[R] Status of installing XML package on widows

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Rolf,

On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:35 AM,  <rolf.kemper at renesas.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Experts,
>
> I would like to utilize the XML package which is obviously quite new.

I think it's been around for quite some time actually. The ReadMe file
says it was originally developed in 1999.

>
> There are tons of messages in the web dealing with issues on that.

Dealing with issues in on what?

> But I did not see any clear up to date solution.

Solution to what? What is the problem.

> On top my R on windows tell me that this is not available fro 3.01 which is quite puzzling for me.
>
> So what is the latest status ?
> Can I run it with R 3.01 ?

As far as I know this should just work.

>
> Here is what I did:
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>> version
>                _
> platform       x86_64-w64-mingw32
> arch           x86_64
> os             mingw32
> system         x86_64, mingw32
> status
> major          3
> minor          0.1
> year           2013
> month          05
> day            16
> svn rev        62743
> language       R
> version.string R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16)
> nickname       Good Sport
>>
>> install.packages('XML', repos='http://cran.r-mirror.de')
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://cran.r-mirror.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.0
> Warning message:
> package ?XML? is not available (for R version 3.0.1)

Try a different mirror (if you omit the repos argument and have not
changed the default you can select on interactively when you run
install.packages()

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> Do I have a chance to install it somehow ?
> What about installing on linux for redhat5 ?

You seem to be under the impression that installing the XML package is
difficult or unusual. As far as I know neither of these is true. It
should just work.

>
>
> Sorry for so many questions. I think this is a very, very  useful package and I see many possible applications.
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Rolf
>
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