I've also never had a problem with both 32 and 64 bit java installed. Best, Ista
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Joshua Wiley <jwiley.ps...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Spencer, > > It really is not very hard, and I have never had issue with it: > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html > > Just download the x86 and x64 versions for your OS and install. Worst > case, you need to add the directory to the PATH variable in Windows. > > I do this regularly so I can use/test either version of R. > > Cheers, > > Josh > > P.S. Emacs + ESS allows for different versions of R and it is not too > difficult to use the 64 or 32 bit version... M-x > R-version-architecture > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Spencer Graves > <spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com> wrote: >> On 9/4/2013 6:09 PM, Ista Zahn wrote: >>> >>> Hi Spencer, >>> >>> Why don't you want to install 64bit Java? >> >> >> >> That may be a reasonable approach. >> >> >> I may have Java confused with something else, but I remember hearing >> that it was difficult or unwise to try to install both 32- and 64-bit >> versions of something like Java or Java Script on the same Windows operating >> system. If I need to uninstall 32-bit Java to install 64-bit, who knows >> what else I could break. I'm a statistician, not an information >> technologist: If I spend more time playing with Java, I'll have less time >> for other things I want to do. >> >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> Spencer >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Spencer Graves >>> <spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, All: >>>> >>>> >>>> What do you recommend for reading a Google Spreadsheet into R? I didn't >>>> find >>>> anything useful using library(sos); findFn('google spreadsheet'). >>>> >>>> >>>> I can solve the problem by downloading the file either as *.ods or *.xlsx >>>> format, then opening it and saving it as *.xls, then using >>>> read.xls{gdata}. >>>> >>>> >>>> Alternatives I haven't tried use read.xlsx{xlsx} and >>>> readWorksheetFromFile{XLConnect} with 32-bit R. Neither of these work for >>>> me >>>> with 64-bit R, because they can't find an appropriate rJava on my >>>> computer; >>>> see below. (I've been using 64-bit R with Emacs, so switching to 32-bit R >>>> is >>>> not completely trivial.) Similarly, read.gnumeric.sheet{gnumeric} >>>> requires >>>> the "external program, ssconvert", which seems not to be available on my >>>> computer or installed for 64-bit R. >>>> >>>> >>>> What do you suggest? Avoid 64-bit R unless I really need it? That seems >>>> to >>>> be the message I'm getting from this. (The writeFindFn2xls{sos} also >>>> works >>>> in 32-bit R but fails in 64-bit apparently for the same reason.) >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Spencer >>>> >>>> >>>>> library(xlsx) >>>> >>>> Loading required package: xlsxjars >>>> Loading required package: rJava >>>> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details: >>>> call: fun(libname, pkgname) >>>> error: No CurrentVersion entry in Software/JavaSoft registry! Try >>>> re-installing Java and make sure R and Java have matching architectures. >>>> Error: package ‘rJava’ could not be loaded >>>>> >>>>> library(XLConnect) >>>> >>>> Loading required package: rJava >>>> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details: >>>> call: fun(libname, pkgname) >>>> error: No CurrentVersion entry in Software/JavaSoft registry! Try >>>> re-installing Java and make sure R and Java have matching architectures. >>>> Error: package ‘rJava’ could not be loaded >>>>> >>>>> sessionInfo() >>>> >>>> R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) >>>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >>>> >>>> locale: >>>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 >>>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 >>>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 >>>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C >>>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >>>> >>>> attached base packages: >>>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > University of California, Los Angeles > http://joshuawiley.com/ > Senior Analyst - Elkhart Group Ltd. > http://elkhartgroup.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.