[R] Help required for Rcmdr
Fox, John
jfox at mcmaster.ca
Mon Feb 22 14:17:10 CET 2016
Dear sekhar,
You don't need a C or C++ compiler to use the Rcmdr package. Nor do you need a compiler to install the package on Windows or Mac OS X, for which binary packages are provided by CRAN. Apparently, from your previous question, you're using a Windows system, and so you don't need a C or C++ compiler, unless for some reason you want to install the package from source (because there is a single small C program in the sources for the package).
Why do you ask?
I hope this helps,
John
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John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
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From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org] on behalf of Sekhar Venkatesan [venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
Sent: February 21, 2016 7:49 AM
To: R-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
Dear Sirs,
just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in the
installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr
regards
sekhar
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> Dear Sekhar,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
> > Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
> > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> > Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >
> > Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
>
> And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help.
>
> > In any case I hv tried all
> > over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
>
> I assume that by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an
> HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.
>
> I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.
>
> Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.
>
> John
>
> >
> > On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Sekhar,
> >
> > I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you
> > haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use
> install.packages()
> > to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.
> >
> > Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the
> > package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows
> GUI
> > via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but
> that too
> > won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on
> which
> > the Rcmdr depends.
> >
> > As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem
> with
> > a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's
> problem),
> > you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in
> preference
> > to the default HTTPS:
> >
> > Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
> > Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first
> (0-Cloud)
> > mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.
> >
> > If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.
> >
> > You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help.
> That
> > not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people
> who
> > have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response
> to r-
> > help.
> >
> > Best,
> > John
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
> > > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
> > > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
> > > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > >
> > > Dear Sirs,
> > > Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several
> CRAN
> > mirrors
> > > but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also
> unzip
> > the
> > > same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
> > > that is the problem.
> > > regards
> > > sekhar
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> > > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Rich,
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
> > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
> > > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
> > > > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
> > > > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> > > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> > > > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca
> >
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
> > > Sekhar Venkatesan
> > > > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
> > > > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-
> > help at r-project.org> <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
> > > help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ; R-windows at r-
> > > > project.org <http://project.org> <http://project.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > > >
> > > > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty
> with
> > Rstudio.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R
> > Windows
> > > SDI and MDI.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named
> function
> > in an
> > > > environment that does not appear in either
> > conflicts(details=TRUE)
> > > or in
> > > > search().
> > > >
> > > > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
> > > >
> > > > utils::install.packages("package.name <
> http://package.name>
> > <http://package.name> ")
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
> > > <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > dear John,
> > > > > Thanks for your prompt reply
> > > > >
> > > > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Dear Vito,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a
> general
> > way,
> > > > >
> > > > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
> > straightforwardly..
> > > > >
> > > > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call
> install.packages()
> > all the
> > > > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
> > > > > Of course..
> > > > >
> > > > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
> > > > > install.packages() from working in your case --
> possibly an
> > > Internet
> > > > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server,
> use of
> > https,
> > > etc.
> > > > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these
> issues
> > > than I am
> > > > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for
> fixing the
> > > problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > However I have just checked that it works with *http*
> > servers
> > > (but not
> > > > > for any other *https*..)
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your support,
> > > > > best,
> > > > > vito
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Best,
> > > > >> John
> > > > >>
> > > > >> -----------------------------
> > > > >> John Fox, Professor
> > > > >> McMaster University
> > > > >> Hamilton, Ontario
> > > > >> Canada L8S 4M4
> > > > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ________________________________________
> > > > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:r-
> > help-bounces at r-project.org> <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
> > > bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
> > behalf of Vito M. R.
> > > > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
> > > ]
> > > > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
> > > > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
> > project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> > > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >
> > > > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
> > project.org> <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
> > > project.org <http://project.org> >
> > > > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > > > >>
> > > > >> dear all,
> > > > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr
> > package
> > > itself..
> > > > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when
> typing
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I get the message
> > > > >> Warning message:
> > > > >> package ‘_ANY_PACKAGE_’ is not available (for R
> version
> > 3.2.3)
> > > > >>
> > > > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
> > > > >>
> > > > >> best,
> > > > >> vito
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
> > > > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you
> instead
> > of R-
> > > help.
> > > > >>> Thanks
> > > > >>> for directing me.
> > > > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i
> asked for
> > > > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not
> > available
> > > with
> > > > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for
> getting started
> > with
> > > > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical
> > interface
> > > which
> > > > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr
> console.
> > > > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out
> the
> > R
> > > console as
> > > > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import
> > files
> > > and also
> > > > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-
> > commander
> > > console.
> > > > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the
> R-
> > commander
> > > > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the
> statistical
> > > operations.
> > > > >>> Thanks and regards,
> > > > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
> > disturbing
> > > him.
> > > > >>> Sekhar
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> > > > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
> > > > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN
> site. I
> > > have tried
> > > > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface.
> But
> > > Rcmdr is not
> > > > >>>>> opening in as a console along with R console.
> Help is
> > > required to
> > > > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
> > > library(Rcmdr)
> > > > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
> > > > >>>>> thanks
> > > > >>>>> Sekhar
> > > > >>>>> Delhi
> > > > >>>>> India
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help. Please
> write
> > to R-
> > > help,
> > > > >>>>> and
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands
> > that are
> > > failing.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > ______________________________________________
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> > > reproducible code.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >>
> > ==============================================
> > > > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > > > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > > > >> Università di Palermo
> > > > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > > > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > > > >> tel: 091 23895240
> > > > >> fax: 091 485726
> > > > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > > > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > ______________________________________________
> > > > >> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
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> > > > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible
> > > code.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > ==============================================
> > > > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > > > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > > > > Università di Palermo
> > > > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > > > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > > > > tel: 091 23895240
> > > > > fax: 091 485726
> > > > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > > > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > > > >
> > > > > ______________________________________________
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> > > > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible
> > > code.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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