R devel - Jan 2017 - [R] Problems when trying to install and load package "rzmq"

Possibly so. 

However, the ZeroMQ libraries do exist for Windows, so it might be possible to
get the package working there. However, CRAN probably won't have the
libraries, so cannot produce a binary package, and it is also quite possible
that the package author is not a Windows person.

At the very least, you'll need some familiarity with the Windows toolchain
and be prepared to apply a fair amount of elbow grease.

-pd

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On 29 Dec 2016, at 22:04 , Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Jeff,
> 
> Thank you for your fast and kind reply. When you say that you do not think
> this can be done on windows, then I would have to use something like Ubuntu
> or Linux?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Paul
> 
> 2016-12-29 16:00 GMT-05:00 Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at
dcn.davis.ca.us>:
> 
>> Read the system requirements [1]. I don't think you can do this on
windows.
>> 
>> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rzmq/index.html
>> --
>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>> 
>> On December 29, 2016 12:23:26 PM PST, Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> After connecting to a mirror, I typed the following command:
>>> 
>>> install.packages("rzqm")
>>> 
>>> but I received the following message:
>>> 
>>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rzmq'
>>> 
>>> removing 'E:/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/rzmq'
>>> 
>>> package which is only available in source form, and may need
>>> compilation of
>>> C/C++/Fortran: 'rzmq'
>>> These will not be installed
>>> 
>>> The computer environment is Windows 8 64x bits
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Any help and/or guidance will be greatly appreciated
>>> 
>>>      [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
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>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> 
>> 
> 
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> 
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-- 
Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Office: A 4.23
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Hi, Paul.

I maintian the rzmq project.

love to get it running on windows, but zmq doesn't play nicely with R's
mingw.

These guys have taken the approach of building the entire zmq library
inside the R package:
https://github.com/snoweye/pbdZMQ

I suggest you give it a try. or if you want to attempt to compile libzmq
sources for windows w/ R's mingw, that would be welcome.

-Whit


On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:36 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Possibly so.
>
> However, the ZeroMQ libraries do exist for Windows, so it might be
> possible to get the package working there. However, CRAN probably won't
> have the libraries, so cannot produce a binary package, and it is also
> quite possible that the package author is not a Windows person.
>
> At the very least, you'll need some familiarity with the Windows
toolchain
> and be prepared to apply a fair amount of elbow grease.
>
> -pd
>
> (crosspost to r-help removed)
>
> On 29 Dec 2016, at 22:04 , Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > Dear Jeff,
> >
> > Thank you for your fast and kind reply. When you say that you do not
> think
> > this can be done on windows, then I would have to use something like
> Ubuntu
> > or Linux?
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > 2016-12-29 16:00 GMT-05:00 Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at
dcn.davis.ca.us>:
> >
> >> Read the system requirements [1]. I don't think you can do
this on
> windows.
> >>
> >> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rzmq/index.html
> >> --
> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
> >>
> >> On December 29, 2016 12:23:26 PM PST, Paul Bernal <
> paulbernal07 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> After connecting to a mirror, I typed the following command:
> >>>
> >>> install.packages("rzqm")
> >>>
> >>> but I received the following message:
> >>>
> >>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rzmq'
> >>>
> >>> removing 'E:/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/rzmq'
> >>>
> >>> package which is only available in source form, and may need
> >>> compilation of
> >>> C/C++/Fortran: 'rzmq'
> >>> These will not be installed
> >>>
> >>> The computer environment is Windows 8 64x bits
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Any help and/or guidance will be greatly appreciated
> >>>
> >>>      [[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.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >       [[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.
>
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Whit Armstrong <armstrong.whit at
gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I maintian the rzmq project.
>
> love to get it running on windows, but zmq doesn't play nicely with
R's
> mingw.
It's fairly easy to link against the libraries from rwinlib:
https://github.com/rwinlib/zeromq. I'll send you a pull request later
this week to fix the binary packages for win+mac.