[R] RQuantLib

[David Winsemius]

> On Dec 30, 2017, at 7:54 AM, rsherry8 <rsherry8 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> OA,
> 
> Thanks for the response. I downloaded the file RQuantLib_0.4.4.tar.gz 
> into a directory c:\r.zip on my Windows machine. I then ran the 
> following command and I received the following output:
> 
>> install.packages("RQuantLib", lib="/r.zip/")
> Warning message:
> package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.4.3)

The install.packages command should include repo=NULL when installing from local binary package, and it also should include type="source when the package is not binary.
> 
> I did not unpack the .gz file. Should I have?
> 
> Please comment.
> Bob Sherry
> 
> On 12/30/2017 2:24 AM, Orvalho Augusto wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>> 
>> I don't know what is the cause of your trouble but try this:
>> 1. Download the zip of package.
>> 
>> 2. And install it from local zip files. This you find on the Packages 
>> menu.
>> 
>> Hope it helps
>> OA
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:31 AM, rsherry8 <rsherry8 at comcast.net 
>> <mailto:rsherry8 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Joshua,
>> 
>>    Thanks for the response. When you said at least version 3.4.0, I
>>    upgraded to 3.4.2 which I believe is the current version. Now, I
>>    attempted to install the package RQuantLib but it did not work.
>>    Here is what I got:
>> 
>>> install.packages("RQuantLib")
>>    Installing package into ‘C:/Users/rsher/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’
>>    (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>    Warning message:
>>    package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.4.2)
>> 
>> 
>>    Please help.
>>    Thanks,
>>    Bob Sherry
>> 
>> 
>>    On 12/28/2017 10:28 PM, Joshua Ulrich wrote:
>> 
>>        On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 6:02 PM, rsherry8
>>        <rsherry8 at comcast.net <mailto:rsherry8 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> 
>>            I have recently installed R on my new computer. I also
>>            want to install the
>>            package RQuantLib. So I run the following command and get
>>            the following
>>            output:
>> 
>>                  install.packages("RQuantLib")
>> 
>>            Installing package into
>>            ‘C:/Users/rsher/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’
>>            (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>            --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>            Warning message:
>>            package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.2.4
>>            Revised)
>> 
>>            The package did not install. Am I doing something wrong.
>>            Is the package
>>            going to be updated for the latest version of R?
>> 
>>        Windows binary packages are only built for the most current
>>        (major)
>>        version of R.  You need to upgrade to at least R-3.4.0, or you
>>        will
>>        have to install RQuantLib (and therefore QuantLib itself) from
>>        source.
>> 
>>            Thanks,
>>            Bob
>> 
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David Winsemius
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