[R] install issue with survey package?

[Jeff Newmiller]

I think that would be a mistake, since R itself works just fine there. Your error has to do with the location of your default user library, not the software or its base library.

If you set R_LIBS_USER to a directory without spaces you should be fine. I suspect you can use the 8.3 directory notation visible when you use DIR/x at the CMD command line to even refer to the default library location in your Documents directory if you want.

On October 12, 2018 9:46:09 AM PDT, Alexander Nervedi <alexnerdy using hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
>I think you are spot on. Haven't resolved the issue yet. Here is what i
>get:
>
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
>* installing *source* package 'survey' ...
>** package 'survey' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>** R
>** data
>** inst
>** preparing package for lazy loading
>** help
>*** installing help indices
>** building package indices
>** installing vignettes
>** testing if installed package can be loaded
>*** arch - i386
>Fatal error: cannot open file 'D:\Users\Al': No such file or directory
>
>*** arch - x64
>Fatal error: cannot open file 'D:\Users\Al': No such file or directory
>
>ERROR: loading failed for 'i386', 'x64'
>* removing 'D:/Users/Al Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/survey'
>Warning messages:
>1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.1/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l
>"D:\Users\Al Nerdi\Documents\R\win-library\3.3"
>"D:/downloads/survey_3.34.tar.gz"' had status 1
>2: In install.packages(files[tarballs], .libPaths()[1L], repos = NULL, 
>:
>installation of package ‘D:/downloads/survey_3.34.tar.gz’ had non-zero
>exit status
>>
>
>I think i might have to reinstall R in the root directly (rather than
>under program files) so that there are no spaces in path names.
>
>Thanks for the pointer,
>
>best wishes,
>Alnerdi
>
>________________________________
>From: Michael Dewey <lists using dewey.myzen.co.uk>
>Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 4:33 AM
>To: Alexander Nervedi; r-help using R-project.org
>Subject: Re: [R] install issue with survey package?
>
>Dear Al
>
>It looks like the problem may be the embedded space in Al Nerdi
>
>What happens if you manually download the tar.gz file, put it somewhere
>convenient and then from the commend line run
>
>R CMD INSTALL survey_3.34.tar.gz
>
>You will need to make sure R is on your path first
>
>Michael
>
>On 12/10/2018 09:31, Alexander Nervedi wrote:
>> Have been trying to run a few packages with dependency on the survey
>package (e.g. twang) and have run into trouble that I am not sure how
>to resolve. Any help would be appreciated, the code (and error
>messages) are below:
>>
>> --- R log begins ---
>>> install.packages("survey")
>> Installing package into �D:/Users/Al
>Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5�
>> (as �lib� is unspecified)
>>
>>    There is a binary version available but the source version is
>later:
>>         binary source needs_compilation
>> survey 3.33-2   3.34             FALSE
>>
>> installing the source package �survey�
>>
>> trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB)
>> downloaded 1.4 MB
>>
>> Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al'
>> Warning: invalid package
>'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>> In R CMD INSTALL
>> Warning in install.packages :
>>    installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status
>>
>> The downloaded source packages are in
>> �D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages�
>>
>>> install.packages("twang")
>> Installing package into �D:/Users/Al
>Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5�
>> (as �lib� is unspecified)
>> also installing the dependencies �gbm�, �survey�
>>
>>
>>    There is a binary version available but the source version is
>later:
>>         binary source needs_compilation
>> survey 3.33-2   3.34             FALSE
>>
>> trying URL
>'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/gbm_2.1.4.zip'
>> Content type 'application/zip' length 1094087 bytes (1.0 MB)
>> downloaded 1.0 MB
>>
>> trying URL
>'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/twang_1.5.zip'
>> Content type 'application/zip' length 1516991 bytes (1.4 MB)
>> downloaded 1.4 MB
>>
>> package �gbm� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> package �twang� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>
>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>> D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages
>> installing the source package �survey�
>>
>> trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB)
>> downloaded 1.4 MB
>>
>> Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al'
>> Warning: invalid package
>'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>> In R CMD INSTALL
>> Warning in install.packages :
>>    installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status
>>
>> The downloaded source packages are in
>> �D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages�
>>> library(twang)
>> Loading required package: gbm
>> Loaded gbm 2.1.4
>> Error: package �survey� required by �twang� could not be found
>>
>>> R.Version()
>> $`platform`
>> [1] "x86_64-w64-mingw32"
>>
>> $arch
>> [1] "x86_64"
>>
>> $os
>> [1] "mingw32"
>>
>> $system
>> [1] "x86_64, mingw32"
>>
>> $status
>> [1] ""
>>
>> $major
>> [1] "3"
>>
>> $minor
>> [1] "5.1"
>>
>> $year
>> [1] "2018"
>>
>> $month
>> [1] "07"
>>
>> $day
>> [1] "02"
>>
>> $`svn rev`
>> [1] "74947"
>>
>> $language
>> [1] "R"
>>
>> $version.string
>> [1] "R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)"
>>
>> $nickname
>> [1] "Feather Spray"
>>
>> --- R log ends ---
>>
>> I am not sure how to address this. Any suggestions will be great!
>>
>> Grazie,
>>
>> Al Nerdi
>>
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>>
>>
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