[R] installing the package Rcplex

[Uwe Ligges]

I give up.

Uwe Ligges



On 23.02.2012 15:01, zheng wei wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I do not understand item 2, what do you mean by add R's bin directory to path?
>
> While directly use to c:\temp and type the commands, it says 'R' is not recognized as an internal or external command.
>
> While I use previous approach by going into the bin directory and type R CMD INSTALL "c:/temp/Rcplex", it told me that configuration failed for package 'Rcplex'
>
>
> ________________________________
>   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: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [R] installing the package Rcplex
>
>
>
> 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