Hello, I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received:> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source")Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? Error: ERROR: no packages specified Warning message: In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : unsupported URL scheme Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! Best, Evguenia [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dear Evguenia What happens if you manually download the version you want and run install.packages() on that file? Your first attempt is on a .tar file not on the tar.gz file in the archive, not sure if that makes a difference. Michael On 16/05/2018 16:24, Evguenia Ignatova wrote:> Hello, > > I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. > > This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. > > The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: > >> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") > Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning message: > In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : > installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") > Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > unsupported URL scheme > > Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! > > Best, > Evguenia > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Michael http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html
On 16/05/2018 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova wrote:> Hello, > > I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. > > This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R.I'd suggest contacting IBM for support.> > The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: > >> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") > Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar?As Michael said, you shouldn't unpack the tar.gz file. Duncan Murdoch> Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning message: > In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : > installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") > Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > unsupported URL scheme > > Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! > > Best, > Evguenia > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
Hello Michael and Duncan, Thank you for your pointers. The file downloaded without the ?gz? extension to my R working directory folder as a ?tar? file. I did not unpack the file. I tried renaming the file and running the code with ?gz? added - please see below.> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz? Error: ERROR: no packages specified Warning message: In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") : installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz? had non-zero exit status IBM support is pretty much useless as they do not offer support to students (I am a graduate student) and redirect me to the forums when I call them. I posted in their support forum once and no one ever responds. However, based on the SPSS add-on instructions, it is clear that I need a specific version of R. I do not logically see another alternative to installing the package for this version of R. I am very confused as to why the standard procedures for installing an R package are not working for the archived version of this package. Any other suggestions? Thanks again, Evguenia> On May 16, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 16/05/2018 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova wrote: >> Hello, >> I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. >> This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. > > I'd suggest contacting IBM for support. > >> The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: >>> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") >> Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? > > As Michael said, you shouldn't unpack the tar.gz file. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> Warning message: >> In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : >> installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >>> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") >> Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : >> unsupported URL scheme >> Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! >> Best, >> Evguenia >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >On May 16, 2018, at 12:29 PM, Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk> wrote: Dear Evguenia What happens if you manually download the version you want and run install.packages() on that file? Your first attempt is on a .tar file not on the tar.gz file in the archive, not sure if that makes a difference. Michael On 16/05/2018 16:24, Evguenia Ignatova wrote:> Hello, > I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. > This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. > The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: >> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") > Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning message: > In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : > installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") > Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > unsupported URL scheme > Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! > Best, > Evguenia > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Michael http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html
You can tell Macintosh not to automatically unpack tar.gz files. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova <evg.ignatova at gmail.com> wrote:> Hello, > > I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>. > > This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. > > The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: > >> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") > Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? > Error: ERROR: no packages specified > Warning message: > In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : > installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") > Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > unsupported URL scheme > > Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! > > Best, > Evguenia > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Hello again, I did not expect the browser to automatically extract, so I changed the Safari setting and it downloaded as a ?gz? file. It is clear now that R is finding the package but I get a different error as follows:> install.packages("polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")ERROR: dependency ?mvtnorm? is not available for package ?polycor? * removing ?/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/polycor? Warning message: In install.packages("polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") : installation of package ?polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz? had non-zero exit status I get the same error when I try Rui?s way of accessing the file. Suggestions online are along the lines of installing the dependencies separately, but I am not sure how to go about separating the file into its dependencies? Thank you so much! Evguenia> On May 16, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu> wrote: > > You can tell Macintosh not to automatically unpack tar.gz files. > > https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download> > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova > <evg.ignatova at gmail.com <mailto:evg.ignatova at gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/> <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/ <https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>>. >> >> This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on the problem (http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html> <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>>) but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most recent versions of R. >> >> The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I received: >> >>> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL, type="source") >> Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? >> Error: ERROR: no packages specified >> Warning message: >> In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type = "source") : >> installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status >>> install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source") >> Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : >> unsupported URL scheme >> >> Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! >> >> Best, >> Evguenia >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html <http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.[[alternative HTML version deleted]]