On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Joshua Wiley <jwiley.ps...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
Right, and just installing the Windows tools is probably quicker than checking to see if any of c("p3d", "patchDVI", "spacemakeR", "spida") contain compiled code. Best Ista > > 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/ > -- 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.