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

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Joshua Wiley wrote:

> 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,

Yes, even byte-compiling, although that is not really supported in 
2.13.x.

> "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 ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Michael Friendly     Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca
>>>> Professor, Psychology Dept.
>>>> York University      Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814
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>>>>
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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
>>
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>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Joshua Wiley
> Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
> Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
> University of California, Los Angeles
> https://joshuawiley.com/
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