Does anyone have a work-around for a failed installation of this package?

> library(xlsReadWrite)
xlsReadWrite version (cran shlib)
Copyright (C) 2010 Hans-Peter Suter, Treetron, Switzerland.

!! Your installation contains the cran placeholder shlib (dll/so).
Please get the regular shlib (420 KB) by executing the following command:

xls.getshlib()

However, the xls.getshlib() command fails with this error:

> xls.getshlib()
Loading required package: tools
--- xls.getshlib running... --- 
Error in copyOrDownload(url) : 
  downloading 
'http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/shlib/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1_dll.zip'
to 'D:\DOCUME~1\lucketd\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp1fxn1L/xlsReadWrite.zip' failed
In addition: Warning message:
In download.file(url, fpzip.temp, method = "internal", quiet = TRUE,  :
  unable to connect to 'dl.dropbox.com' on port 80.

I am able to download the required ZIP files and extract the contents 
manually but am not 100% sure 
where they should be located, or how to remove/replace the "CRAN 
placeholder".

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Many thanks for any help.

Dr David Luckett
EH Graham Centre
Charles Sturt University and Industry & Investment NSW
Wagga_Wagga  NSW  2650  Australia


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