[R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package

Michael Dewey info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk
Mon Apr 21 12:13:55 CEST 2014


At 08:43 21/04/2014, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>Frede... Windows uses zip files (binary, aka 
>pre-compiled format) for packages by default, 
>because most installations don't have the 
>development tools installed. You need to setup 
>RTools and use the "source" option to 
>install_package in order to handle the tar.gz 
>package file, or download and install the zip file instead.

Jeff, Frede did say that there is no C or Fortran 
in the package which suggests that it should be 
possible to install it under Windows without 
installing RTools first if I understand correctly.

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>On April 20, 2014 11:01:17 PM PDT, "Frede 
>Aakmann Tøgersen" <frtog at vestas.com> wrote:
> >Well now, I think I have seen something similar to Alpesh.
> >
> >Recently I needed the climatol package that I have used some time ago.
> >It is not maintained anymore but I downloaded the latest version,
> >climatol_2.2.tar.gz,  from archives
> >(http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/climatol/climatol_2.2.tar.gz
> >) . Trying to install that package from local file  using R-3.1.0 on
> >Windows 8  resulted in this:
> >
> >## From R Console
> >> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> >Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
> >"Type")) :
> >  cannot open the connection
> >In addition: Warning messages:
> >1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip
> >file
> >2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type"))
> >:
> >cannot open compressed file 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
> >reason 'No such file or directory'
> >>
> >
> >And yes I know where the file is located, since choose.files() is used.
> >
> >However I tried the same on our linux (R-3.0.2) cluster and it
> >succeeded:
> >
> >[frtog at dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R CMD INSTALL climatol_2.2.tar.gz
> >* installing to library
> >?/gpfs02/gcdistro/app/R/3.0.2-gcc4.8.2/lib64/R/library?
> >* installing *source* package ?climatol? ...
> >** R
> >** data
> >** inst
> >** preparing package for lazy loading
> >** help
> >*** installing help indices
> >** building package indices
> >** installing vignettes
> >** testing if installed package can be loaded
> >* DONE (climatol)
> >[frtog at dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R
> >
> >R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
> >Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> >Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> >
> >R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> >Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> >
> >  Natural language support but running in an English locale
> >
> >R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> >Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> >'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> >
> >Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> >'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> >Type 'q()' to quit R.
> >
> >> library("climatol")
> >> ?rosavent
> >> q()
> >Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n
> >[frtog at dkrdsfshn2 ~]$
> >
> >
> >Now unzipping and untaring climatol_2.2.tar.gz I thought to examine
> >whether I could build the package on my Windows box. Only R stuff and
> >no foreign language as C, FORTRAN, etc. so it should be easy.
> >
> >## Command shell in Windows
> >Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
> >(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
> >
> >C:\Users\frtog>cd Desktop
> >
> >C:\Users\frtog\Desktop>c:\Programmer\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64\R CMD build
> >climatol
> >* checking for file 'climatol/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> >* preparing 'climatol':
> >* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> >* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
> >* checking for empty or unneeded directories
> >* looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added
> >* building 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz'
> >
> >Now trying to install from that local file I Still got the same error
> >as above.
> >
> >
> >
> >Trying to do some debugging on read.dcf() (Emacs/ESS)
> >
> >
> >R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) -- "Spring Dance"
> >Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> >Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> >
> >R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> >Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> >
> >  Natural language support but running in an English locale
> >
> >R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> >Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> >'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> >
> >Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> >'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> >Type 'q()' to quit R.
> >
> >> > options(chmhelp=FALSE, help_type="text")
> >> options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last="'",
> >editor='emacsclient.exe', show.error.locations=TRUE)
> >> debug(read.dcf)
> >> install.packages("~/Desktop/climatol_2.2.tar.gz", repos = NULL)
> >debugging in: read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
> >"Type"))
> >debug: {
> >    if (is.character(file)) {
> >        file <- gzfile(file)
> >        on.exit(close(file))
> >    }
> >    if (!inherits(file, "connection"))
> >        stop("'file' must be a character string or connection")
> >    if (!all)
> >        return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
> >    .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame <- function(tags, vals,
> >        nums) {
> >        tf <- factor(tags, levels = unique(tags))
> >        cnts <- table(nums, tf)
> >     out <- array(NA_character_, dim = dim(cnts), dimnames = list(NULL,
> >            levels(tf)))
> >        if (all(cnts <= 1L)) {
> >            out[cbind(nums, tf)] <- vals
> >            out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
> >        }
> >        else {
> >            levs <- colSums(cnts > 1L) == 0L
> >            if (any(levs)) {
> >                inds <- tf %in% levels(tf)[levs]
> >                out[cbind(nums[inds], tf[inds])] <- vals[inds]
> >            }
> >            out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
> >            for (l in levels(tf)[!levs]) {
> >                out[[l]] <- rep.int(list(NA_character_), nrow(cnts))
> >                i <- tf == l
> >                out[[l]][unique(nums[i])] <- split(vals[i], nums[i])
> >            }
> >        }
> >        out
> >    }
> >    on.exit(Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", Sys.getlocale("LC_CTYPE")),
> >        add = TRUE)
> >    Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", "C")
> >    lines <- readLines(file)
> >    ind <- grep("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*$", lines)
> >    if (length(ind)) {
> >        lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 * getOption("width"))
> >stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nRegular lines must have a
> >tag.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s",
> >            paste0("  ", lines, collapse = "\n")), domain = NA)
> >    }
> >    line_is_not_empty <- !grepl("^[[:space:]]*$", lines)
> >    nums <- cumsum(diff(c(FALSE, line_is_not_empty) > 0L) > 0L)
> >    nums <- nums[line_is_not_empty]
> >    lines <- lines[line_is_not_empty]
> >    line_is_escaped_blank <- grepl("^[[:space:]]+\\.[[:space:]]*$",
> >        lines)
> >    if (any(line_is_escaped_blank))
> >        lines[line_is_escaped_blank] <- ""
> >    line_has_tag <- grepl("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*:", lines)
> >    ind <- which(!line_has_tag[which(diff(nums) > 0L) + 1L])
> >    if (length(ind)) {
> >        lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 * getOption("width"))
> >stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nContinuation lines must not start a
> >record.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s",
> >            paste0("  ", lines, collapse = "\n")), domain = NA)
> >    }
> >    lengths <- rle(cumsum(line_has_tag))$lengths
> >    pos <- cumsum(lengths)
> >    tags <- sub(":.*", "", lines[line_has_tag])
> >lines[line_has_tag] <- sub("[^:]*:[[:space:]]*", "",
> >lines[line_has_tag])
> >    foldable <- rep.int(is.na(match(tags, keep.white)), lengths)
> >    lines[foldable] <- sub("^[[:space:]]*", "", lines[foldable])
> >    lines[foldable] <- sub("[[:space:]]*$", "", lines[foldable])
> >vals <- mapply(function(from, to) paste(lines[from:to], collapse =
> >"\n"),
> >        c(1L, pos[-length(pos)] + 1L), pos)
> >    out <- .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame(tags, vals, nums[pos])
> >    if (!is.null(fields))
> >        out <- out[fields]
> >    out
> >}
> >Browse[2]> str(file)
> > chr "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"
> >Browse[2]> head(file)
> >[1] "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: if (is.character(file)) {
> >    file <- gzfile(file)
> >    on.exit(close(file))
> >}
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: file <- gzfile(file)
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: on.exit(close(file))
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: if (!inherits(file, "connection")) stop("'file' must be a
> >character string or connection")
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
> >Browse[2]> str(file)
> >Classes 'gzfile', 'connection'  atomic [1:1] 3
> >  ..- attr(*, "conn_id")=<externalptr>
> >Browse[2]> file
> >                      description                             class
> >"climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"                          "gzfile"
> >                             mode                              text
> >                             "rb"                            "text"
> >                           opened                          can read
> >                         "closed"                             "yes"
> >                        can write
> >                            "yes"
> >Browse[2]>
> >debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
> >Browse[2]>
> >Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
> >"Type")) :
> >  cannot open the connection
> >In addition: Warning message:
> >In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :
> >cannot open compressed file 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
> >reason 'No such file or directory'
> >>
> >
> >Well coming to debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields,
> >keep.white))) I loose control and R returns to prompt with an error.
> >
> >Hopefully one of you can replicate this. If not then it must have
> >something with Windows OS to do. But what?
> >
> >
> >
> >Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen
> >
> >
> >Frede Aakmann Tøgersen
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> >[mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> >> On Behalf Of Jeff Newmiller
> >> Sent: 20. april 2014 23:33
> >> To: Alpesh Pandya; Rui Barradas
> >> Cc: r-help at r-project.org; Uwe Ligges
> >> Subject: Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML package
> >>
> >> Hard to help you when the problem simply does not happen for others.
> >>
> >> As for Windows being not a focus, that is not at all true. I use it
> >regularly on
> >> Windows at work. That being said, there are thousands of packages and
> >> those each involve their own subset of R users. There are also many
> >> operating system configurations that may not all be fully tested.
> >Blaming "R"
> >> or "Windows", or blaming us for "preventing" you from getting your
> >> education (isn't that something between you and your educational
> >> institution?) are not going to be effective strategies for problem
> >solving.
> >>
> >> Are you able to use other aspects of R beyond the XML package? Have
> >you
> >> tried communicating with the maintainers of that package?
> >>
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> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
> >>
> >> On April 20, 2014 11:45:44 AM PDT, Alpesh Pandya
> >> <alpeshpandya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >I keep on trying from various networks but I still get the same
> >error.
> >> >I
> >> >don't this this has anything to do with network or ability to
> >download
> >> >the
> >> >package (as I can install other packages fine). This must be
> >something
> >> >in
> >> >base R or dependencies issues (that R is not spelling out).
> >> >
> >> >I know R is geared for Mac and Windows is kind of looked down upon
> >but
> >> >I
> >> >have no option but use windows and need this XML package running to
> >> >complete my education. Any help on this would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Alpesh Pandya
> >> ><alpeshpandya at gmail.com>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Thank you for response Rui.
> >> >>
> >> >> I still get the same error with this repository.
> >> >>
> >> >> Installing package into
> >> >���C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0���
> >> >> (as ���lib��� is unspecified)
> >> >> trying URL '
> >> >> http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip'
> >> >> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb)
> >> >> opened URL
> >> >> downloaded 4.1 Mb
> >> >>
> >> >> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
> >> >"Type"))
> >> >> :
> >> >>   cannot open the connection
> >> >> In addition: Warning messages:
> >> >> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
> >> >>   downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136
> >> >> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from
> >zip
> >> >file
> >> >> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
> >> >"Type")) :
> >> >>   cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason
> >'No
> >> >such
> >> >> file or directory'
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Rui Barradas
> >> ><ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hello,
> >> >>> I have package XML installed on Windows 7, R 3.0.3 and I had no
> >> >problem
> >> >>> at all. Can't you try (it worked with me)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> install.packages("XML", repos = "http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt")
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hope this helps,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Rui Barradas
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Em 14-04-2014 16:24, Alpesh Pandya escreveu:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  I have tried these sources (almost all US mirrors):
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >>
> >>http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>> http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/
> >> >>>> 3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >> >http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >>
> >>http://rweb.quant.ku.edu/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
> >> >>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>> http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>> http://cran.wustl.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>> http://cran.case.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >>
> >>http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >> >http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-
> >> 1.1.zip
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I have confirmed with IT that there is no restriction on
> >> >downloading this
> >> >>>> zip file from any of these sources. Also I am getting same error
> >> >when I
> >> >>>> try
> >> >>>> from my home network as well.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Uwe Ligges <
> >> >>>> ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> On 13.04.2014 01:30, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>  @Uwe I tried the same steps from office as well as home
> >network
> >> >with
> >> >>>>>> same
> >> >>>>>> results. Are you using windows 7 with R 3.0.3?
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I have seen same question being asked by others without any
> >> >>>>>> resolution. Is
> >> >>>>>> anything special about XML package? I am OK use older version
> >of
> >> >>>>>> package
> >> >>>>>> but in archives there are no zip files (only gz files). Is
> >> >windows
> >> >>>>>> platform
> >> >>>>>> not recommended for R?
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>> Right, and you can try to install these from sources.
> >> >>>>> But I doubt you need it. You still have not told us if you
> >tried
> >> >another
> >> >>>>> mirror to download the XML file from and what you local IT
> >support
> >> >tells
> >> >>>>> you while your downloads are incomplete.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Best,
> >> >>>>> Uwe Ligges
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Uwe Ligges <
> >> >>>>>> ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>  wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> On 12.04.2014 22:39, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>   Thank you for response Uwe. I tried multiple times by
> >> >downloading
> >> >>>>>>> the
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> zip
> >> >>>>>>>> file from many sources but still the same error. This is a
> >> >major road
> >> >>>>>>>> block
> >> >>>>>>>> for me in using R. Appreciate any help on this.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>  Please ask your local IT staff.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> I get, using the same mirror:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >options("repos"=c(CRAN="http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror"))
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> install.packages("XML", lib="d:/temp")
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> trying URL
> >'http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip'
> >> >>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1 Mb)
> >> >>>>>>> opened URL
> >> >>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
> >> >>>>>>>           d:\temp\RtmpqMqL8L\downloaded_packages
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> Best,
> >> >>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>  On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Uwe Ligges <
> >> >>>>>>>> ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>   wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>     Works for me.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> Best,
> >> >>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> On 11.04.2014 17:10, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>    Using install.package('XML') command produces this
> >error:
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> trying URL
> >> >>>>>>>>>> '
> >> >>>>>>>>>> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
> >> >>>>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >>>>>>>>>> '
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes (4.1
> >Mb)
> >> >>>>>>>>>> opened URL
> >> >>>>>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
> >> >c("Package",
> >> >>>>>>>>>> "Type")) :
> >> >>>>>>>>>>       cannot open the connection
> >> >>>>>>>>>> In addition: Warning messages:
> >> >>>>>>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb",
> >...)
> >> >:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>       downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136
> >> >>>>>>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting
> >> >from zip
> >> >>>>>>>>>> file
> >> >>>>>>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
> >> >c("Package",
> >> >>>>>>>>>> "Type"))
> >> >>>>>>>>>> :
> >> >>>>>>>>>>       cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION',
> >probable
> >> >>>>>>>>>> reason
> >> >>>>>>>>>> 'No
> >> >>>>>>>>>> such
> >> >>>>>>>>>> file or directory'
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Upon receiving this error, I downloaded XML_3.98-1.1.zip
> >> >directly
> >> >>>>>>>>>> from
> >> >>>>>>>>>> cran
> >> >>>>>>>>>> site. But this zip file is not a valid archive (cannot
> >open
> >> >using
> >> >>>>>>>>>> winzip).
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Also trying to install using this downloaded file produces
> >> >the
> >> >>>>>>>>>> following
> >> >>>>>>>>>> error:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Installing package into 'C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/
> >> >>>>>>>>>> win-library/3.0'
> >> >>>>>>>>>> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
> >> >>>>>>>>>>       error 1 in extracting from zip file
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
> >> >>>>>>>>>>       cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION',
> >probable
> >> >>>>>>>>>> reason
> >> >>>>>>>>>> 'No
> >> >>>>>>>>>> such
> >> >>>>>>>>>> file or directory'
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> I  downloaded this zip file from multiple sources and
> >tried
> >> >to
> >> >>>>>>>>>> install
> >> >>>>>>>>>> with
> >> >>>>>>>>>> same result.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Thanks and Regards
> >> >> Alpesh
> >> >>
> >>
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