[R] "prob" package alternative

Thu Nov 2 21:09:04 CET 2017

Yes, that is exactly what I was doing two days ago.

Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘fAsianOptions_3010.79.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit
status

Which is what a reading of the explanation for why "prob" was retired leads
one to expect. Do you have some other suggestion about how to get it to
work? I notice you're not using Windows which might have a relationship to
why it is working for you.

Otherwise, do you know of some other package that could be used instead of
prob?

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 3:44 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
wrote:

>
> > On Nov 2, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkantro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes. That's the version I've been discussing that has non-zero exit
> status. That situation is why CRAN retired the prob package. It's possible
> you installed that library earlier in development and it's been "carried"
> along. It no longer installs, now.
> >
> > The problems with all of this seem to have started this month according
> to the conversations. However, no one has mentioned any solutions or
> workarounds except the one mentioned in passing (2.9).
>
> Not true. Not even close to being true. I explained it all on the SO
> question page that you posted 2 days ago.
>
> --
>
> David.
> >
> > Is there some other package that does something similar to prob that can
> be used instead?
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:29 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Nov 2, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkantro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > The issue is fAsianOptions. Is there a version that works with the
> latest version of R? If not, which version of it works with which version
> of R and where can it be found? I tried several at the archive already.
> >
> > sessionInfo()
> > R version 3.4.2 Patched (2017-10-04 r73465)
> > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> > Running under: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > packageDescription("fAsianOptions")
> > Package: fAsianOptions
> > Version: 3010.79
> > Revision: 5522
> > Date: 2013-06-23
> > Title: EBM and Asian Option Valuation
> > Author: Diethelm Wuertz and many others, see the SOURCE file
> > Depends: R (>= 2.4.0), timeDate, timeSeries, fBasics, fOptions
> > Suggests: RUnit
> > Maintainer: Yohan Chalabi <yohan.chalabi at rmetrics.org>
> > Description: Environment for teaching "Financial Engineering and
> Computational Finance"
> > Note: Several parts are still preliminary and may be changed in the
> future. this
> >           typically includes function and argument names, as well as
> defaults for
> >           arguments and return values.
> > LazyData: yes
> > License: GPL (>= 2)
> > URL: http://www.rmetrics.org
> > Packaged: 2013-06-23 18:22:14 UTC; yohan
> > NeedsCompilation: yes
> > Repository: CRAN
> > Date/Publication: 2013-06-24 01:53:27
> > Built: R 3.4.2; x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0; 2017-11-01 22:45:02 UTC; unix
> >
> >
> >
> > > Alternatively, is there another package that behaves similarly to prob?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 6:17 PM, David Winsemius <
> dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Nov 1, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Tiby Kantrowitz <tlkantro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The prob package has been archived because it depends upon some other
> > > > packages which have issues.
> > > >
> > > > However, such projects as Introduction to Probability and Statistics
> in R
> > > > depend upon it for learning. There are a few other resources that
> also use
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know of any workarounds?
> > > >
> > > > Someone at stack exchange mentioned using R 2.9.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I would trust that person. They seem a bit uninformed.
> > >
> > > > However, that broke my
> > > > RStudio (WSOD) and the dependent packages still wouldn't install,
> anyway.
> > >
> > > The latest version of pkg-prob at the Archive directory of CRAN
> indicates that it was last updated within this year. The DESCRIPTION file
> indicates that it does not need compilation, but:
> > >
> > > Depends: combinat, fAsianOptions
> > >
> > > So there should be code in text files in its ../R directory which can
> be sourced from that directory.
> > >
> > > ~myuser_name$ ls /Users/../Downloads/prob/R
> > > characteristicfunctions.r       simulation.r
> utils-spaces.r
> > > genData.R                       spaces-examples.r
>  utils-subsets.r
> > > misc.r                          spaces-prob.r
> > > prob.r                          utils-events.r
> > >
> > >
> > > Or you can install from source after downloading:
> > >
> > > install.packages("~/Downloads/prob", repo=NULL,type="source")
> > >
> > > # Success
> > >
> > >
> > > >  library(prob)   # So does require having several other packages
> > > Loading required package: combinat
> > >
> > > Attaching package: ‘combinat’
> > >
> > > The following object is masked from ‘package:utils’:
> > >
> > >     combn
> > >
> > > Loading required package: fAsianOptions
> > > Loading required package: timeDate
> > >
> > > Attaching package: ‘timeDate’
> > >
> > > The following object is masked from ‘package:cairoDevice’:
> > >
> > >     Cairo
> > >
> > > The following objects are masked from ‘package:PerformanceAnalytics’:
> > >
> > >     kurtosis, skewness
> > >
> > > Loading required package: timeSeries
> > >
> > > Attaching package: ‘timeSeries’
> > >
> > > The following object is masked from ‘package:zoo’:
> > >
> > >     time<-
> > >
> > > Loading required package: fBasics
> > >
> > >
> > > Rmetrics Package fBasics
> > > Analysing Markets and calculating Basic Statistics
> > > Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Rmetrics Association Zurich
> > > Educational Software for Financial Engineering and Computational
> Science
> > > Rmetrics is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > > https://www.rmetrics.org --- Mail to: info at rmetrics.org
> > > Loading required package: fOptions
> > >
> > >
> > > Rmetrics Package fOptions
> > > Pricing and Evaluating Basic Options
> > > Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Rmetrics Association Zurich
> > > Educational Software for Financial Engineering and Computational
> Science
> > > Rmetrics is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > > https://www.rmetrics.org --- Mail to: info at rmetrics.org
> > >
> > > Attaching package: ‘prob’
> > >
> > > The following objects are masked from ‘package:dplyr’:
> > >
> > >     intersect, setdiff, union
> > >
> > > The following objects are masked from ‘package:base’:
> > >
> > >     intersect, setdiff, union
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tiby
> > > >
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> > > A specific suggestion would be that you read the listinfo and the
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> > > >
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> > >
> > > David Winsemius
> > > Alameda, CA, USA
> > >
> > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
> advanced.'   -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
> > >
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> > David Winsemius
> > Alameda, CA, USA
> >
> > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.'
>  -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
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> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
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> 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.'
>  -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
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