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

[Joshua Wiley]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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.

No, it is not.  For pure R, you can get by without the Windows toolset
(though I am not sure about things like byte-compiling).  That said,
"getting the toolset" basically just involves downloading and double
clicking a nicely bundled program Duncan Murdoch supplies so it takes
virtually nil effort.

Josh

>
> --
> 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
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Joshua Wiley
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Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
University of California, Los Angeles
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