R help - Sep 2014 - How do I install a Windows package built from source?

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to connect to a MongoDB through the rmongodb package. Here
is
> my system info:
>
> R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
> I can install the rmongodb package but it won't load, see below:
> > install.packages("rmongodb")
> Installing package into ?C:/Users/David/Documents/R/win-library/3.1?
> (as ?lib? is unspecified)
> trying URL '
>
http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.1/rmongodb_1.6.5.zip
> '
> Content type 'application/zip' length 1155000 bytes (1.1 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 1.1 Mb
>
> package ?rmongodb? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded binary packages are in
> C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpqSKJi9\downloaded_packages
> > library("rmongodb")
> Error in get(".packageName", where) : lazy-load database
'P' is corrupt
> In addition: Warning message:
> In get(".packageName", where) : internal error -3 in
R_decompress1
> Error: package or namespace load failed for ?rmongodb?
>
> So, next I remove it, then try installing with devtools as shown here:
> library(devtools)
> install_github("rmongodb", "mongosoup")
>
> but that just flat out fails to install. So now I've downloaded the
source
> and have successfully built the package with Visual Studio 2012 but I'm
not
> sure how to load it into R.
> Here is the directory listing:
>
> ls  "Documents/visual studio
2012/Projects/rmongodb/Debug/rmongodb"
>
> App.xaml          Common         resources.pri              rmongodb.exe
>  rmongodb.ilk  rmongodb.pdb
> AppxManifest.xml  MainPage.xaml  rmongodb.build.appxrecipe  rmongodb.exp
>  rmongodb.lib  rmongodb.winmd
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> Thank you,
> David Parker
>
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1) This question belongs on R-devel. Please read the Posting Guide.

2) I am almost certain that unless you have built your R software using Visual
Studio 2012, you will be unable to use a package built with that tool with your
R software. Read the instructions regarding Rtools on CRAN regarding building
packages for R on Windows.
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On September 28, 2014 4:15:33 PM PDT, David K Parker <davparker at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to connect to a MongoDB through the rmongodb package.
Here
>is
>> my system info:
>>
>> R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>
>> I can install the rmongodb package but it won't load, see below:
>> > install.packages("rmongodb")
>> Installing package into ?C:/Users/David/Documents/R/win-library/3.1?
>> (as ?lib? is unspecified)
>> trying URL '
>>
>http://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.1/rmongodb_1.6.5.zip
>> '
>> Content type 'application/zip' length 1155000 bytes (1.1 Mb)
>> opened URL
>> downloaded 1.1 Mb
>>
>> package ?rmongodb? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>
>> The downloaded binary packages are in
>> C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpqSKJi9\downloaded_packages
>> > library("rmongodb")
>> Error in get(".packageName", where) : lazy-load database
'P' is
>corrupt
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In get(".packageName", where) : internal error -3 in
R_decompress1
>> Error: package or namespace load failed for ?rmongodb?
>>
>> So, next I remove it, then try installing with devtools as shown
>here:
>> library(devtools)
>> install_github("rmongodb", "mongosoup")
>>
>> but that just flat out fails to install. So now I've downloaded the
>source
>> and have successfully built the package with Visual Studio 2012 but
>I'm not
>> sure how to load it into R.
>> Here is the directory listing:
>>
>> ls  "Documents/visual studio
2012/Projects/rmongodb/Debug/rmongodb"
>>
>> App.xaml          Common         resources.pri             
>rmongodb.exe
>>  rmongodb.ilk  rmongodb.pdb
>> AppxManifest.xml  MainPage.xaml  rmongodb.build.appxrecipe 
>rmongodb.exp
>>  rmongodb.lib  rmongodb.winmd
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>> Thank you,
>> David Parker
>>
>
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