david.luckett at industry.nsw.gov.au
2010-Feb-11 05:22 UTC
[R] Failed install of package xlsReadWrite
Does anyone have a work-around for a failed installation of this package?> library(xlsReadWrite)xlsReadWrite version (cran shlib) Copyright (C) 2010 Hans-Peter Suter, Treetron, Switzerland. !! Your installation contains the cran placeholder shlib (dll/so). Please get the regular shlib (420 KB) by executing the following command: xls.getshlib() However, the xls.getshlib() command fails with this error:> xls.getshlib()Loading required package: tools --- xls.getshlib running... --- Error in copyOrDownload(url) : downloading 'http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/shlib/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1_dll.zip' to 'D:\DOCUME~1\lucketd\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp1fxn1L/xlsReadWrite.zip' failed In addition: Warning message: In download.file(url, fpzip.temp, method = "internal", quiet = TRUE, : unable to connect to 'dl.dropbox.com' on port 80. I am able to download the required ZIP files and extract the contents manually but am not 100% sure where they should be located, or how to remove/replace the "CRAN placeholder". ------------------------------------------ Many thanks for any help. Dr David Luckett EH Graham Centre Charles Sturt University and Industry & Investment NSW Wagga_Wagga NSW 2650 Australia This message is intended for the addressee named and may...{{dropped:6}}
david.luckett wrote:> > Does anyone have a work-around for a failed installation of this package? > >> library(xlsReadWrite) > xlsReadWrite version (cran shlib) > Copyright (C) 2010 Hans-Peter Suter, Treetron, Switzerland. > > !! Your installation contains the cran placeholder shlib (dll/so). > Please get the regular shlib (420 KB) by executing the following command: > > ... >You should probably contact Hans-Peter Suter on his new address: http://www.swissr.org/ He is very responsive. Dieter -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Failed-install-of-package-xlsReadWrite-tp1476880p1476930.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
2010/2/11 <david.luckett at industry.nsw.gov.au>:> Does anyone have a work-around for a failed installation of this package? >> library(xlsReadWrite)...> xls.getshlib() > > However, the xls.getshlib() command fails with this error:(For the record) It probably was a corporate firewall problem. Apart from info on www.swissr.org (thanks for pointing this out) you can always download the file directly. The full listing is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/listing.html Direct links to the current (R2.10.x/1.5.1 pkg) version, either: - download the zipped dll: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/shlib/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1_dll.zip and manually replace xlsReadWrite.dll (in e.g. 'C:\Programme\R\R-2.10.1\library\xlsReadWrite\libs') or - download the full package: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/win32/2.10/xlsReadWrite_1.5.1.zip and re-install. Note: 0.0.0-versions are development versions. They will be updated when there is something 'fixworthy' while a new official version is 'in wait mode'. Currently 0.0.0 fixes a bug with non-absolute file paths in 1.5.1. Cheers, Hans-Peter
Hi, all. I too got this error, and when I went to register the correct DLL (thinking the one downloaded but not installed might have been the development version) I got an error that the registration had failed. What I typed: C:\Program Files\R\R-2.10.0\library\xlsReadWrite\libs>regsvr32 xlsReadWrite.dll The error dialog returned is attached. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Doug http://n4.nabble.com/file/n1566476/R_DLL_ERR.jpg -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Failed-install-of-package-xlsReadWrite-tp1476880p1566476.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.