> version_ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 1 minor 5.0 year 2002 month 04 day 29 language R OS Win98 I have problems to install some of the packages dowloaded from CRAN (whatever the procedure: install from CRAN or from local zip file). I noticed this today, while running update.packages().> install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL)Error in zip.unpack(pkg, lib) : cannot open file E:/PROGRAMS/RW1050/library/chron/libs/chron.dll I meet the same problem with lattice (and others), but it works sometimes e.g.:> install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/mgcv.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL)updating HTML package descriptions If I manually delete the library before installing it, it works again:> install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL)updating HTML package descriptions The problem does not seem to be related to R versions incompatibility (Rwin FAQ 3.5). For example, with package chron, the content of the DESCRIPTION file is: Package: chron Version: 2.2-21 Author: S original by David James <dj at research.bell-labs.com>, R port by Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at>. Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at> Description: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times Title: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times Depends: R (>= 1.2.0) License: GPL Built: R 1.5.0; Win32; 2002-05-04 10:00:30 Is this a problem witb my OS or something else ? Tnanks, Renaud -- Dr Renaud Lancelot, v?t?rinaire CIRAD, D?partement Elevage et M?decine V?t?rinaire (CIRAD-Emvt) Programme Productions Animales http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/programmes/prod-ani.shtml (Fran?ais) http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/en/program-eng/prod-ani.shtml (English) ISRA-LNERV tel (221) 832 49 02 BP 2057 Dakar-Hann fax (221) 821 18 79 (CIRAD) Senegal e-mail renaud.lancelot at cirad.fr -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
chron works for me under XP. This is related to Windows' habit (at least under NT) of thinking files are in use when they are not. That's an fopen call failing, about which we can do nothing. Try rebooting Windows and do this before using R in any other way. If the problem persists then, you will need to manually delete the files first. On Tue, 7 May 2002, Renaud Lancelot wrote:> > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 5.0 > year 2002 > month 04 > day 29 > language R > > OS Win98 > > I have problems to install some of the packages dowloaded from CRAN > (whatever the procedure: install from CRAN or from local zip file). I > noticed this today, while running update.packages(). > > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > Error in zip.unpack(pkg, lib) : cannot open file > E:/PROGRAMS/RW1050/library/chron/libs/chron.dll > > I meet the same problem with lattice (and others), but it works > sometimes e.g.: > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/mgcv.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > updating HTML package descriptions > > If I manually delete the library before installing it, it works again: > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > updating HTML package descriptions > > The problem does not seem to be related to R versions incompatibility > (Rwin FAQ 3.5). For example, with package chron, the content of the > DESCRIPTION file is: > Package: chron > Version: 2.2-21 > Author: S original by David James <dj at research.bell-labs.com>, > R port by Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at>. > Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at> > Description: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times > Title: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times > Depends: R (>= 1.2.0) > License: GPL > Built: R 1.5.0; Win32; 2002-05-04 10:00:30 > > Is this a problem witb my OS or something else ? > > Tnanks, > > Renaud > > > > -- > Dr Renaud Lancelot, vétérinaire > CIRAD, Département Elevage et Médecine Vétérinaire (CIRAD-Emvt) > Programme Productions Animales > http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/programmes/prod-ani.shtml (Français) > http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/en/program-eng/prod-ani.shtml (English) > > ISRA-LNERV tel (221) 832 49 02 > BP 2057 Dakar-Hann fax (221) 821 18 79 (CIRAD) > Senegal e-mail renaud.lancelot at cirad.fr > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Renaud Lancelot wrote:> > > version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 5.0 > year 2002 > month 04 > day 29 > language R > > OS Win98 > > I have problems to install some of the packages dowloaded from CRAN > (whatever the procedure: install from CRAN or from local zip file). I > noticed this today, while running update.packages(). > > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > Error in zip.unpack(pkg, lib) : cannot open file > E:/PROGRAMS/RW1050/library/chron/libs/chron.dllIs it possible that you have loaded the package with library(chron) (or by loading another package that implicitly load chron) before installing the new version? So maybe the file is locked? Uwe Ligges> I meet the same problem with lattice (and others), but it works > sometimes e.g.: > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/mgcv.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > updating HTML package descriptions > > If I manually delete the library before installing it, it works again: > > install.packages("G:/Zip/R/1.5.0/Contrib/chron.zip", .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL) > updating HTML package descriptions > > The problem does not seem to be related to R versions incompatibility > (Rwin FAQ 3.5). For example, with package chron, the content of the > DESCRIPTION file is: > Package: chron > Version: 2.2-21 > Author: S original by David James <dj at research.bell-labs.com>, > R port by Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at>. > Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik at ci.tuwien.ac.at> > Description: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times > Title: Chronological objects which can handle dates and times > Depends: R (>= 1.2.0) > License: GPL > Built: R 1.5.0; Win32; 2002-05-04 10:00:30 > > Is this a problem witb my OS or something else ? > > Tnanks, > > Renaud > > -- > Dr Renaud Lancelot, v?t?rinaire > CIRAD, D?partement Elevage et M?decine V?t?rinaire (CIRAD-Emvt) > Programme Productions Animales > http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/programmes/prod-ani.shtml (Fran?ais) > http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/en/program-eng/prod-ani.shtml (English) > > ISRA-LNERV tel (221) 832 49 02 > BP 2057 Dakar-Hann fax (221) 821 18 79 (CIRAD) > Senegal e-mail renaud.lancelot at cirad.fr > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._