Running R 3.03 on Windows 7
I am trying to install a package from a github repository.
https://github.com/google/glassbox
I downloaded the repository as a zip file, extracted it to get the glassbox
folder and re-zipped it with 7-zip.
I then ran
#-----------------Start code-------------------#
install.packages("C:/Users/jholland/Downloads/glassbox.zip",
repos=NULL,
type="source")
#-----------------------------------------------------#
The output message said
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/jholland/Documents/R/win-library/3.0’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> library(glassbox)
Error in library(glassbox) : ‘glassbox’ is not a valid installed package
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I look in the R library folder
(...R/win-library/3.0) I see the glassbox folder there.
I'm new to using packages not from the CRAN list so I'm trying to learn
fast. I tried some searching and this seems to be what I'm suppossed to
do, but perhaps I need to use dev mode ?
Thank you for the help.
~James
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On Aug 8, 2014, at 1:29 PM, James Holland wrote:> Running R 3.03 on Windows 7 > > I am trying to install a package from a github repository. > > https://github.com/google/glassbox > > I downloaded the repository as a zip file, extracted it to get the glassbox > folder and re-zipped it with 7-zip.Why?> > I then ran > > #-----------------Start code-------------------# > > install.packages("C:/Users/jholland/Downloads/glassbox.zip", repos=NULL, > type="source") >I'm a Mac user but when I look at the directory created by expanding that zip file, it appears ready to just move/drag to the library without further installation. It is, however, not named 'glassbox' but rather 'glassbox-master' so perhaps you forgot to rename it?> > The output message said > > Installing package into ?C:/Users/jholland/Documents/R/win-library/3.0? > (as ?lib? is unspecified) > >> library(glassbox) > Error in library(glassbox) : ?glassbox? is not a valid installed package > > I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I look in the R library folder > (...R/win-library/3.0) I see the glassbox folder there.> > I'm new to using packages not from the CRAN list so I'm trying to learn > fast. I tried some searching and this seems to be what I'm suppossed to > do, but perhaps I need to use dev mode ? > > Thank you for the help. > > ~James > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]This is a plain text mailing list. -- David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA
The obvious suggestion is to not repack the package file.
You should also be sure to read the Posting Guide, which points out that this is
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On August 8, 2014 1:29:14 PM PDT, James Holland <holland.aggie at
gmail.com> wrote:>Running R 3.03 on Windows 7
>
>I am trying to install a package from a github repository.
>
>https://github.com/google/glassbox
>
>I downloaded the repository as a zip file, extracted it to get the
>glassbox
>folder and re-zipped it with 7-zip.
>
>I then ran
>
>#-----------------Start code-------------------#
>
>install.packages("C:/Users/jholland/Downloads/glassbox.zip",
>repos=NULL,
>type="source")
>
>#-----------------------------------------------------#
>
>The output message said
>
>Installing package into
>???C:/Users/jholland/Documents/R/win-library/3.0???
>(as ???lib??? is unspecified)
>
>> library(glassbox)
>Error in library(glassbox) : ???glassbox??? is not a valid installed
>package
>
>I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I look in the R library
folder
>(...R/win-library/3.0) I see the glassbox folder there.
>
>I'm new to using packages not from the CRAN list so I'm trying to
learn
>fast. I tried some searching and this seems to be what I'm suppossed
>to
>do, but perhaps I need to use dev mode ?
>
>Thank you for the help.
>
>~James
>
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>
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If you just want to install the package from github, the easy way is to first install the devtools package and use the install_github function. Best, Ista On Aug 8, 2014 4:21 PM, "James Holland" <holland.aggie@gmail.com> wrote:> Running R 3.03 on Windows 7 > > I am trying to install a package from a github repository. > > https://github.com/google/glassbox > > I downloaded the repository as a zip file, extracted it to get the glassbox > folder and re-zipped it with 7-zip. > > I then ran > > #-----------------Start code-------------------# > > install.packages("C:/Users/jholland/Downloads/glassbox.zip", repos=NULL, > type="source") > > #-----------------------------------------------------# > > The output message said > > Installing package into ‘C:/Users/jholland/Documents/R/win-library/3.0’ > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) > > > library(glassbox) > Error in library(glassbox) : ‘glassbox’ is not a valid installed package > > I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I look in the R library folder > (...R/win-library/3.0) I see the glassbox folder there. > > I'm new to using packages not from the CRAN list so I'm trying to learn > fast. I tried some searching and this seems to be what I'm suppossed to > do, but perhaps I need to use dev mode ? > > Thank you for the help. > > ~James > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]