R help - Oct 2015 - How to install packages without internet

Dear Madam/Sir,

I am trying to understand how to install packages without internet and I
have come to a dead end.

I choose polynom (Venables & Ripley) which I first successfully installed
on a computer with internet. I found that the installed package comprises a
void "polynom" folder and a "polynom_1.3-8.tar" folder which
only contains
a zipped container with the same name.

I then donloaded the package successfully using download.packages(). I
unzipped the .tar.gz downloaded package then successfully installed the
unzipped polynom package using its path and repos=NULL in
install.packages() on a computer without internet..

However, when I wrote "library(polynom)" on the computer without
internet,
R3.2.2 answers with an error "polynom is not a valid installed
package".

What am I doing wrong?

Yours truly
Fernando Mansito

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Don't uncompress the package first.

Either from within R:

install.packages("/path/to/pgk.tar.gz", repos=NULL)

or at command line

R CMD INSTALL /path/to/pgk.tar.gz

In either case, pay attention to any messages that R returns

Sarah

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:12 AM, FERNANDO MANSITO CABALLERO
<fernando.mansito at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Madam/Sir,
>
> I am trying to understand how to install packages without internet and I
> have come to a dead end.
>
> I choose polynom (Venables & Ripley) which I first successfully
installed
> on a computer with internet. I found that the installed package comprises a
> void "polynom" folder and a "polynom_1.3-8.tar" folder
which only contains
> a zipped container with the same name.
>
> I then donloaded the package successfully using download.packages(). I
> unzipped the .tar.gz downloaded package then successfully installed the
> unzipped polynom package using its path and repos=NULL in
> install.packages() on a computer without internet..
>
> However, when I wrote "library(polynom)" on the computer without
internet,
> R3.2.2 answers with an error "polynom is not a valid installed
package".
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Yours truly
> Fernando Mansito
>
-- 
Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org

On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:29 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
> Don't uncompress the package first.
> 
> Either from within R:
> 
> install.packages("/path/to/pgk.tar.gz", repos=NULL)
I think at least one OS will require that you also include
type="source" and I would advise including dependencies=TRUE.

> or at command line
> 
> R CMD INSTALL /path/to/pgk.tar.gz
> 
> In either case, pay attention to any messages that R returns
> 
> Sarah
> 
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:12 AM, FERNANDO MANSITO CABALLERO
> <fernando.mansito at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Madam/Sir,
>> 
>> I am trying to understand how to install packages without internet and
I
>> have come to a dead end.
>> 
>> I choose polynom (Venables & Ripley) which I first successfully
installed
>> on a computer with internet. I found that the installed package
comprises a
>> void "polynom" folder and a "polynom_1.3-8.tar"
folder which only contains
>> a zipped container with the same name.
>> 
>> I then donloaded the package successfully using download.packages(). I
>> unzipped the .tar.gz downloaded package then successfully installed the
>> unzipped polynom package using its path and repos=NULL in
>> install.packages() on a computer without internet..
Generally one does not need to unzip source versions of packages unless you want
to look at the contents separately. With Windoze and Macs you need to specify
type="source" [unless getOption("pkgType") is set to that
value] and may need to have the appropriate system tools. You did not show your
exact call to install.packages().
>> 
>> However, when I wrote "library(polynom)" on the computer
without internet,
>> R3.2.2 answers with an error "polynom is not a valid installed
package".
The problem description doesn't allow a definite answer. If problems
persist, then you should post more complete descriptions of your methods, your
OS and R versions.
>> 
>> What am I doing wrong?
>> 
> 
-- 

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA