@Duncan I understand. But it seems to be working. At least I could use
basic functions like htmlParse.


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Duncan Murdoch
<murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 21/04/2014 10:30 AM, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
>
>> Frede's suggestion was very helpful to me and I could resolve the issue
>> finally.
>>
>> I created new archive manually using source code for XML package (only R
>> code) and winzip utility. Then ran this command for installation and that
>> worked fine.
>>
>> install.packages("C:/Course/WorkingData/XML_3.98-1.1.zip", repos = NULL)
>> Installing package into ‘C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0’
>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>> package ‘XML’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>
>>
> That is not a valid way to install it.  Don't expect it to work.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan@gmail.com<mailto:
>> murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 21/04/2014 9:19 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
>>
>>         Le lundi 21 avril 2014 à 07:21 -0400, Duncan Murdoch a écrit :
>>         > On 21/04/2014, 7:10 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
>>         > > Le lundi 21 avril 2014 à 11:38 +0200, Frede Aakmann
>>         Tøgersen a écrit :
>>         > >> Hi
>>         > >>
>>         > >> Couldn't find a zip file in the archives.
>>         > >>
>>         > >> Why didn't 'R CMD build' (in a command shell on Windows)
>>         not make a
>>         > >> zip file? I did try to build from the climatol library
>>         that holds the
>>         > >> typical files as DESCRIPTION, LICENSE, etc. as well as
>>         folders like R,
>>         > >> etc.
>>         > > R CMD build produces *source* packages, and .zip packages
>>         are *binary*.
>>         > >
>>         > >> Did you see the debug information on read.fcf? For me it
>>         seems like R
>>         > >> has open a file handler to the DESCRIPTION file. Wouldn't
>>         the error
>>         > >> already be thrown there and not when read.fcf is called
>>         if the .tar.gz
>>         > >> format was the problem?
>>         > >>
>>         > >> I'll try and locate a zip
>>         > > Does install.packages(choose.file(), type="source") work?
>>         >
>>         > That will also need "repos=NULL", or it will go out to a
>>         repository to
>>         > look for the package.
>>         Usually install.packages() prints a warning and assumes
>>         repos=NULL iwhen
>>         type="source". And since I'm lazy, I've sticked to the short
>>         version. ;-)
>>
>>
>>     Right, if the file is a .tar.gz file, it does that.  I often
>>     install directly from source directories, and there it fails.
>>
>>     Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>>
>>         > That should work if the package doesn't have compiled code.
>>          It will
>>         > handle compiled code only if Frede has the appropriate tools
>>         installed.
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > I'm not sure
>>         > > what utils:::menuInstallLocal() does.
>>         >
>>         > It is essentially
>>         >
>>         > install.packages(choose.file(), type="binary", repos=NULL)
>>         >
>>         > so it's not what Frede needs.
>>         OK, so that's what I suspected.
>>
>>
>>         Regards
>>
>>         > Duncan
>>         > >
>>         > >
>>         > > Regards
>>         > >
>>         > >
>>         > >> Sendt fra Samsung mobil
>>         > >>
>>         > >>
>>         > >> -------- Oprindelig meddelelse --------
>>         > >> Fra: Jeff Newmiller
>>         > >> Dato:21/04/2014 09.44 (GMT+01:00)
>>         > >> Til: Frede Aakmann Tøgersen ,Alpesh Pandya ,Rui Barradas
>>         > >> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
>>         <mailto:r-help@r-project.org>,Uwe Ligges ,Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>         > >> Emne: RE: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing XML
>>         package
>>         > >>
>>         > >> Frede... Windows uses zip files (binary, aka pre-compiled
>>         format) for packages by default, because most installations
>>         don't have the development tools installed. You need to setup
>>         RTools and use the "source" option to install_package in order
>>         to handle the tar.gz package file, or download and install the
>>         zip file instead.
>>         > >>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>         > >> Jeff Newmiller  The     .....       .....  Go Live...
>>         > >> DCN:<jdnewmil@dcn.davis.ca.us
>>         <mailto:jdnewmil@dcn.davis.ca.us>>    Basics: ##.#.
>>  ##.#.  Live Go...
>>
>>         > >>  Live:   OO#.. Dead: OO#..  Playing
>>         > >> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries      O.O#.       #.O#.
>>          with
>>         > >> /Software/Embedded Controllers)       .OO#.       .OO#.
>>          rocks...1k
>>         > >>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>         > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>         > >>
>>         > >> On April 20, 2014 11:01:17 PM PDT, "Frede Aakmann
>>         Tøgersen" <frtog@vestas.com <mailto:frtog@vestas.com>> wrote:
>>         > >>> Well now, I think I have seen something similar to Alpesh.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Recently I needed the climatol package that I have used
>>         some time ago.
>>         > >>> It is not maintained anymore but I downloaded the latest
>>         version,
>>         > >>> climatol_2.2.tar.gz,  from archives
>>         > >>>
>>         (http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/climatol/
>> climatol_2.2.tar.gz
>>         > >>> ) . Trying to install that package from local file
>>          using R-3.1.0 on
>>         > >>> Windows 8  resulted in this:
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> ## From R Console
>>         > >>>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
>>         > >>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package",
>>         > >>> "Type")) :
>>         > >>>   cannot open the connection
>>         > >>> In addition: Warning messages:
>>         > >>> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in
>>         extracting from zip
>>         > >>> file
>>         > >>> 2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package", "Type"))
>>         > >>> :
>>         > >>> cannot open compressed file
>>         'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
>>         > >>> reason 'No such file or directory'
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> And yes I know where the file is located, since
>>         choose.files() is used.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> However I tried the same on our linux (R-3.0.2) cluster
>>         and it
>>         > >>> succeeded:
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R CMD INSTALL climatol_2.2.tar.gz
>>         > >>> * installing to library
>>         > >>> ?/gpfs02/gcdistro/app/R/3.0.2-gcc4.8.2/lib64/R/library?
>>         > >>> * installing *source* package ?climatol? ...
>>         > >>> ** R
>>         > >>> ** data
>>         > >>> ** inst
>>         > >>> ** preparing package for lazy loading
>>         > >>> ** help
>>         > >>> *** installing help indices
>>         > >>> ** building package indices
>>         > >>> ** installing vignettes
>>         > >>> ** testing if installed package can be loaded
>>         > >>> * DONE (climatol)
>>         > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$ R
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
>>         > >>> Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical
>>         Computing
>>         > >>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (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.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>> library("climatol")
>>         > >>>> ?rosavent
>>         > >>>> q()
>>         > >>> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n
>>         > >>> [frtog@dkrdsfshn2 ~]$
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Now unzipping and untaring climatol_2.2.tar.gz I thought
>>         to examine
>>         > >>> whether I could build the package on my Windows box.
>>         Only R stuff and
>>         > >>> no foreign language as C, FORTRAN, etc. so it should be
>>         easy.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> ## Command shell in Windows
>>         > >>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
>>         > >>> (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> C:\Users\frtog>cd Desktop
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> C:\Users\frtog\Desktop>c:\Programmer\R\R-3.1.0\bin\x64\R
>>         CMD build
>>         > >>> climatol
>>         > >>> * checking for file 'climatol/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>>         > >>> * preparing 'climatol':
>>         > >>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
>>         > >>> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
>>         > >>> * checking for empty or unneeded directories
>>         > >>> * looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added
>>         > >>> * building 'climatol_2.2.tar.gz'
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Now trying to install from that local file I Still got
>>         the same error
>>         > >>> as above.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Trying to do some debugging on read.dcf() (Emacs/ESS)
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) -- "Spring Dance"
>>         > >>> Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical
>>         Computing
>>         > >>> Platform: x86_64-w64-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.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>>> options(chmhelp=FALSE, help_type="text")
>>         > >>>> options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last="'",
>>         > >>> editor='emacsclient.exe', show.error.locations=TRUE)
>>         > >>>> debug(read.dcf)
>>         > >>>> install.packages("~/Desktop/climatol_2.2.tar.gz", repos
>>         = NULL)
>>         > >>> debugging in: read.dcf(file.path(pkgname,
>>         "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package",
>>         > >>> "Type"))
>>         > >>> debug: {
>>         > >>>     if (is.character(file)) {
>>         > >>>         file <- gzfile(file)
>>         > >>>         on.exit(close(file))
>>         > >>>     }
>>         > >>>     if (!inherits(file, "connection"))
>>         > >>>         stop("'file' must be a character string or
>>         connection")
>>         > >>>     if (!all)
>>         > >>> return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
>>         > >>>     .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame <- function(tags,
>>         vals,
>>         > >>>         nums) {
>>         > >>>         tf <- factor(tags, levels = unique(tags))
>>         > >>>         cnts <- table(nums, tf)
>>         > >>>      out <- array(NA_character_, dim = dim(cnts),
>>         dimnames = list(NULL,
>>         > >>>             levels(tf)))
>>         > >>>         if (all(cnts <= 1L)) {
>>         > >>>             out[cbind(nums, tf)] <- vals
>>         > >>>             out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors =
>>         FALSE)
>>         > >>>         }
>>         > >>>         else {
>>         > >>>             levs <- colSums(cnts > 1L) == 0L
>>         > >>>             if (any(levs)) {
>>         > >>>                 inds <- tf %in% levels(tf)[levs]
>>         > >>> out[cbind(nums[inds], tf[inds])] <- vals[inds]
>>         > >>>             }
>>         > >>>             out <- as.data.frame(out, stringsAsFactors =
>>         FALSE)
>>         > >>>             for (l in levels(tf)[!levs]) {
>>         > >>>                 out[[l]] <- rep.int
>>         <http://rep.int>(list(NA_character_), nrow(cnts))
>>
>>         > >>>                 i <- tf == l
>>         > >>> out[[l]][unique(nums[i])] <- split(vals[i], nums[i])
>>         > >>>             }
>>         > >>>         }
>>         > >>>         out
>>         > >>>     }
>>         > >>>     on.exit(Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE",
>>         Sys.getlocale("LC_CTYPE")),
>>         > >>>         add = TRUE)
>>         > >>>     Sys.setlocale("LC_CTYPE", "C")
>>         > >>>     lines <- readLines(file)
>>         > >>>     ind <- grep("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*$", lines)
>>         > >>>     if (length(ind)) {
>>         > >>>         lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 *
>>         getOption("width"))
>>         > >>> stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nRegular lines must
>>         have a
>>         > >>> tag.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s",
>>         > >>>             paste0("  ", lines, collapse = "\n")),
>>         domain = NA)
>>         > >>>     }
>>         > >>>     line_is_not_empty <- !grepl("^[[:space:]]*$", lines)
>>         > >>>     nums <- cumsum(diff(c(FALSE, line_is_not_empty) >
>>         0L) > 0L)
>>         > >>>     nums <- nums[line_is_not_empty]
>>         > >>>     lines <- lines[line_is_not_empty]
>>         > >>>     line_is_escaped_blank <-
>>         grepl("^[[:space:]]+\\.[[:space:]]*$",
>>         > >>>         lines)
>>         > >>>     if (any(line_is_escaped_blank))
>>         > >>>         lines[line_is_escaped_blank] <- ""
>>         > >>>     line_has_tag <- grepl("^[^[:blank:]][^:]*:", lines)
>>         > >>>     ind <- which(!line_has_tag[which(diff(nums) > 0L) +
>> 1L])
>>         > >>>     if (length(ind)) {
>>         > >>>         lines <- strtrim(lines[ind], 0.7 *
>>         getOption("width"))
>>         > >>> stop(gettextf("Invalid DCF format.\nContinuation lines
>>         must not start a
>>         > >>> record.\nOffending lines start with:\n%s",
>>         > >>>             paste0("  ", lines, collapse = "\n")),
>>         domain = NA)
>>         > >>>     }
>>         > >>>     lengths <- rle(cumsum(line_has_tag))$lengths
>>         > >>>     pos <- cumsum(lengths)
>>         > >>>     tags <- sub(":.*", "", lines[line_has_tag])
>>         > >>> lines[line_has_tag] <- sub("[^:]*:[[:space:]]*", "",
>>         > >>> lines[line_has_tag])
>>         > >>>     foldable <- rep.int <http://rep.int>(is.na
>>         <http://is.na>(match(tags, keep.white)), lengths)
>>
>>         > >>>     lines[foldable] <- sub("^[[:space:]]*", "",
>>         lines[foldable])
>>         > >>>     lines[foldable] <- sub("[[:space:]]*$", "",
>>         lines[foldable])
>>         > >>> vals <- mapply(function(from, to) paste(lines[from:to],
>>         collapse =
>>         > >>> "\n"),
>>         > >>>         c(1L, pos[-length(pos)] + 1L), pos)
>>         > >>>     out <- .assemble_things_into_a_data_frame(tags,
>>         vals, nums[pos])
>>         > >>>     if (!is.null(fields))
>>         > >>>         out <- out[fields]
>>         > >>>     out
>>         > >>> }
>>         > >>> Browse[2]> str(file)
>>         > >>> chr "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"
>>         > >>> Browse[2]> head(file)
>>         > >>> [1] "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: if (is.character(file)) {
>>         > >>>     file <- gzfile(file)
>>         > >>>     on.exit(close(file))
>>         > >>> }
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: file <- gzfile(file)
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: on.exit(close(file))
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: if (!inherits(file, "connection")) stop("'file'
>>         must be a
>>         > >>> character string or connection")
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: if (!all) return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields,
>>         keep.white)))
>>         > >>> Browse[2]> str(file)
>>         > >>> Classes 'gzfile', 'connection'  atomic [1:1] 3
>>         > >>>   ..- attr(*, "conn_id")=<externalptr>
>>         > >>> Browse[2]> file
>>         > >>>                       description
>>        class
>>         > >>> "climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION"
>>       "gzfile"
>>         > >>>                              mode
>>         text
>>         > >>>                              "rb"
>>       "text"
>>         > >>>                            opened
>>     can read
>>         > >>>                          "closed"
>>        "yes"
>>         > >>>                         can write
>>         > >>>                             "yes"
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> debug: return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields, keep.white)))
>>         > >>> Browse[2]>
>>         > >>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package",
>>         > >>> "Type")) :
>>         > >>>   cannot open the connection
>>         > >>> In addition: Warning message:
>>         > >>> In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package", "Type")) :
>>         > >>> cannot open compressed file
>>         'climatol_2.2.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable
>>         > >>> reason 'No such file or directory'
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Well coming to debug: if (!all)
>>         return(.Internal(readDCF(file, fields,
>>         > >>> keep.white))) I loose control and R returns to prompt
>>         with an error.
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Hopefully one of you can replicate this. If not then it
>>         must have
>>         > >>> something with Windows OS to do. But what?
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>> Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen
>>         > >>>
>>         > >>>
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>>
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>>         > >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>         > >>>> From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org
>>         <mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org>
>>         > >>> [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org
>>         <mailto:r-help-bounces@r-project.org>]
>>         > >>>> On Behalf Of Jeff Newmiller
>>         > >>>> Sent: 20. april 2014 23:33
>>         > >>>> To: Alpesh Pandya; Rui Barradas
>>         > >>>> Cc: r-help@r-project.org <mailto:r-help@r-project.org>;
>>         Uwe Ligges
>>         > >>>> Subject: Re: [R] R 3.0.3, Windows 7: Problem installing
>>         XML package
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>> Hard to help you when the problem simply does not
>>         happen for others.
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>> As for Windows being not a focus, that is not at all
>>         true. I use it
>>         > >>> regularly on
>>         > >>>> Windows at work. That being said, there are thousands
>>         of packages and
>>         > >>>> those each involve their own subset of R users. There
>>         are also many
>>         > >>>> operating system configurations that may not all be
>>         fully tested.
>>         > >>> Blaming "R"
>>         > >>>> or "Windows", or blaming us for "preventing" you from
>>         getting your
>>         > >>>> education (isn't that something between you and your
>>         educational
>>         > >>>> institution?) are not going to be effective strategies
>>         for problem
>>         > >>> solving.
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>> Are you able to use other aspects of R beyond the XML
>>         package? Have
>>         > >>> you
>>         > >>>> tried communicating with the maintainers of that package?
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>         > >>>> Jeff Newmiller      The     .....       .....  Go
>>         > >>> Live...
>>         > >>>> DCN:<jdnewmil@dcn.davis.ca.us
>>         <mailto:jdnewmil@dcn.davis.ca.us>>    Basics: ##.#.
>>  ##.#.  Live
>>
>>         > >>> Go...
>>         > >>>>        Live:   OO#.. Dead: OO#..
>>         > >>> Playing
>>         > >>>> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries            O.O#.
>>        #.O#.  with
>>         > >>>> /Software/Embedded Controllers)               .OO#.
>>        .OO#.
>>         > >>> rocks...1k
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------
>>         > >>>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>> On April 20, 2014 11:45:44 AM PDT, Alpesh Pandya
>>         > >>>> <alpeshpandya@gmail.com
>>         <mailto:alpeshpandya@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>         > >>>>> I keep on trying from various networks but I still get
>>         the same
>>         > >>> error.
>>         > >>>>> I
>>         > >>>>> don't this this has anything to do with network or
>>         ability to
>>         > >>> download
>>         > >>>>> the
>>         > >>>>> package (as I can install other packages fine). This
>>         must be
>>         > >>> something
>>         > >>>>> in
>>         > >>>>> base R or dependencies issues (that R is not spelling
>>         out).
>>         > >>>>>
>>         > >>>>> I know R is geared for Mac and Windows is kind of
>>         looked down upon
>>         > >>> but
>>         > >>>>> I
>>         > >>>>> have no option but use windows and need this XML
>>         package running to
>>         > >>>>> complete my education. Any help on this would be
>>         appreciated.
>>         > >>>>>
>>         > >>>>>
>>         > >>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Alpesh Pandya
>>         > >>>>> <alpeshpandya@gmail.com
>>         <mailto:alpeshpandya@gmail.com>>wrote:
>>
>>         > >>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> Thank you for response Rui.
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> I still get the same error with this repository.
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> Installing package into
>>         > >>>>> ���C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/win-library/3.0���
>>         > >>>>>> (as ���lib��� is unspecified)
>>         > >>>>>> trying URL '
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>> '
>>         > >>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136 bytes
>>         (4.1 Mb)
>>         > >>>>>> opened URL
>>         > >>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package",
>>         > >>>>> "Type"))
>>         > >>>>>> :
>>         > >>>>>>    cannot open the connection
>>         > >>>>>> In addition: Warning messages:
>>         > >>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode =
>>         "wb", ...) :
>>         > >>>>>>    downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4288136
>>         > >>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in
>>         extracting from
>>         > >>> zip
>>         > >>>>> file
>>         > >>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         c("Package",
>>         > >>>>> "Type")) :
>>         > >>>>>>    cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION',
>>         probable reason
>>         > >>> 'No
>>         > >>>>> such
>>         > >>>>>> file or directory'
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Rui Barradas
>>         > >>>>> <ruipbarradas@sapo.pt <mailto:ruipbarradas@sapo.pt>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>> Hello,
>>         > >>>>>>> I have package XML installed on Windows 7, R 3.0.3
>>         and I had no
>>         > >>>>> problem
>>         > >>>>>>> at all. Can't you try (it worked with me)
>>         > >>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>> install.packages("XML", repos =
>>         "http://cran.dcc.fc.up.pt")
>>         > >>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>         > >>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>> Rui Barradas
>>         > >>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>> Em 14-04-2014 16:24, Alpesh Pandya escreveu:
>>         > >>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>   I have tried these sources (almost all US mirrors):
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.
>> 98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>
>>         http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-
>> 1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/
>>         > >>>>>>>> 3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>
>>         http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.
>> 98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         http://rweb.quant.ku.edu/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.
>> 98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>> http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
>>         > >>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         http://cran.wustl.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         http://cran.case.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/cran/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/
>> XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>
>>         http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-
>>         > >>>> 1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>> I have confirmed with IT that there is no
>>         restriction on
>>         > >>>>> downloading this
>>         > >>>>>>>> zip file from any of these sources. Also I am
>>         getting same error
>>         > >>>>> when I
>>         > >>>>>>>> try
>>         > >>>>>>>> from my home network as well.
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Uwe Ligges <
>>         > >>>>>>>> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>>         <mailto:ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>> On 13.04.2014 01:30, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>   @Uwe I tried the same steps from office as well
>>         as home
>>         > >>> network
>>         > >>>>> with
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> same
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> results. Are you using windows 7 with R 3.0.3?
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> I have seen same question being asked by others
>>         without any
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> resolution. Is
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> anything special about XML package? I am OK use
>>         older version
>>         > >>> of
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> package
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> but in archives there are no zip files (only gz
>>         files). Is
>>         > >>>>> windows
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> platform
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> not recommended for R?
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>> Right, and you can try to install these from sources.
>>         > >>>>>>>>> But I doubt you need it. You still have not told
>>         us if you
>>         > >>> tried
>>         > >>>>> another
>>         > >>>>>>>>> mirror to download the XML file from and what you
>>         local IT
>>         > >>> support
>>         > >>>>> tells
>>         > >>>>>>>>> you while your downloads are incomplete.
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>> Best,
>>         > >>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Uwe Ligges <
>>         > >>>>>>>>>> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>>         <mailto:ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>   wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> On 12.04.2014 22:39, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>  Thank you for response Uwe. I tried multiple
>>         times by
>>         > >>>>> downloading
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> the
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> file from many sources but still the same
>>         error. This is a
>>         > >>>>> major road
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> block
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> for me in using R. Appreciate any help on this.
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>   Please ask your local IT staff.
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> I get, using the same mirror:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>
>>         options("repos"=c(CRAN="http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror"))
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> install.packages("XML", lib="d:/temp")
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> trying URL
>>         > >>> 'http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip'
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136
>>         bytes (4.1 Mb)
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> opened URL
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
>>         checked
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>        d:\temp\RtmpqMqL8L\downloaded_packages
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>   On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Uwe Ligges <
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>>         <mailto:ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>    wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>    Works for me.
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Uwe Ligges
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11.04.2014 17:10, Alpesh Pandya wrote:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>   Using install.package('XML') command
>>         produces this
>>         > >>> error:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying URL
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> '
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         http://watson.nci.nih.gov/cran_mirror/bin/windows/
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> '
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Content type 'application/zip' length 4288136
>>         bytes (4.1
>>         > >>> Mb)
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> opened URL
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded 4.1 Mb
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname,
>>         "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         > >>>>> c("Package",
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Type")) :
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>        cannot open the connection
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition: Warning messages:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method,
>>         mode = "wb",
>>         > >>> ...)
>>         > >>>>> :
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>        downloaded length 4276224 != reported
>>         length 4288136
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1
>>         in extracting
>>         > >>>> >from zip
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> file
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"),
>>         > >>>>> c("Package",
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Type"))
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> :
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>        cannot open compressed file
>>         'XML/DESCRIPTION',
>>         > >>> probable
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> reason
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'No
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> such
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> file or directory'
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Upon receiving this error, I downloaded
>>         XML_3.98-1.1.zip
>>         > >>>>> directly
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cran
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> site. But this zip file is not a valid
>>         archive (cannot
>>         > >>> open
>>         > >>>>> using
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> winzip).
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also trying to install using this downloaded
>>         file produces
>>         > >>>>> the
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> following
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> error:
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Installing package into
>>         'C:/Users/APandya/Documents/R/
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> win-library/3.0'
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>        error 1 in extracting from zip file
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warning in install.packages :
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>        cannot open compressed file
>>         'XML/DESCRIPTION',
>>         > >>> probable
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> reason
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'No
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> such
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> file or directory'
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Error in install.packages : cannot open the
>>         connection
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I  downloaded this zip file from multiple
>>         sources and
>>         > >>> tried
>>         > >>>>> to
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> install
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> same result.
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>>> --
>>         > >>>>>> Thanks and Regards
>>         > >>>>>> Alpesh
>>         > >>>>>>
>>         > >>>>
>>         > >>>> ______________________________________________
>>         > >>>> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>
>>
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>>         > >>>> 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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>>         > >> ______________________________________________
>>         > >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>
>>
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>>         > >> 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.
>>         > >
>>         > > ______________________________________________
>>         > > R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing
>>
>>         list
>>         > > 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.
>>         > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks and Regards
>> Alpesh
>>
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