[R] installing the package Rcplex

[Uwe Ligges]

On 22.02.2012 21:04, zheng wei wrote:
> Based on my understanding of the manual, I moved upziped the file and put the folder of Rcplex under the directory of c:/temp
> Then I use cmd under windows to go to the director of C:\Program
> Files\R\R-2.13.0\bin, where my R is installed
> and typed R CMD INSTALL
> "c:/temp/Rcplex"

I'd

1. install a recent version of R

2. add R's bin directory to the PATH and go to c:\temp and say

R CMD build Rcplex

followed by

R CMD INSTALL Rcplex_version.tar.gz


3. When it fails, I'd try to find out if the ERROR message is helpful.

4. If 3 fails, I'd ask the maintainer for help - including relevant 
information, like the error message, install paths, version information etc.


Uwe Ligges



> I got the error of configuration failed for package "Rcplex"
>
> Any idea?
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> To: zheng wei<zhengwei0204 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: David Winsemius<dwinsemius at comcast.net>; "r-help at r-project.org"<r-help at r-project.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex
>
>
>
> On 22.02.2012 03:33, zheng wei wrote:
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I was just reminded by the tech support in my university that cplex is an independent software owned by ILOG, which in turn is now owned by IBM. I suceeded in installing the software cplex under the directory of "C:/Program Files/IBM/ILOG/CPLEX_Studio_Academic124/cplex"
>> I guess Rcplex is an R package to utilize the software cplex. I have changed the path "/c/ilog/cplex111" to the above path. My question is how to finally and effectively install the package of Rcplex?
>
> You have been asked alreeady to read the R Installation and
> Administration manual.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wei
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>> To: zheng wei<zhengwei0204 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: David Winsemius<dwinsemius at comcast.net>; "r-help at r-project.org"<r-help at r-project.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21.02.2012 19:57, zheng wei wrote:
>>> Thank you both for helping. Still could not figure out.
>>>
>>> I was contacting different supporting IT departments in my university but did not get any help.
>>>
>>> For the moment, I just want to what does the instruction of the package means. You could find this instruction on page http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcplex/INSTALL
>>>      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ***WINDOWS***
>>> Installation on Windows systems is done by using the provided
>>> Makevars.win file in the src directory. It contains the following
>>> lines:
>>> PKG_CPPFLAGS=-I<CPLEX_DIR>/include
>>> PKG_LIBS=-L<CPLEX_DIR>/lib/x86_windows_vs2008/stat_mda -lcplex111 -lm
>>> where<cplex_dir>    is the cplex installation directory
>>> e.g. /c/ilog/cplex111. Please edit your Makevars.win file accordingly.
>>> We have successfully tested this procedure with CPLEX 11.1 on 32-bit
>>> Windows XP.
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> I can find the file and see the codes. But what new path should I put, and what to do next?
>>
>> The path to your CPLEX installation?
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Wei
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>>> To: David Winsemius<dwinsemius at comcast.net>
>>> Cc: zheng wei<zhengwei0204 at yahoo.com>; "r-help at r-project.org"<r-help at r-project.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 6:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20.02.2012 01:54, David Winsemius wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 7:45 PM, zheng wei wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I did not know this before. I installed it as you suggested. what to
>>>>> do next?
>>>>
>>>> Read the Installation Manual?
>>>>
>>>
>>> And don't forget this is a source package for which no CRAN Windows
>>> binary exists, hence it may be not that straightforward to get it done
>>> and you wil have to read the INSTALL file from the source package carefully.
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges