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version of the desktop API installed on your machine.

You cannot use Rbbg without a Bloomberg license.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Nick White <n-e-w@qtradr.net> wrote:

> You made a spelling error.
>
> It's
>
> library(Rbbg).
>
> not Rbdg
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Robert A'gata <rhelpacc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> May I ask another question? I pass the installation. But when I try to
>> load the package, it keeps saying that Rbdg does not exist which is
>> weird to me.
>>
>> Just wondering you ran into the same issue? My R version is 2.15.1. Thank
>> you.
>>
>> > library(Rbdg)
>> Error in library(Rbdg) : there is no package called ‘Rbdg’
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Nick White <n-e-w@qtradr.net> wrote:
>> > RBloomberg has been superseded by 'Rbbg' (a quick google search will
>> explain
>> > the backstory)
>> >
>> > You can install the latest version by entering the following command in
>> your
>> > R session:
>> >
>> > install.packages('Rbbg',repos='http://r.findata.org')
>> >
>> > The documentation should ably get you started.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Robert A'gata <rhelpacc@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I am wondering what the best way to interact with Bloomberg from
>> >> within R now. I am trying to download RBloomberg by following
>> >> instruction at the following website from findata.org. It turns out
>> >> that the instruction seems stale. I cannot locate the package.
>> >>
>> >> http://findata.org/rbloomberg/rbloomberg-manual-0-4-144.pdf
>> >>
>> >> > install.packages("RBloomberg", repos="http://r.findata.org")
>> >> Installing package(s) into
>> ‘C:/Users/chibi/Documents/R/win-library/2.15’
>> >> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>> >> Warning in install.packages :
>> >>   package ‘RBloomberg’ is not available (for R version 2.15.1)
>> >>
>> >> I am wondering the package no longer exists? If not, what other
>> >> choices do I have? Thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Robert
>> >>
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