R help - Jul 2006 - Problem installing local additional packages of Rcmdr (WinXP)

Hi R users:

I download the .zip files and also PACKAGES and PACKAGES.gz files
in a local directory, but when I call

library(Rcmdr)

It shows me a tcl/tk windows telling me to install the additional
packages, the it takes me to another window where I must specify
the path where the .zip files are located.
I do it, but I obtain the following message:

Loading required package: tcltk
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
Loading required package: car
Erro en gzfile(file, "r") : no fue posible abrir la conexi?n

Versi?n del Rcmdr 1.1-7


And the Rcmdr frame opens but without installing the additional
packages. I am sure I download the required packages and the
PACKAGES and PACKAGES.gz files.

What am I doing wrong?


If I make the same procedure with the internet conexion it
works fine, but I need to install all the packages in computers
without internet conexion.

Thank you for your help.

Kenneth

$platform
[1] "i386-pc-mingw32"
$arch
[1] "i386"
$os
[1] "mingw32"
$system
[1] "i386, mingw32"
$status
[1] ""
$major
[1] "2"
$minor
[1] "3.1"
$year
[1] "2006"
$month
[1] "06"
$day
[1] "01"
$`svn rev`
[1] "38247"
$language
[1] "R"
$version.string
[1] "Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)"


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Kenneth Cabrera wrote:
> Hi R users:
> 
> I download the .zip files and also PACKAGES and PACKAGES.gz files
> in a local directory, but when I call
> 
> library(Rcmdr)
> 
> It shows me a tcl/tk windows telling me to install the additional
> packages, the it takes me to another window where I must specify
> the path where the .zip files are located.
> I do it, but I obtain the following message:
> 
> Loading required package: tcltk
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Loading required package: car
> Erro en gzfile(file, "r") : no fue posible abrir la conexi?n
> 
> Versi?n del Rcmdr 1.1-7
> 
> 
> And the Rcmdr frame opens but without installing the additional
> packages. I am sure I download the required packages and the
> PACKAGES and PACKAGES.gz files.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You do not need PACKAGES and PACKAGES.gz, but you should install all 
required packages (incuding package "car" - "Rcmdr" depends
on it)
correctly. Looks like your "car" installation is broken. Simply 
reinstall it.
This can be done using the Windows GUI or with install.packages(). How 
to install a local zip file is explained in ?install.packages.
Be sure you have downloaded a binary version of the package for Windows 
for R-2.3.x.

Uwe Ligges


> 
> If I make the same procedure with the internet conexion it
> works fine, but I need to install all the packages in computers
> without internet conexion.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Kenneth
> 
> $platform
> [1] "i386-pc-mingw32"
> $arch
> [1] "i386"
> $os
> [1] "mingw32"
> $system
> [1] "i386, mingw32"
> $status
> [1] ""
> $major
> [1] "2"
> $minor
> [1] "3.1"
> $year
> [1] "2006"
> $month
> [1] "06"
> $day
> [1] "01"
> $`svn rev`
> [1] "38247"
> $language
> [1] "R"
> $version.string
> [1] "Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)"
> 
> 
> --
> 
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