R help - Jan 2009 - problems installing package XML to a computer without an internet connection

Hello,

I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML 
package which I require to run package tm.

Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to 
install the packages to a laptop running XP. The laptop does not have 
an internet connection.

Firstly I tried the file -   XML_1.99-0.tar.gz . Below is the error I received

Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
   cannot open compressed file 'XML_1.99-0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', 
probable reason 'No such file or directory'

Then I tried XML 1.96-0.zip (from 
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/). Below 
is the error I received

Loading required package: XML
Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths())) :
   there is no package called 'proxy'
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tm'

Any suggestions are appreciated,

Bob

On a computer with an internet connection use your browser to
find and download the XML package zip file.  (Note that this
step does not involve using R.)

Transfer zip file to XP.  Start up R on the XP & use the menus:
   Packages | Install package(s) from local zip file
to install it.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Bob Green <bgreen at
dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML package
> which I require to run package tm.
>
> Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to install
> the packages to a laptop running XP. The laptop does not have an internet
> connection.
>
> Firstly I tried the file -   XML_1.99-0.tar.gz . Below is the error I
> received
>
> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
> 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
>  cannot open compressed file 'XML_1.99-0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>
> Then I tried XML 1.96-0.zip (from
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/). Below is the
> error I received
>
> Loading required package: XML
> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths())) :
>  there is no package called 'proxy'
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tm'
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated,
>
> Bob
>
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Bob Green wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am hoping for some advice regarding how I can install the XML package
which
> I require to run package tm.
>
> Normally I would use the install package option, however, I have to install
> the packages to a laptop running XP.
Windows, I presume.
> The laptop does not have an internet connection.
>
> Firstly I tried the file -   XML_1.99-0.tar.gz . Below is the error I 
> received
What does 'try' mean?  That would work if you used Rcmd INSTALL on it, 
or install.packages(type="source").
> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In zip.unpack(pkg, tmpDir) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
> 2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
>  cannot open compressed file 'XML_1.99-0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION',
probable
> reason 'No such file or directory'
>
> Then I tried XML 1.96-0.zip (from 
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/). Below is the
Why from 2.7?  What version is your R?
> error I received
So that worked: it is 'proxy' you are missing.  From the DESCRIPTION 
file

package: tm
Title: Text Mining Package
Version: 0.3-3
Date: 2008-12-20
Author: Ingo Feinerer, with contributions from Christian Buchta, Kurt 
Hornik, David Meyer, and Fridolin Wild
Maintainer: Ingo Feinerer <feinerer at logic.at>
Depends: R (>= 2.7.0), filehash, Matrix, methods, Snowball, XML
Imports: proxy
Suggests: Rgraphviz, Rmpi, Rstem (>= 0.3-1), snow

still you may need packages filehash, Matrix, methods, Snowball and 
proxy.

I suggest getting those from bin/windows/contrib/2.7/ on CRAN, and 
installing from the 'Local zip file' menu optipn.
> Loading required package: XML
> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths())) :
>  there is no package called 'proxy'
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'tm'
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated,
Read the posting guide, remember to tell us what we asked for 'at a 
minumum' and what you actually did.
> Bob
>
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>
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