markwebb at afrihost.co.za
2010-Jun-10 10:28 UTC
[R] Package not on CRAN mirrow - what now?
Package arulesSequences isn't on CRAN for automatic package install. I downloaded a *.tar.qz version because no *.zip for Windows offered. Why is this? I expanded *.tar.qz in ~R/R-2.11.0/library/arulesSequences I then assumed that R would list it in the packages list but it doesn't. What am I doing wrong ? Regards
On 10.06.2010 12:28, markwebb at afrihost.co.za wrote:> Package arulesSequences isn't on CRAN for automatic package install. > I downloaded a *.tar.qz version because no *.zip for Windows offered. > Why is this?Because the DESCRIPTION file and hence the web page of the package at http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/arulesSequences/index.html tell us OS_type: unix that means the author declared this package does only work on unix like systems. Best, Uwe Ligges> I expanded *.tar.qz in ~R/R-2.11.0/library/arulesSequences > I then assumed that R would list it in the packages list but it doesn't. > What am I doing wrong ? > Regards > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > 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.
markwebb at afrihost.co.za wrote:> Package arulesSequences isn't on CRAN for automatic package install. > I downloaded a *.tar.qz version because no *.zip for Windows offered. > Why is this? > I expanded *.tar.qz in ~R/R-2.11.0/library/arulesSequences > I then assumed that R would list it in the packages list but it doesn't. > What am I doing wrong ?You need to install it, it's not generally enough to just unpack it. But that will not work, because the package is marked as "Unix-only". You could try to figure out what needs fixing to get it working on Windows, but it's probably not easy. Duncan Murdoch
Just as a side note, perhaps this will help someone else who comes across this topic of packages no longer being on CRAN and built before 2.11.0 in that case they can't install the package... I use package 'sma' which was last maintained sometime in the mid 2000's and obviously it's not on CRAN anymore. When I upgraded to version 2.11.0, 'sma' would not work. So, I went into the CRAN archives, downloaded the source and followed the instructions on building R packages for both Windows and Linux (under 2.11.0) as a temporary "fix" until I can look at and maybe decide if I have the skill to become the full-time maintainer of it. Building Packages for R on Windows: http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/ HTH c On 6/10/2010 6:28 AM, markwebb at afrihost.co.za wrote:> Package arulesSequences isn't on CRAN for automatic package install. > I downloaded a *.tar.qz version because no *.zip for Windows offered. > Why is this? > I expanded *.tar.qz in ~R/R-2.11.0/library/arulesSequences > I then assumed that R would list it in the packages list but it doesn't. > What am I doing wrong ? > Regards > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > 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.