R help - Feb 2018 - JGR not installed. Attempting to install from CRAN...

Loris, thank you thank you so much!!!

do you know which CRAN mirror i select? There are loads - all related to various
countries..

so appreciate the help

Jenny




Jenny Coetzee (PhD Candidate)
Head of Prevention in Key Populations & Head of the Soweto Sex Worker
Project
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
New Nurses Home
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
Soweto

B: +27 11 989 9821
M: +27 84 761 1193
E: coetzeej at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeej at phru.co.za>

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,
the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently -
they're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. ...
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only
thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. ... They push
the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see
genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change
the world, are the ones who do."
(Steve Jobs)

On 20 Feb 2018, at 09:16, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>> wrote:

Hi Jenny,

Jenny Coetzee <coetzeeJ at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeeJ at
phru.co.za>> writes:

Hello

I am new to R, and am running a programme called RDS Analyst which
uses R. When trying to open RDS i am getting the following message:
JGR not installed. Attempting to install from CRAN?

I am not sure if the issue is a Java one or an R one?

I am working off a Mac using High Sierra

Any help please..?

Here

 http://rforge.net/JGR/

it says that you need two bits: the R package from CRAN and the launcher
for MacOS.  You should be able to install the R package using

 install.packages("JGR")

from the R shell and the launcher just like a regular binary.

Cheers,

Loris

--
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
ZEDAT, Freie Universit?t Berlin         Email loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>


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Hi Jenny,

Jenny Coetzee <coetzeeJ at phru.co.za> writes:
> Loris, thank you thank you so much!!! 
>
> do you know which CRAN mirror i select? There are loads - all related to
various countries..
>
> so appreciate the help
It shouldn't really matter, although I'd choose one that is
geographically close.  Occasionally there can be problems with HTTP
vs. HTTPS, which can lead to spurious errors about a packages not being
available for your version of R.  Because R caches the mirror, if you
run into any issues you might have to exit R and start again.

Cheers,

Loris

-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
ZEDAT, Freie Universit?t Berlin         Email loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de

thanks Loris

you are bering so helpful!

So, i have done what you explained, but the RDS package that runs ?using or
through? R is now just closing each time i open it. I have googled and seen that
i need to to the following:

 Tips: The recent updates to the Apple Mac OS (Sierra and High Sierra) have
reorganized the ways apps, like RDS Analyst, work. So sometimes RDS Analyst will
not be configured correctly and will not start (e.g., bouncing icon or no
response to double clicking). Most of these relate to how Java works on the Mac.
The first thing to try is to open the Terminal and type in :
R CMD javareconf
This asks R to check on the configuration of Java and try to get in sync with
it.
off website:
http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/hpmrg/index.php/RDS_Analyst_Install


BUT, when i do enter  R CMD javareconf, i get the following error:
Error: unexpected symbol in "R CMD?

so what should i do now?

thanks


Jen





Jenny Coetzee (PhD Candidate)
Head of Prevention in Key Populations & Head of the Soweto Sex Worker
Project
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
New Nurses Home
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
Soweto

B: +27 11 989 9821
M: +27 84 761 1193
E: coetzeej at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeej at phru.co.za>

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,
the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently -
they're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. ...
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only
thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. ... They push
the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see
genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change
the world, are the ones who do."
(Steve Jobs)

On 20 Feb 2018, at 10:05, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>> wrote:

Hi Jenny,

Jenny Coetzee <coetzeeJ at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeeJ at
phru.co.za>> writes:

Loris, thank you thank you so much!!!

do you know which CRAN mirror i select? There are loads - all related to various
countries..

so appreciate the help

It shouldn't really matter, although I'd choose one that is
geographically close.  Occasionally there can be problems with HTTP
vs. HTTPS, which can lead to spurious errors about a packages not being
available for your version of R.  Because R caches the mirror, if you
run into any issues you might have to exit R and start again.

Cheers,

Loris

--
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
ZEDAT, Freie Universit?t Berlin         Email loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>


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Dear Jenny

 From your email address I would have thought one of the two South 
African ones would be best. In the unlikely event of your chosen mirror 
not being up-to-date, try another one.

Michael

On 20/02/2018 07:55, Jenny Coetzee wrote:
> Loris, thank you thank you so much!!!
> 
> do you know which CRAN mirror i select? There are loads - all related to
various countries..
> 
> so appreciate the help
> 
> Jenny
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jenny Coetzee (PhD Candidate)
> Head of Prevention in Key Populations & Head of the Soweto Sex Worker
Project
> Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
> New Nurses Home
> Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
> Soweto
> 
> B: +27 11 989 9821
> M: +27 84 761 1193
> E: coetzeej at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeej at phru.co.za>
> 
> "Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the
troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things
differently - they're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the
status quo. ... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them,
but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things.
... They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy
ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they
can change the world, are the ones who do."
> (Steve Jobs)
> 
> On 20 Feb 2018, at 09:16, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jenny,
> 
> Jenny Coetzee <coetzeeJ at phru.co.za<mailto:coetzeeJ at
phru.co.za>> writes:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I am new to R, and am running a programme called RDS Analyst which
> uses R. When trying to open RDS i am getting the following message:
> JGR not installed. Attempting to install from CRAN?
> 
> I am not sure if the issue is a Java one or an R one?
> 
> I am working off a Mac using High Sierra
> 
> Any help please..?
> 
> Here
> 
>   http://rforge.net/JGR/
> 
> it says that you need two bits: the R package from CRAN and the launcher
> for MacOS.  You should be able to install the R package using
> 
>   install.packages("JGR")
> 
> from the R shell and the launcher just like a regular binary.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Loris
> 
> --
> Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
> ZEDAT, Freie Universit?t Berlin         Email loris.bennett at
fu-berlin.de<mailto:loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de>
> 
> 
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