[R] Problem: packages TinnR, Hmisc, applications Tinn-R and R version 2.11.0

[Uwe Ligges]

... but please note that the old Hmisc version does not pass the checks 
under R-2.11.0. This has been discussed several times on the lists both 
yesterday and today.

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges

Am 30.04.2010 13:20, schrieb Jose Claudio Faria:
> Hi,
>
> First: sorry for my bad English!
>
> I have received several emails reporting problems using Tinn-R with
> the new R version (2.11.0).
>
> This email is meant to assist the users.
>
> This problem is new and is related with R 2.11.0 and Hmisc package for Windows!
>
> After download and install R 2.11.0pat under Linux and Windows, see
> below my results:
>
> a) Under Linux (Open SUSE 11.3) - I found no problem installing, compiling and
>     using these packages: TinnR, Hmisc, R2HTML and svSocket.
>
> b) Under Windows (Vista Ultimate) - after to set the file Rprofile.site with
>     the script (generated by Tinn-R, i.e, main menu
>     R/Configure/Permanent (Rprofile.site), see below:
>
> ##===============================================================
> ## Tinn-R: necessary packages and functions
> ## Tinn-R:>= 2.2.0.2 with TinnR package>= 1.0.3
> ##===============================================================
> ## Set the URL of the preferred repository, below some examples:
> options(repos='http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/') # USA
> #options(repos='http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/') # UK
> #options(repos='http://brieger.esalq.usp.br/CRAN/') # Brazil
>
> library(utils)
>
> ## Check necessary packages
> necessary<- c('TinnR', 'svSocket')
> installed<- necessary %in% installed.packages()[, 'Package']
> if (length(necessary[!installed])>=1)
>   install.packages(necessary[!installed])
>
> ## Load packages
> library(TinnR)
> library(svSocket)
>
> ## Uncoment the two lines below if you want Tinn-R to always start R at start-up
> ## (Observation: check the path of Tinn-R.exe)
> #options(IDE='C:/Tinn-R/bin/Tinn-R.exe')
> #trStartIDE()
>
> ## Set options
> options(use.DDE=T)
>
> ## Start DDE
> trDDEInstall()
>
> .trPaths<- paste(paste(Sys.getenv('APPDATA'), '\\Tinn-R\\tmp\\', sep=''),
>    c('', 'search.txt', 'objects.txt', 'file.r', 'selection.r', 'block.r',
>    'lines.r'), sep='')
> #===============================================================
>
> when R was rebooted I received the messages below:
>
> IO:
> #===============================================================
> R version 2.11.0 Patched (2010-04-26 r51822)
> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>>
> #===============================================================
>
> Log:
> #===============================================================
> Warning: dependency 'Hmisc' is not available
> also installing the dependencies 'R2HTML', 'svMisc'
>
> trying URL 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/R2HTML_2.0.0.zip'
>   length 464688 bytes (453 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 453 Kb
>
> trying URL 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/svMisc_0.9-57.zip'
>   length 134502 bytes (131 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 131 Kb
>
> trying URL 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/TinnR_1.0.3.zip'
>   length 37715 bytes (36 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 36 Kb
>
> trying URL 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/svSocket_0.9-48.zip'
>   length 59065 bytes (57 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 57 Kb
>
> Loading required package: tcltk
>   done
> Loading required package: Hmisc
> Error: package 'Hmisc' could not be loaded
> In addition: Warning message:
> In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, lib.loc
> = lib.loc) :
>   there is no package called 'Hmisc'
> #===============================================================
>
> So, the main problem is related with the package 'Hmisc' under Windows!
>
> I closed the R.
> I did a copy/paste from my previous Hmisc package ('library' of my old
> R version: R-2.10.0pat) to the folder 'library' of my new R version:
> R-2.11.0pat.
>
> So, I rebooted R newly and below the results:
>
> IO:
> #===============================================================
> R version 2.11.0 Patched (2010-04-26 r51822)
> Copyright (C) 2010 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> ' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
>>
> #===============================================================
>
> Log:
> #===============================================================
> Type 'contributors()Loading required package: mvbutils
> Loading required package: utils
> Loading required package: tools
> Loading required package: tcltk
>   done
> Loading required package: scatterplot3d
> Loading required package: rgl
> Loading required package: stats
> Loading required package: grDevices
> Loading required package: MASS
> Loading required package: graphics
>
> Attaching package: 'graphics'
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:mvbutils':
>
>     clip
>
> Loading required package: Hmisc
> Loading required package: survival
> Loading required package: splines
>
> Attaching package: 'Hmisc'
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:survival':
>
>     untangle.specials
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:mvbutils':
>
>     Save
>
> The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':
>
>     format.pval, round.POSIXt, trunc.POSIXt, units
>
> Loading required package: R2HTML
> #===============================================================
>
> The resource requirements of Hmisc used by Tinn-R are all working
> fine: no problem!
> For while, not perfect, but this is my recommendation!
>
> HTH,
> --
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