The binary package you downloaded is a binary for R < 2.11.x. Since it
is a package bndle, it cannot work on R-2.11.x anymore: Package bundles
are no longer supported.
Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 29.07.2010 02:11, Santosh wrote:> Dear R experts,
>
> There seems to be a problem (please see the error messages below) with the
> installation of the latest version of xpose4 (version 4.2.1) with the
latest
> R version.(2.11.1)... I didn't face such installation problems when
using
> version R.2.10.1
>
> Would really appreciate your assistance in debugging installation of xpose
> 4..2.1 with R.2.11.1
>
> Thanks again..
> -Santosh
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Santosh<santosh2005 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Dear R experts...
>> I would really appreciate your suggestions in installing a package in
>> Windows Vista...
>>
>> I am unable to install a package on a windows vista based computer, in
>> spite of running it as an administrator. The package
"xpose4.2.1" is
>> available from "
>>
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xpose/files/Xpose4/Xpose_4.2.1/xpose4_4.2.1_win32.zip/download
>> "
>>
>> Following is the error message when I try to install the package from
the
>> Rgui command line...
>> I get similar errors when I try to install the packages from Rgui
>> ("Packages | Install packages from local zip files") menu,
but with default
>> lib="C:/Users/santosh/Documents/R/win-library/2.11"
>> .___________________________________________________________
>>>
>>
install.packages("C:/Users/santosh/Downloads/xpose4_4.2.1_win32.zip",repos=NULL,lib="C:/Program
>> Files/R/R-2.11.1/library")
>> Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In gzfile(file, "r") :
>> cannot open compressed file
'xpose4_4.2.1_win32/DESCRIPTION', probable
>> reason 'No such file or directory'
>> ____________________________________________________________
>>
>
>
>> However, I see "fileXXXXXXXX" folder in which the library
related folders
>> are installed, and contains different xpose4 related folders..
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Santosh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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