R help - Apr 2018 - Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully being installed

You are right. I do take backups. But, this time I was too sure that
nothing will go wrong. But, this was over-confidence. I need to take more
care in future. Thanks anyway.

With regards,

Dr. A.K. Singh

On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 11:49 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 26/04/2018 1:54 PM, Akhilesh Singh wrote:
> > My thanks to Dr. John Fox and Dr. Duncan Murdoch. But, I have upgraded
> > all my R-3.4.3 libraries to R-3.5.0, and I have not backed-up copies
of
> > old version. So, I would give a try each to the solutions suggested by
> > John Fox and Dengan Murdoch.
>
> Here is some unsolicited advice:  I would strongly recommend that you
> make it a higher priority to have backups available.  In my experience
> computer hardware is becoming quite reliable, but software isn't, and
> the person next to the keyboard isn't either.  (My last desperate need
> for a backup was due to a hardware failure 2 years ago, but it wasn't
> the manufacturer's fault:  my laptop accidentally drowned.)
>
> Backups can save you a lot of grief in the event of a mistake, or a
> software or hardware failure.  But even in the case of routine events
> like software updates that don't go as planned, they can save time.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
> >
> > With regards,
> >
> > Dr. A.K. Singh
> >
> > On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 9:44 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan at
gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
> >      > Dear A.K. Singh,
> >      >
> >      > As you discovered, the data.table package has an error under
R
> >     3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary for
the
> >     package. The reason that you weren't able to install the
package
> >     from source is apparently that you haven't installed the R
> >     package-building tools for Windows. See
> >     <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
> >      >
> >      > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages have
> >     contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around
I've
> >     placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my website
at
> >     <
>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
> >     You should be able to install the package from there via the
command
> >      >
> >      >
> >       install.packages("
>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
> >      >
> >      > I expect that this problem will go away when the maintainer
of
> >     the data.table package fixes the error.
> >
> >     You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
> >
> >    
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
> >
> >     Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
> >     which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend backing out
of R
> >     3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for you.
> >
> >     Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table from
> Github,
> >     which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed the
> errors,
> >     but that would require an installation from source, which not
every
> >     Windows user is comfortable with.
> >
> >     Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >
> > On 26-Apr-2018 9:44 PM, "Duncan Murdoch" <murdoch.duncan
at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
> >      > Dear A.K. Singh,
> >      >
> >      > As you discovered, the data.table package has an error under
R
> >     3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary for
the
> >     package. The reason that you weren't able to install the
package
> >     from source is apparently that you haven't installed the R
> >     package-building tools for Windows. See
> >     <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
> >      >
> >      > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages have
> >     contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around
I've
> >     placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my website
at
> >     <
>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
> >     You should be able to install the package from there via the
command
> >      >
> >      >
> >       install.packages("
>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
> >      >
> >      > I expect that this problem will go away when the maintainer
of
> >     the data.table package fixes the error.
> >
> >     You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
> >
> >    
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
> >
> >     Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
> >     which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend backing out
of R
> >     3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for you.
> >
> >     Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table from
> Github,
> >     which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed the
> errors,
> >     but that would require an installation from source, which not
every
> >     Windows user is comfortable with.
> >
> >
> >     Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >
>
>
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If you're installing packages to the default location in your home
account and you didn't remove those library folders, you still have
you R 3.4 package installs there, e.g.
> dir(dirname(.libPaths()[1]), full.names = TRUE)
[1] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4"
[2] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5"
[3] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.6"

/Henrik

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Akhilesh Singh
<akhileshsingh.igkv at gmail.com> wrote:
> You are right. I do take backups. But, this time I was too sure that
> nothing will go wrong. But, this was over-confidence. I need to take more
> care in future. Thanks anyway.
>
> With regards,
>
> Dr. A.K. Singh
>
> On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 11:49 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 26/04/2018 1:54 PM, Akhilesh Singh wrote:
>> > My thanks to Dr. John Fox and Dr. Duncan Murdoch. But, I have
upgraded
>> > all my R-3.4.3 libraries to R-3.5.0, and I have not backed-up
copies of
>> > old version. So, I would give a try each to the solutions
suggested by
>> > John Fox and Dengan Murdoch.
>>
>> Here is some unsolicited advice:  I would strongly recommend that you
>> make it a higher priority to have backups available.  In my experience
>> computer hardware is becoming quite reliable, but software isn't,
and
>> the person next to the keyboard isn't either.  (My last desperate
need
>> for a backup was due to a hardware failure 2 years ago, but it
wasn't
>> the manufacturer's fault:  my laptop accidentally drowned.)
>>
>> Backups can save you a lot of grief in the event of a mistake, or a
>> software or hardware failure.  But even in the case of routine events
>> like software updates that don't go as planned, they can save time.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>> >
>> > With regards,
>> >
>> > Dr. A.K. Singh
>> >
>> > On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 9:44 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan at
gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
>> >      > Dear A.K. Singh,
>> >      >
>> >      > As you discovered, the data.table package has an error
under R
>> >     3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary
for the
>> >     package. The reason that you weren't able to install the
package
>> >     from source is apparently that you haven't installed the R
>> >     package-building tools for Windows. See
>> >     <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
>> >      >
>> >      > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages
have
>> >     contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around
I've
>> >     placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my
website at
>> >     <
>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
>> >     You should be able to install the package from there via the
command
>> >      >
>> >      >
>> >       install.packages("
>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
>> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
>> >      >
>> >      > I expect that this problem will go away when the
maintainer of
>> >     the data.table package fixes the error.
>> >
>> >     You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
>> >
>> >    
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
>> >
>> >     Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
>> >     which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend backing
out of R
>> >     3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for
you.
>> >
>> >     Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table from
>> Github,
>> >     which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed the
>> errors,
>> >     but that would require an installation from source, which not
every
>> >     Windows user is comfortable with.
>> >
>> >     Duncan Murdoch
>> >
>> >
>> > On 26-Apr-2018 9:44 PM, "Duncan Murdoch"
<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
>> >      > Dear A.K. Singh,
>> >      >
>> >      > As you discovered, the data.table package has an error
under R
>> >     3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary
for the
>> >     package. The reason that you weren't able to install the
package
>> >     from source is apparently that you haven't installed the R
>> >     package-building tools for Windows. See
>> >     <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
>> >      >
>> >      > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages
have
>> >     contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around
I've
>> >     placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my
website at
>> >     <
>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
>> >     You should be able to install the package from there via the
command
>> >      >
>> >      >
>> >       install.packages("
>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
>> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
>> >      >
>> >      > I expect that this problem will go away when the
maintainer of
>> >     the data.table package fixes the error.
>> >
>> >     You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
>> >
>> >    
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
>> >
>> >     Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
>> >     which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend backing
out of R
>> >     3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for
you.
>> >
>> >     Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table from
>> Github,
>> >     which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed the
>> errors,
>> >     but that would require an installation from source, which not
every
>> >     Windows user is comfortable with.
>> >
>> >
>> >     Duncan Murdoch
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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>
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You might find this discussion useful, too:
https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/2797


On 04/26/2018 11:01 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> If you're installing packages to the default location in your home
> account and you didn't remove those library folders, you still have
> you R 3.4 package installs there, e.g.
> 
>> dir(dirname(.libPaths()[1]), full.names = TRUE)
> [1] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4"
> [2] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5"
> [3] "/home/hb/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.6"
> 
> /Henrik
> 
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Akhilesh Singh
> <akhileshsingh.igkv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You are right. I do take backups. But, this time I was too sure that
>> nothing will go wrong. But, this was over-confidence. I need to take
more
>> care in future. Thanks anyway.
>>
>> With regards,
>>
>> Dr. A.K. Singh
>>
>> On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 11:49 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 26/04/2018 1:54 PM, Akhilesh Singh wrote:
>>>> My thanks to Dr. John Fox and Dr. Duncan Murdoch. But, I have
upgraded
>>>> all my R-3.4.3 libraries to R-3.5.0, and I have not backed-up
copies of
>>>> old version. So, I would give a try each to the solutions
suggested by
>>>> John Fox and Dengan Murdoch.
>>>
>>> Here is some unsolicited advice:  I would strongly recommend that
you
>>> make it a higher priority to have backups available.  In my
experience
>>> computer hardware is becoming quite reliable, but software
isn't, and
>>> the person next to the keyboard isn't either.  (My last
desperate need
>>> for a backup was due to a hardware failure 2 years ago, but it
wasn't
>>> the manufacturer's fault:  my laptop accidentally drowned.)
>>>
>>> Backups can save you a lot of grief in the event of a mistake, or a
>>> software or hardware failure.  But even in the case of routine
events
>>> like software updates that don't go as planned, they can save
time.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> With regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dr. A.K. Singh
>>>>
>>>> On Thu 26 Apr, 2018, 9:44 PM Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan
at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
>>>>       > Dear A.K. Singh,
>>>>       >
>>>>       > As you discovered, the data.table package has an
error under R
>>>>      3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows
binary for the
>>>>      package. The reason that you weren't able to install
the package
>>>>      from source is apparently that you haven't installed
the R
>>>>      package-building tools for Windows. See
>>>>      <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
>>>>       >
>>>>       > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car
packages have
>>>>      contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary
work-around I've
>>>>      placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my
website at
>>>>      <
>>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
>>>>      You should be able to install the package from there via
the command
>>>>       >
>>>>       >
>>>>        install.packages("
>>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
>>> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
>>>>       >
>>>>       > I expect that this problem will go away when the
maintainer of
>>>>      the data.table package fixes the error.
>>>>
>>>>      You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
>>>>
>>>>     
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
>>>>
>>>>      Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
>>>>      which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend
backing out of R
>>>>      3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for
you.
>>>>
>>>>      Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table
from
>>> Github,
>>>>      which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed
the
>>> errors,
>>>>      but that would require an installation from source, which
not every
>>>>      Windows user is comfortable with.
>>>>
>>>>      Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26-Apr-2018 9:44 PM, "Duncan Murdoch"
<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      On 26/04/2018 10:33 AM, Fox, John wrote:
>>>>       > Dear A.K. Singh,
>>>>       >
>>>>       > As you discovered, the data.table package has an
error under R
>>>>      3.5.0 that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows
binary for the
>>>>      package. The reason that you weren't able to install
the package
>>>>      from source is apparently that you haven't installed
the R
>>>>      package-building tools for Windows. See
>>>>      <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>.
>>>>       >
>>>>       > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car
packages have
>>>>      contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary
work-around I've
>>>>      placed a Windows binary for the data.table package on my
website at
>>>>      <
>>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>.
>>>>      You should be able to install the package from there via
the command
>>>>       >
>>>>       >
>>>>        install.packages("
>>>
https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip",
>>> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
>>>>       >
>>>>       > I expect that this problem will go away when the
maintainer of
>>>>      the data.table package fixes the error.
>>>>
>>>>      You can see the errors in the package on this web page:
>>>>
>>>>     
https://cloud.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_data.table.html
>>>>
>>>>      Currently it is failing self-tests on all platforms except
r-oldrel,
>>>>      which is the previous release of R.  I'd recommend
backing out of R
>>>>      3.5.0 and going to R 3.4.4 if that's a possibility for
you.
>>>>
>>>>      Yet another possibility is to use a version of data.table
from
>>> Github,
>>>>      which is newer than the version on CRAN and may have fixed
the
>>> errors,
>>>>      but that would require an installation from source, which
not every
>>>>      Windows user is comfortable with.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
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>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> 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.
>