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>> package ‘quantstrat’ is not available
>>> library(blotter)
>> Error in library(blotter) : there is no package called 'blotter'
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