[R] Installing a Package tar.gz in windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 11-03-28 6:41 PM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
> Duncan I have been trying to work out the solution you gave me but I
> haven't really got to sort it out. I tried first the option with install
> packages and got this:
>
>  > filename <- file.choose()
>  > filename
> [1] "C:\\Users\\Hp\\Documents\\R\\win-library\\2.12\\Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz
>  > install.packages(filename,  type="source", repos=NULL)
> Installing package(s) into ‘C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12’
> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> * installing *source* package 'Rsymphony' ...
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'Rsymphony'

This is the important message.  It says Rsymphony can't be installed on 
your system, because you're missing something it needs.  You might get 
more information if you run this on the command line, but basically you 
need to read the system requirements for the package and follow them. 
The one I see when I look at it on CRAN is:

SYMPHONY for Windows (sources included for other OSes)

If you don't have that, then you won't be able to install this package 
on Windows.

Duncan Murdoch


> * removing 'C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony'
> Mensajes de aviso perdidos
> 1: running command 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-212~1.2/bin/i386/R CMD INSTALL -l
> "C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12"
> "C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz"' had
> status 1
> 2: In install.packages(filename, type = "source", repos = NULL) :
>    installation of package
> 'C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz' had
> non-zero exit status
> "
>  >
> Then about the CMD window I also tried to use it but I cannot get it to
> recognize the command for me. It always tells me "R" it is an
> unrecognized command. I am new to all this about tar.gz files and
> running commands directly in the CMD windowf, so could you please be
> more specific with me. Thank you
>
> Felipe Parra
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 28/03/2011 8:04 AM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
>
>         Thanks Duncan, I already installed Rtools but I don't know well
>         how to sort
>         it out. I tried the command you gave me and got the following error:
>
>          >  install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type="source",
>         repos=NULL)
>         Installing package(s) into
>         ‘C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12’
>         (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>         Aviso: invalid package 'fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz'
>         Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>         Mensajes de aviso perdidos
>         1: running command 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-212~1.2/bin/i386/R CMD
>         INSTALL -l
>         "C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12"
>         "fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz"' had
>         status 1
>         2: In install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type =
>         "source",  :
>            installation of package 'fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz' had
>         non-zero exit status
>          >
>
>         Do you know what might be going on or  where I can find a manual
>         of how to
>         use Rtools? Thank you
>
>
>     The likely problem is that you didn't give the full path to the
>     tar.gz file.  If it is not in the working directory, that
>     install.packages command will fail.
>
>     An easy way to get the path is to use
>
>     filename <- file.choose()
>
>     which brings up a Windows dialog; go search for the file, and its
>     name will be saved in the filename variable.  Then use
>     install.packages(filename,  type="source", repos=NULL).
>
>     Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>         Felipe Parra
>         On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Duncan
>         Murdoch<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>         <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>wrote:
>
>          >  On 28/03/2011 7:30 AM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
>          >
>          >>  Hello I have downloaded the fPortfolioSolver package from
>         R-forge but I
>          >>  have
>          >>  not been able to install it. I don't know exactly where I
>         should place the
>          >>  file and which commands to give R. Could somebody please
>         help me with
>          >>  this.
>          >>  Thank you
>          >>
>          >
>          >  A .tar.gz file contains the source for the package, so you
>         need to process
>          >  it into a binary format to install it.  For simple packages
>         you can do this
>          >  in recent versions of R using
>          >
>          >  install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type="source",
>         repos=NULL)
>          >
>          >  but if it contains compiled code, you'll probably need to
>         install tools
>          >  first.  See the R Installation and Administration Manual for
>         full details;
>          >  the tools are downloadable
>         from<http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools>.
>          >   Once the tools are properly installed, the above line
>         should work.
>          >
>          >  The other way to do it is from a CMD window (not in R), running
>          >
>          >  R CMD INSTALL fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz
>          >
>          >  This is equivalent to the R command above, but is sometimes
>         easier to set
>          >  up, because you can easily modify your PATH variable in the
>         CMD window.
>          >
>          >  Duncan
>          >
>
>
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