Hi Gabor,

> Your virtual machine does not have gdata in its library.

No.  This virtual machine is running Oracle VBox as virtualizer with Ubunut 
10.10 desktop 64bit as host.  R is not installed on host.  Even it has, host and 
VM won't interfere each another.  Nor VMs would interfere amongst themselves.

What I have done on this VM, having problem on R, was having removed and 
reinstalled R 2/3 times.  Also I did heavy testing of R packages on it.

It would be easier for me to delete this VM and restart testing R on another 
VM.  I have spare VMs ready for this purpose.  Because of curiosity I pursue 
finding the cause of problem in question nothing else.

B.R.
Stephen L




________________________________
From: Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck@gmail.com>

Cc: r-help <r-help@r-project.org>
Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 10:18:25 AM
Subject: Re: [R] Where is gdata?


> Hi Gabor,
>
>>That is the correct version of gdata.  I am using Windows 32 so there
>>could be some differences due to that.  At any rate, can you start a
>>fresh R session and show the console output of the problems you have
>>seen.  Use Rgui --vanilla to start R to be sure you don't have
>>anything else that might interfere and show everything including the R
>>startup message in the R console output.
>
>
> Each time I start R clicking Rgui short-cut on Win7 desktop.  In order to
> clear all residue I reboot Win7 and click Rgui short-cut to start R
>
> Output:-
> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: x86_64-pc-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.
>
> Loading required package: rcom
> Loading required package: rscproxy
> rcom requires a current version of statconnDCOM installed.
> To install statconnDCOM type
>      installstatconnDCOM()
>
> This will download and install the current version of statconnDCOM
>
> You will need a working Internet connection
> because installation needs to download a file.
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
>
>
> It seems no complaint there.
>
>
> I start another Win7 64bit VM on this virtual machine
> (Remark:  This is a virtual machine with 3 Win7,64bit, 1 Win7, 32bit, 2
> Ubuntu 10.10,64 bit, 2 Debian 6, 64bit, etc. running.  All VMs have R
> installed)
>
> evoke Rgui on desktop.
>
> Output:
>
> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: x86_64-pc-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.
>
>
> The output looks same as previous one up to:-
> ......
> 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.
>
>
> gdata not installed
>
>> packageDescription("gdata")$Version
> Error in packageDescription("gdata")$Version :
>   $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors
> In addition: Warning message:
> In packageDescription("gdata") : no package 'gdata' was found
>
>> win.version()
> [1] "Windows 7 x64 (build 7600)"
>
>> R.version.string
> [1] "R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)"
>
>
> I also make comparison with R running on other Win7 64 and 32 bit VMs.  The
> output looks more less the same.
>
>

Your virtual machine does not have gdata in its library.

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