Hello, I am trying to install the Rstem package, but I have problems. I am using Windows XP and the 2.8.1 version of R. I have read the "Add-on packages" chapter of the "R Installation and Administration" manual, and also have tried several things, which worked for other people on the mailing list having faced the same problem (http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/03/22889.html).
I paste below the things, which I have tried and the results. I don't understand what the message "installation of package 'Rstem' had non-zero exit status" mean, which I get on my last try below. Could anyone advise me what should I do? Thank you. p.s. I have successfully installed the lsa package, which depends on the Rstem package. ###### First Try ###### > chooseCRANmirror() > install.packages(c("Rstem", "lsa")) trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/lsa_0.61.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 205671 bytes (200 Kb) opened URL downloaded 200 Kb package 'lsa' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded packages are in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\RtmpdBelSq\downloaded_packages updating HTML package descriptions Warning message: package ‘Rstem’ is not available ###### Second Try ######## > install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R") Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.omegahat.org/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.8 Warning message: package ‘Rstem’ is not available ###### Third Try ###### > install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/") Warning: unable to access index for repository http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/bin/windows/contrib/2.8 Warning message: package ‘Rstem’ is not available The Rstem package could be found here: http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/ ###### Fourth Try ###### > install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R", type = > "source") trying URL 'http://www.omegahat.org/R/src/contrib/Rstem_0.3-1.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 606408 bytes (592 Kb) opened URL downloaded 592 Kb tar (child): Cannot open archive /cygdrive/C\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpdBelSq/downloaded_packages/Rstem_0.3-1.tar.gz: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Error: cannot untar the package The downloaded packages are in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\RtmpdBelSq\downloaded_packages Warning message: In install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R", : installation of package 'Rstem' had non-zero exit status ###### ______________________________________________ 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.