R help - Sep 2009 - Insall package

Dear Sir

Subject: - *Install " rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz "*

 I am working in Windows system.  I was try  to install *rscproxy* package
in  two way.
 *1.* install.packages ("rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz"),  It shows the
Warning:
unable to access index for repository
http://cran.pt.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
 *2. * install.packages("C:/Program Files/R/rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz",
repos NULL) It also show warning ( Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot
open the
connection In addition: Warning   messages: 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir dest) :
error 1 in extracting from zip file 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
cannot open compressed file 'rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
reason 'No such file or directory'  )

 Could you please suggest, how to solve this problem,








-- 
Wesley C Mathew

	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

On 9/10/2009 6:44 AM, wesley mathew wrote:
> Dear Sir
> 
> Subject: - *Install " rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz "*
> 
>  I am working in Windows system.  I was try  to install *rscproxy* package
> in  two way.
>  *1.* install.packages ("rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz"),  It shows the
Warning:
> unable to access index for repository
> http://cran.pt.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
>  *2. * install.packages("C:/Program
Files/R/rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz", repos > NULL) It also show warning (
Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the
> connection In addition: Warning   messages: 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir >
dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
> cannot open compressed file 'rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'  )
> 
>  Could you please suggest, how to solve this problem,
rscproxy is available on CRAN, so you could just use

install.packages("rscproxy")

and it would download and install the right version for you.

If you really want to build from source, here are some instructions:

On Windows, install.packages() assumes you're installing a binary 
package.  ".tar.gz" indicates a source package, so you need to add 
type="source" to the args to install.packages(), as well as
repos=NULL.

You don't mention installing the Rtools, so you may find even this 
doesn't work:  installing a package needs a lot of tools that don't come
with Windows.  You can get them from www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools.

BTW, installing packages from source is rarely needed in Windows:  you 
can get Uwe Ligges' system to convert the source to a binary for you, if 
it's straightforward.  See http://win-builder.r-project.org/.  (I have a 
feeling that rscproxy isn't a straightforward package, but I've never 
tried to build it.)

Duncan Murdoch

Try downloading the rscproxy-xxxx.ZIP file on windows. Extension tar.gz 
is used (mostly) on linux

or

install.packages('rscproxy')

-c


wesley mathew wrote:
> Dear Sir
>
> Subject: - *Install " rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz "*
>
>  I am working in Windows system.  I was try  to install *rscproxy* package
> in  two way.
>  *1.* install.packages ("rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz"),  It shows the
Warning:
> unable to access index for repository
> http://cran.pt.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.9
>  *2. * install.packages("C:/Program
Files/R/rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz", repos > NULL) It also show warning (
Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the
> connection In addition: Warning   messages: 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir >
dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
> cannot open compressed file 'rscproxy_1.3-1.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'  )
>
>  Could you please suggest, how to solve this problem,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>