[R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

[David Winsemius]

On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with
>
> install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org", type =  
> "source")
>
> You'll need install some prerequisite software first (if you've not
> already done so). See
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset

Is that always true? I thought that one could install pure-R packages  
from source without the toolset. Just asking, I'm not windozing, this  
year anyway.

-- 
David.


>
> Best,
> Ista
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Michael Friendly  
> <friendly at yorku.ca> wrote:
>> [Env: Win XP]
>> I've just upgraded from R 2.12.2 to R 2.13.1.  As part of my upgrade
>> process, I typically install some in-development
>> packages from R-Forge that are not on cran.  But for the first  
>> time, it
>> doesn't work.
>>
>> e.g.,
>>  > install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>> trying URL
>> 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/ 
>> p3d_0.02-2.zip'
>> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>>   cannot open URL
>> 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/ 
>> p3d_0.02-2.zip'
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>>   cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
>> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available =  
>> available,  :
>>   download of package 'p3d' failed
>>
>> The list of packages I install this way is:
>>
>> special <- c("p3d", "patchDVI", "spacemakeR", "spida")
>> install.packages(special,repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>>
>>
>> Is this just an R-Forge problem?  The source packages are there,  
>> but not
>> the windows binaries.  The log files
>> are uninformative:
>>
>>
>>    p3d log file (build_win64)
>>
>> Sun Jul 31 00:28:31 2011: Building binary for package p3d (SVN  
>> revision 19)
>> using R version 2.13.1 Patched (2011-07-22 r56481) ...
>>
>> Package up to date. Not building ...
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Ista Zahn
> Graduate student
> University of Rochester
> Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
> http://yourpsyche.org
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT