Re: [R] Problem installing packages: cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf'
Dear David, Thank you very much! I am sending this mail for the record. I am on mac OSX 10.8.5. The "standard" binary installer packages worked and fixed the problem (R-3.2.1-snowleopard.pkg, RStudio 0.99.891 - Mac OS X 10.6+ (64-bit)). So, a caution against fink (r-base and rstudio-desktop) for installing R; I assumed it was doing exactly the same thing, but was clearly wrong. Noted to use r-sig-...@r-project.org for mac install issues in future. All the best John From: David Winsemius Sent: 03 March 2016 00:31 To: John Hillier Cc: r-help@R-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Problem installing packages: cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf' > On Mar 2, 2016, at 10:00 AM, John Hillier wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I am a relative newbie to R, and am struggling to install packages on my > laptop (although I have managed to on my desktop and a borrowed departmental > laptop). > The words "my laptop" is rather uninformative. Based on the path below I guessing OSX. > > I have tried various packages with the same result. Illustration for > >> install.packages("outliers") > > > leads to . > > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > In addition: Warning message: > In file(con, "r") : > cannot open file > '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf': No > such file or directory Installing R inside /sw/.. directory is not a standard location. What does this return: Sys.getenv( "R_HOME" ) On my version of OSX 10.11 with R installed from the "standard" binary installer package, it returns [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources" > > I have tried in both the R environment on command line, and in RStudio, with > the same result, and reinstalled and updated both r-base and rstudio-desktop > via fink. fink That's probably the reason (again if this is a Mac.) The default installation location is not being chosen. I don't understand why you are not using the binary installer. I've never seen anyone use fink for installation on a Mac but have heard of attempts with MacPorts and homebrew. Simon Urbanek says if you use one of those package installers you are "on your own". That's a route you should only consider if you have serious NIX-skills. > Both using a CRAN mirror and using a download (outliers_0.14.tar.gz) seem to > produce the same result, and I think they're both working as the output says > 'downloaded' (see below) > > >> install.packages("outliers") > Installing package into � > (as � is unspecified) > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) > == > downloaded 14 KB > > >> From looking aroud on the web it seems that the message "In file(con, "r") : >> cannot open file" just means that R cannot find a file it thinks it needs. >> However, I've looked in >> /sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/ both on this >> machine and the other laptop that is able to install packages, and >> 'Makeconf' is not in ether of them. I do have a copy of that program in: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf > > > So, I'm thoroughly confused and have run out of ideas. The correct place to post questions about Mac installations is: r-sig-...@r-project.org >Please help. > > > I hope that this is something simple that I'm missing. If so, a pointer to a > manual page or instructions would be gratefully received. https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/ > > > John > > > p.s - Full output in sequence in case it's useful. > > >> install.packages("outliers") > Installing package into � > (as � is unspecified) > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) > == > downloaded 14 KB > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > In addition: Warning message: > In file(con, "r") : > cannot open file > '/sw/Library
Re: [R] Problem installing packages: cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf'
> On Mar 2, 2016, at 10:00 AM, John Hillier wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I am a relative newbie to R, and am struggling to install packages on my > laptop (although I have managed to on my desktop and a borrowed departmental > laptop). > The words "my laptop" is rather uninformative. Based on the path below I guessing OSX. > > I have tried various packages with the same result. Illustration for > >> install.packages("outliers") > > > leads to . > > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > In addition: Warning message: > In file(con, "r") : > cannot open file > '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf': No > such file or directory Installing R inside /sw/.. directory is not a standard location. What does this return: Sys.getenv( "R_HOME" ) On my version of OSX 10.11 with R installed from the "standard" binary installer package, it returns [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources" > > I have tried in both the R environment on command line, and in RStudio, with > the same result, and reinstalled and updated both r-base and rstudio-desktop > via fink. fink That's probably the reason (again if this is a Mac.) The default installation location is not being chosen. I don't understand why you are not using the binary installer. I've never seen anyone use fink for installation on a Mac but have heard of attempts with MacPorts and homebrew. Simon Urbanek says if you use one of those package installers you are "on your own". That's a route you should only consider if you have serious NIX-skills. > Both using a CRAN mirror and using a download (outliers_0.14.tar.gz) seem to > produce the same result, and I think they're both working as the output says > 'downloaded' (see below) > > >> install.packages("outliers") > Installing package into � > (as � is unspecified) > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) > == > downloaded 14 KB > > >> From looking aroud on the web it seems that the message "In file(con, "r") : >> cannot open file" just means that R cannot find a file it thinks it needs. >> However, I've looked in >> /sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/ both on this >> machine and the other laptop that is able to install packages, and >> 'Makeconf' is not in ether of them. I do have a copy of that program in: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf > > > So, I'm thoroughly confused and have run out of ideas. The correct place to post questions about Mac installations is: r-sig-...@r-project.org >Please help. > > > I hope that this is something simple that I'm missing. If so, a pointer to a > manual page or instructions would be gratefully received. https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/ > > > John > > > p.s - Full output in sequence in case it's useful. > > >> install.packages("outliers") > Installing package into � > (as � is unspecified) > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) > == > downloaded 14 KB > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file > In addition: Warning message: > In file(con, "r") : > cannot open file > '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf': No > such file or directory > > The downloaded source packages are in >� > Warning message: > In install.packages("outliers") : > installation of package � had non-zero exit status > > > > > > - > Dr John Hillier > Senior Lecturer - Physical Geography > Loughborough University > 01509 223727 > > [[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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA __ 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] Problem installing packages: cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf'
Dear All, I am a relative newbie to R, and am struggling to install packages on my laptop (although I have managed to on my desktop and a borrowed departmental laptop). I have tried various packages with the same result. Illustration for > install.packages("outliers") leads to . Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file In addition: Warning message: In file(con, "r") : cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory I have tried in both the R environment on command line, and in RStudio, with the same result, and reinstalled and updated both r-base and rstudio-desktop via fink. Both using a CRAN mirror and using a download (outliers_0.14.tar.gz) seem to produce the same result, and I think they're both working as the output says 'downloaded' (see below) > install.packages("outliers") Installing package into � (as � is unspecified) --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) == downloaded 14 KB >From looking aroud on the web it seems that the message "In file(con, "r") : >cannot open file" just means that R cannot find a file it thinks it needs. >However, I've looked in >/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/ both on this >machine and the other laptop that is able to install packages, and 'Makeconf' >is not in ether of them. So, I'm thoroughly confused and have run out of ideas. Please help. I hope that this is something simple that I'm missing. If so, a pointer to a manual page or instructions would be gratefully received. John p.s - Full output in sequence in case it's useful. > install.packages("outliers") Installing package into � (as � is unspecified) --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'https://mirrors.ebi.ac.uk/CRAN/src/contrib/outliers_0.14.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 15090 bytes (14 KB) == downloaded 14 KB Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection Calls: -> sub -> grep -> readLines -> file In addition: Warning message: In file(con, "r") : cannot open file '/sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/etc/Makeconf': No such file or directory The downloaded source packages are in � Warning message: In install.packages("outliers") : installation of package � had non-zero exit status - Dr John Hillier Senior Lecturer - Physical Geography Loughborough University 01509 223727 [[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.