On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with >> >> install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org", type = >> "source") >> >> You'll need install some prerequisite software first (if you've not >> already done so). See >> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset > > Is that always true? I thought that one could install pure-R packages from > source without the toolset. Just asking, I'm not windozing, this year > anyway.
No, it is not. For pure R, you can get by without the Windows toolset (though I am not sure about things like byte-compiling). That said, "getting the toolset" basically just involves downloading and double clicking a nicely bundled program Duncan Murdoch supplies so it takes virtually nil effort. Josh > > -- > David. > > >> >> Best, >> Ista >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Michael Friendly <frien...@yorku.ca> >> wrote: >>> >>> [Env: Win XP] >>> I've just upgraded from R 2.12.2 to R 2.13.1. As part of my upgrade >>> process, I typically install some in-development >>> packages from R-Forge that are not on cran. But for the first time, it >>> doesn't work. >>> >>> e.g., >>> > install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") >>> trying URL >>> 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/p3d_0.02-2.zip' >>> Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : >>> cannot open URL >>> 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/p3d_0.02-2.zip' >>> In addition: Warning message: >>> In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : >>> cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' >>> Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available, >>> : >>> download of package 'p3d' failed >>> >>> The list of packages I install this way is: >>> >>> special <- c("p3d", "patchDVI", "spacemakeR", "spida") >>> install.packages(special,repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") >>> >>> >>> Is this just an R-Forge problem? The source packages are there, but not >>> the windows binaries. The log files >>> are uninformative: >>> >>> >>> p3d log file (build_win64) >>> >>> Sun Jul 31 00:28:31 2011: Building binary for package p3d (SVN revision >>> 19) >>> using R version 2.13.1 Patched (2011-07-22 r56481) ... >>> >>> Package up to date. Not building ... >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca >>> Professor, Psychology Dept. >>> York University Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 >>> 4700 Keele Street Web: http://www.datavis.ca >>> Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA >>> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ista Zahn >> Graduate student >> University of Rochester >> Department of Clinical and Social Psychology >> http://yourpsyche.org >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > David Winsemius, MD > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group University of California, Los Angeles https://joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ 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.