R help - Jan 2008 - Problem with running installed package on Windows

Hello,

I have installed the package clim.pact in R on both Mac OS X and Windows
XP.  Everything works fine on the Mac but in Windows, I have a problem
when I try to execute some simple commands.  I get this error:

Error in gzfile(file, "wb") : unable to open connection
In addition: Warning message:
In gzfile(file, "wb") :
  cannot open compressed file
'data/eof_dnmi+_slp_90W60E-30N80N_Jan_mon.Rdata'

It happens, for example, when I type in the commands "data(DNMI.slp)"
followed by "eof.1 <- EOF(DNMI.slp,mon=1)" but the problem is only
in
Windows.

Does anyone have any advice for me?  I installed the package simply
through the software R using the drop down menus (i.e. I did NOT download
a .zip file first).

Thanks in advance for your help,
James Ferguson, University of Victoria
jcf "at" uvic "dot" ca

Your example works for me.

Please read the posting guide that asks you to provide the following 
important information for us:

Which version of R is this?
Which version of the package?

The recent version on CRAN master is:

Package:       clim.pact
Version:       2.2-13
Date:          January 10 2008

If you got another version, which mirror did you use (it might be 
outdated and someone will need to fix it, if you are using R>=2.6.1)?

Uwe Ligges




James Ferguson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed the package clim.pact in R on both Mac OS X and Windows
> XP.  Everything works fine on the Mac but in Windows, I have a problem
> when I try to execute some simple commands.  I get this error:
> 
> Error in gzfile(file, "wb") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In gzfile(file, "wb") :
>   cannot open compressed file
> 'data/eof_dnmi+_slp_90W60E-30N80N_Jan_mon.Rdata'
> 
> It happens, for example, when I type in the commands
"data(DNMI.slp)"
> followed by "eof.1 <- EOF(DNMI.slp,mon=1)" but the problem is
only in
> Windows.
> 
> Does anyone have any advice for me?  I installed the package simply
> through the software R using the drop down menus (i.e. I did NOT download
> a .zip file first).
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> James Ferguson, University of Victoria
> jcf "at" uvic "dot" ca
> 
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