[R] Installing an Archived Package

[Evguenia Ignatova]

Hello Michael and Duncan,

Thank you for your pointers. The file downloaded without the “gz” extension to my R working directory folder as a “tar” file. I did not unpack the file. I tried renaming the file and running the code with “gz” added - please see below.

> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
Warning: invalid package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz’
Error: ERROR: no packages specified
Warning message:
In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") :
  installation of package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status

IBM support is pretty much useless as they do not offer support to students (I am a graduate student) and redirect me to the forums when I call them. I posted in their support forum once and no one ever responds. 

However, based on the SPSS add-on instructions, it is clear that I need a specific version of R. I do not logically see another alternative to installing the package for this version of R. I am very confused as to why the standard procedures for installing an R package are not working for the archived version of this package.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks again,
Evguenia


> On May 16, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 16/05/2018 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the “polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>.
>> This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R.
> 
> I'd suggest contacting IBM for support.
> 
>> The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received:
>>> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source")
>> Warning: invalid package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’
> 
> As Michael said, you shouldn't unpack the tar.gz file.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") :
>>   installation of package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’ had non-zero exit status
>>> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
>> Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>>   unsupported URL scheme
>> Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
>> Best,
>> Evguenia
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On May 16, 2018, at 12:29 PM, Michael Dewey <lists using dewey.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

Dear Evguenia

What happens if you manually download the version you want and run install.packages() on that file? Your first attempt is on a .tar file not on the tar.gz file in the archive, not sure if that makes a difference.

Michael

On 16/05/2018 16:24, Evguenia Ignatova wrote:
> Hello,
> I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the “polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>.
> This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R.
> The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received:
>> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source")
> Warning: invalid package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’
> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") :
>   installation of package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’ had non-zero exit status
>> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
> Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>   unsupported URL scheme
> Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
> Best,
> Evguenia
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> ______________________________________________
> R-help using r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

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