[R-SIG-Mac] Problem with R commander installation under MAC OX 10.10

Fox, John jfox @ending from mcm@@ter@c@
Sun Nov 25 00:08:29 CET 2018 

Dear Fran,

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> On Nov 24, 2018, at 3:16 PM, FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO FERRER <fran.otero using fpct.ulpgc.es> wrote:
> 
> Dear John,
> 
> thanks again. I had tried “R CMD INSTALL”:
> 
> MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-2:~ franciscooteroferrer$ R CMD INSTALL Rcmdr_2.2-5.tar.gz
> Warning: invalid package ‘Rcmdr_2.2-5.tar.gz’
> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
> 
> but again did not work…

You may have picked the wrong version of the Rcmdr package for your R version, the file may have been corrupted, or may be in the wrong directory.

> I will probably update my MAC OS version and install the last R Commander. It would be better.

Yes, that’s a much better idea, and it’s generally a good idea to keep software up to date.

Best,
 John

> 
> Thank you for your time and sorry to disturb you,
> 
> All the Best 
> 
> Fran
> Francisco Otero Ferrer, PhD
> University Institute of Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (IU ECOAQUA)
> Scientific and Technological Marine Park
> University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
> 35200 Telde (Las Palmas - España)
> +34 928 454910
> 
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>> El 24/11/2018, a las 20:10, Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca> escribió:
>> 
>> Dear Fran,
>> 
>>> On Nov 24, 2018, at 2:40 PM, FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO FERRER <fran.otero using fpct.ulpgc.es> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Professor Fox,
>>> 
>>> thank you very much for your advices.
>>> 
>>> I have tried to install old Rcmdr version through MAC OS Terminal window putting “R CMD INSTALL Rcmdr_2.2-5.tar.gz” and downloading previously the file Rcmdr_2.2-5.tar.gz from <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/Rcmdr/>.
>>> 
>>> MacBook-Pro-de-Francisco-2:~ franciscooteroferrer$ INSTALL Rcmdr_2.2-5.tar.gz
>> 
>> The command is R CMD INSTALL *not* INSTALL
>> 
>> Also, the command assumes that the downloaded file is in the current directory — your home directory in your failed attempt.
>> 
>> Finally, as I said initially, I’d anticipate problems installing some of the other packages on which the Rcmdr depends.
>> 
>> Best,
>> John
>> 
>>> usage: install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
>>>               [-o owner] file1 file2
>>>       install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
>>>               [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory
>>>       install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory …
>>> 
>>> Then I have tried to open in R following the standard procedure:
>>> install.packages(“Rcmdr")
>>> 
>>> Then
>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>> Warning message:
>>> package ‘Rcmdr’ is not available (for R version 3.3.3)
>>> 
>>> but again there is some problems to install Rcommander.
>>> Sorry to disturb you again, it is my first contact with R… not really successful.
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your time,
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> 
>>> Fran
>>> 
>>> Francisco Otero Ferrer, PhD
>>> University Institute of Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (IU ECOAQUA)
>>> Scientific and Technological Marine Park
>>> University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
>>> 35200 Telde (Las Palmas - España)
>>> +34 928 454910
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> El 24/11/2018, a las 15:55, Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca> escribió:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Fran,
>>>> 
>>>> To elaborate slightly, old sources for the Rcmdr package (and all other CRAN packages) are available on CRAN. The old-package archive for the Rcmdr is at <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/Rcmdr/>.
>>>> 
>>>> You can download the source package for an older version of the Rcmdr and install it in a macOS terminal window from the directory where you put the file, via the command R CMD INSTALL Rcmdr_x.y-z.tar.gz (where x, y, z correspond to the version that you downloaded).
>>>> 
>>>> This should work because the Rcmdr package includes no compiled code but you may encounter problems: The Rcmdr package depends on many other packages and some of these may also be unavailable in their current versions for your version of macOS or may be incompatible with the older version of the Rcmdr that you install.
>>>> 
>>>> I hope this helps,
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> John Fox
>>>> Professor Emeritus
>>>> McMaster University
>>>> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>>>> Web: https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: R-SIG-Mac [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces using r-project.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Mario
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:11 AM
>>>>> To: FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO FERRER <fran.otero using fpct.ulpgc.es>
>>>>> Cc: r-sig-mac using r-project.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Problem with R commander installation under MAC
>>>>> OX 10.10
>>>>> 
>>>>> Old sources:  Rcmdr archive
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Mario
>>>>> 
>>>>>> El 24 nov 2018, a las 9:43, FRANCISCO JOSE OTERO FERRER
>>>>> <fran.otero using fpct.ulpgc.es> escribió:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear users,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am quite new with R, so apologizes for my ignorance. I have MAC OX 10.10
>>>>> (Yosemite) and I would like to install  Rcommander, however apparently it is
>>>>> not possible:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> install.packages("Rcmdr")
>>>>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Warning
>>>>>> message:
>>>>>> package ‘Rcmdr’ is not available (for R version 3.3.3)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As I have other softwares that it could have problems with OX update, I am
>>>>> just wondering if there is any manner to install R commander without update
>>>>> my OX version.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Fran
>>>>>> 
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