[R] Accessing defunct package

[David Winsemius]

I think it might be even simpler at least for now. The error checking done by CRAN can be more rigorous than that done when an installation is done locally. I don't see a report in the current package checks listing of what error was identified, but experimentation is always an option.  When I download the last archived version and install from source I get no error on R 3.2.2 (Mac-SL fork):

install.packages('~/Downloads/SASxport_1.5.0.tar.gz', repos = NULL , type="source")

Best;
David.



On Sep 25, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:

> Obtain the source package and fix it? Most errors are relatively minor adjustments that just require reading the updated "Writing R Extensions" document to figure out. You might be unlucky, but I think the odds are in your favor.
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> On September 25, 2015 7:25:33 AM PDT, Dennis Fisher <fisher at plessthan.com> wrote:
>> R 3.2.0
>> OS X
>> 
>> Colleagues,
>> 
>> In the past, I used a package:
>> 	SASxport
>> to output files to SAS’s XPT format.  This was useful because FDA
>> requests that data be submitted in that format (even though they
>> typically must reconvert to some other format before the data are
>> used).
>> 
>> It appears that the package is no longer available at CRAN:
>> 	Package ‘SASxport’ was removed from the CRAN repository.
>> 	Formerly available versions can be obtained from the archive.
>> 	Archived on 2015-06-09 as errors were not corrected despite reminders.
>> 
>> I have a previously-functioning version of the package on my computer. 
>> When I attempt to load it with:
>> 	require("SASxport", lib.loc=“/PATH/TOt/R-Packages")
>> R responds:
>> 	Loading required package: SASxport 
>> 	Failed with error: ‘package ‘SASxport’ was built before R 3.0.0:
>> please re-install it’ 
>> 
>> Other than reinstalling an old version of R (< 3.0.0), is there some
>> way that I can use the package?
>> 
>> Dennis
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David Winsemius
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