[R-SIG-Finance] Where can I download the latest RBloomberg package ?

Wed Apr 27 16:42:20 CEST 2011

Dear Ana,

I see, thankyou.
I would like to thank Robert to start the package, making connect to
Bloomberg possible.
I also want to thank for your continuous maintaining and developing of
the package .

Gary

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Ana Nelson <nelson.ana at gmail.com> wrote:
> You'll need to use R 2.12 or higher to install this.
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Gary Chin <garychin9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Lin,
>>
>> I tried your suggestion, doesn't work neither.
>>
>> The return message said "unable to access index for repository.....".
>> (see below)
>>
>> Does it mean the package not there?
>>
>> I already tried both repos = "http://r.findata.org/" and repos =
>> "http://r.findata.org/rbloomberg/".
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> Here is the output.
>>
>> >install.packages("RBloomberg",repos="http://r.findata.org/rbloomberg/")
>>
>> Warning in install.packages("RBloomberg", repos =
>> "http://r.findata.org/rbloomberg/") :
>>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
>> 'F:/PortableApps/R-Portable/App/R-2.11.1/../../Data/library'
>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> http://r.findata.org/rbloomberg/bin/windows/contrib/2.11
>> Warning message:
>> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>>  package 'RBloomberg' is not available
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Gei Lin <gmonaie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I think here:
>> >
>> > http://findata.org/rbloomberg/
>> >
>> > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Gary Chin <garychin9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi there,
>> >>
>> >> I am now using RBloomberg package 0.1 version which I download from
>> >> CRAN, the latest version at CRAN.
>> >>
>> >> As I know, the latest version is 0.4. I have tried to install it from
>> >> repository that I know, but all failed with following message.
>> >>
>> >> Am I missing something ? Can anyone give me a clue?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Gary
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > install.packages("RBloomberg", repos="r.findata.org")
>> >>
>> >> Warning in install.packages("RBloomberg", repos = "r.findata.org") :
>> >>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
>> >> 'F:/PortableApps/R-Portable/App/R-2.11.1/../../Data/library'
>> >> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> >> r.findata.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.11
>> >> Warning message:
>> >> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>> >>  package 'RBloomberg' is not available
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > install.packages("RBloomberg", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
>> >>
>> >> Warning in install.packages("RBloomberg", repos =
>> >> "http://R-Forge.R-project.org") :
>> >>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
>> >> 'F:/PortableApps/R-Portable/App/R-2.11.1/../../Data/library'
>> >> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>> >> http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.11
>> >> Warning message:
>> >> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>> >>  package 'RBloomberg' is not available
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > install.packages("RBloomberg", repos="http://r.bloombergapi.com")
>> >>
>> >> Warning in install.packages("RBloomberg", repos =
>> >> "http://r.bloombergapi.com") :
>> >>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
>> >> 'F:/PortableApps/R-Portable/App/R-2.11.1/../../Data/library'
>> >> Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is
>> >> malformed!
>> >>
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