You can tell Macintosh not to automatically unpack tar.gz files. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova <evg.ignat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the > “polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source > page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ > <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. > > This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical > Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the > problem > (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html > <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) > but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the > most recent versions of R. > > The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is > the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I > received: > >> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") > Warning: invalid package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’ > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning message: > In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : > installation of package ‘/polycor_0.7-8.tar’ had non-zero exit status >> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", >> repos=NULL, type="source") > Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > unsupported URL scheme > > Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for > your time! > > Best, > Evguenia > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.