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

Dear Akhilesh,

I hope that it's clear that the Windows binary I provided for the data.table
package is a temporary solution, and that the maintainer should fix the package
so that it passes its own tests. You should be careful using the package in its
current state.

Best,
 John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akhilesh Singh [mailto:akhileshsingh.igkv at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 4:10 AM
> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully being
> installed
> 
> Dear Dr. John Fox,
> 
> The solution provided by you has worked. I downloaded the binary file of
> data.table package made available your website
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip
>
<https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>
>,
> installed it in R and RStudio. And I happy to report that it has
successfully
> worked. Many thanks to you, and to other members of R-team who have tried
> help me.
> 
> 
> With regards,
> 
> 
> Dr. A.K. Singh
> 
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > 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/ <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
>
<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
>
<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.
> 
> 	I hope this helps,
> 	 John
> 
> 	--------------------------------------
> 	John Fox, Professor Emeritus
> 	McMaster University
> 	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> 	Web: socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
> <http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org
<mailto:r-help-
> bounces at r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Akhilesh
> 	> Singh
> 	> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:08 AM
> 	> To: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org <mailto:r-help
at r-
> project.org> >
> 	> Subject: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully
> 	> being installed
> 	>
> 	> Dear Sir,
> 	>
> 	> I am using R on Windows OS platform. I upgraded my R-system to
> version
> 	> R-3.5.0. While upgrading my libraries in R as well as in RStudio, I
am
> 	> stuck up in the package 'data.table', which is required by
many
> other
> 	> packages in R-codes in my R-Markdown files.
> 	>
> 	> I tried to install 'data.table' from "USA-berkely"
and "UK-bristol"  as
> 	> well as "RStudio" mirrors when the following errors are
being
> shown:
> 	>
> 	> From  USA-berkely and UK-bristol mirrors:
> 	> ================================> 	> Package which is only
available in source form, and may need
> 	>   compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
> 	>   These will not be installed
> 	> Warning message:
> 	> In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
> 	>   InternetOpenUrl failed: ''
> 	>
> 	> From RStudio mirror:
> 	> ===============> 	> Package which is only available in source
form, and may need
> compilation
> 	> of
> 	>   C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
> 	>   These will not be installed
> 	>
> 	> Afterwards, I consulted google users, I downloaded the source
> package:
> 	> "data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz" from CRAN, stored it on
desktop, and
> tried
> 	> following command for installing from source only:
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> 	> type="source")
> 	>
> 	> This generated following errors messages:
> 	>
> 	> > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> 	> type="source") Installing package into ?C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5?
> 	> (as ?lib? is unspecified)
> 	> * installing *source* package 'data.table' ...
> 	> ** package 'data.table' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
> checked
> 	> ** libs
> 	> Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found
> 	> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'data.table'
> 	> * removing 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. Singh/Documents/R/win-
> 	> library/3.5/data.table'
> 	> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/data.table'
> 	> In R CMD INSTALL
> 	> Warning message:
> 	> In install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz",  :
> 	>   installation of package
> 	> ?C:/Users/DRAK~1.SIN/Desktop/data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz? had non-
> zero
> 	> exit status
> 	> >
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> I is requested to kindly help. I was writing a book using R-
> Markdown.
> 	> And I am stuck up as described above.
> 	>
> 	> Dr. A.K. Singh
> 	> Professor and Head
> 	> Department of Agricultural Statistics
> 	> Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
> 	> Raipur
> 	> Chhattisgarh
> 	> India
> 	>
> 
> 	>       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 	>
> 	> ______________________________________________
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> 	> guide.html
> 	> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
> code.
> 
>

Akhilesh,

I don't know if I am adding signal or noise here, but I installed R 3.5.0
yesterday and installed data.table just fine, but I have Rtools installed. 
"Building packages from source" may sound intimidating, but Rtools is
really easy to install and once installed, it does all the work for you.

Thanks,

Roger


-----Original Message-----
From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Fox, John
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 9:21 AM
To: Akhilesh Singh
Cc: r-help mailing list
Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully being installed

Dear Akhilesh,

I hope that it's clear that the Windows binary I provided for the data.table
package is a temporary solution, and that the maintainer should fix the package
so that it passes its own tests. You should be careful using the package in its
current state.

Best,
 John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akhilesh Singh [mailto:akhileshsingh.igkv at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 4:10 AM
> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully being
> installed
>
> Dear Dr. John Fox,
>
> The solution provided by you has worked. I downloaded the binary file of
> data.table package made available your website
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip
>
<https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>
>,
> installed it in R and RStudio. And I happy to report that it has
successfully
> worked. Many thanks to you, and to other members of R-team who have tried
> help me.
>
>
> With regards,
>
>
> Dr. A.K. Singh
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > 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/ <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
>
<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
>
<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.
>
> I hope this helps,
>  John
>
> --------------------------------------
> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> Web: socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
> <http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org
<mailto:r-help-
> bounces at r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Akhilesh
> > Singh
> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:08 AM
> > To: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org <mailto:r-help
at r-
> project.org> >
> > Subject: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully
> > being installed
> >
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > I am using R on Windows OS platform. I upgraded my R-system to
> version
> > R-3.5.0. While upgrading my libraries in R as well as in RStudio, I am
> > stuck up in the package 'data.table', which is required by
many
> other
> > packages in R-codes in my R-Markdown files.
> >
> > I tried to install 'data.table' from "USA-berkely"
and "UK-bristol"  as
> > well as "RStudio" mirrors when the following errors are
being
> shown:
> >
> > From  USA-berkely and UK-bristol mirrors:
> > ================================> > Package which is only
available in source form, and may need
> >   compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
> >   These will not be installed
> > Warning message:
> > In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
> >   InternetOpenUrl failed: ''
> >
> > From RStudio mirror:
> > ===============> > Package which is only available in source
form, and may need
> compilation
> > of
> >   C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
> >   These will not be installed
> >
> > Afterwards, I consulted google users, I downloaded the source
> package:
> > "data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz" from CRAN, stored it on
desktop, and
> tried
> > following command for installing from source only:
> >
> >
> > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> > type="source")
> >
> > This generated following errors messages:
> >
> > > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> > type="source") Installing package into ?C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> > Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5?
> > (as ?lib? is unspecified)
> > * installing *source* package 'data.table' ...
> > ** package 'data.table' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
> checked
> > ** libs
> > Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found
> > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'data.table'
> > * removing 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. Singh/Documents/R/win-
> > library/3.5/data.table'
> > * restoring previous 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> > Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/data.table'
> > In R CMD INSTALL
> > Warning message:
> > In install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz",  :
> >   installation of package
> > ?C:/Users/DRAK~1.SIN/Desktop/data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz? had non-
> zero
> > exit status
> > >
> >
> >
> > I is requested to kindly help. I was writing a book using R-
> Markdown.
> > And I am stuck up as described above.
> >
> > Dr. A.K. Singh
> > Professor and Head
> > Department of Agricultural Statistics
> > Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
> > Raipur
> > Chhattisgarh
> > India
> >
>
> >       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> 
mailing list --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
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> project.org/posting- <http://www.R-project.org/posting->
> > guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
> code.
>
>
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On 27/04/2018 9:27 AM, Bos, Roger wrote:
> Akhilesh,
> 
> I don't know if I am adding signal or noise here, but I installed R
3.5.0 yesterday and installed data.table just fine, but I have Rtools installed.
"Building packages from source" may sound intimidating, but Rtools is
really easy to install and once installed, it does all the work for you.
I agree, subject to a couple of caveats.

1.  There are apparently instructions online that somehow mess up the 
installation of Rtools, putting it in a location that doesn't work 
without other changes that aren't described.  If people just run the 
installer and accept the defaults, it works.  Don't trust bloggers, 
trust CRAN.

2.  data.table fails its self-tests in 3.5.0, as shown on CRAN. 
Apparently fixes are in the works, but being able to install it doesn't 
mean it will work properly.

Duncan Murdoch
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Fox,
John
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 9:21 AM
> To: Akhilesh Singh
> Cc: r-help mailing list
> Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully being installed
> 
> Dear Akhilesh,
> 
> I hope that it's clear that the Windows binary I provided for the
data.table package is a temporary solution, and that the maintainer should fix
the package so that it passes its own tests. You should be careful using the
package in its current state.
> 
> Best,
>   John
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Akhilesh Singh [mailto:akhileshsingh.igkv at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 4:10 AM
>> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
>> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org>
>> Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully being
>> installed
>>
>> Dear Dr. John Fox,
>>
>> The solution provided by you has worked. I downloaded the binary file
of
>> data.table package made available your website
>>
<https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip
>>
<https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip>
>,
>> installed it in R and RStudio. And I happy to report that it has
successfully
>> worked. Many thanks to you, and to other members of R-team who have
tried
>> help me.
>>
>>
>> With regards,
>>
>>
>> Dr. A.K. Singh
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
>> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > 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/ <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
>>
<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
>>
<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.
>>
>> I hope this helps,
>>   John
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>> McMaster University
>> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>> Web: socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
>> <http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org
<mailto:r-help-
>> bounces at r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Akhilesh
>>> Singh
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:08 AM
>>> To: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org
<mailto:r-help at r-
>> project.org> >
>>> Subject: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not
successfully
>>> being installed
>>>
>>> Dear Sir,
>>>
>>> I am using R on Windows OS platform. I upgraded my R-system to
>> version
>>> R-3.5.0. While upgrading my libraries in R as well as in RStudio, I
am
>>> stuck up in the package 'data.table', which is required by
many
>> other
>>> packages in R-codes in my R-Markdown files.
>>>
>>> I tried to install 'data.table' from
"USA-berkely" and "UK-bristol"  as
>>> well as "RStudio" mirrors when the following errors are
being
>> shown:
>>>
>>>  From  USA-berkely and UK-bristol mirrors:
>>> ================================>>> Package which is only
available in source form, and may need
>>>    compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
>>>    These will not be installed
>>> Warning message:
>>> In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
>>>    InternetOpenUrl failed: ''
>>>
>>>  From RStudio mirror:
>>> ===============>>> Package which is only available in
source form, and may need
>> compilation
>>> of
>>>    C/C++/Fortran: ?data.table?
>>>    These will not be installed
>>>
>>> Afterwards, I consulted google users, I downloaded the source
>> package:
>>> "data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz" from CRAN, stored it on
desktop, and
>> tried
>>> following command for installing from source only:
>>>
>>>
>>> install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
>>> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
>>> type="source")
>>>
>>> This generated following errors messages:
>>>
>>>> install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
>>> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
>>> type="source") Installing package into ?C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
>>> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5?
>>> (as ?lib? is unspecified)
>>> * installing *source* package 'data.table' ...
>>> ** package 'data.table' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
>> checked
>>> ** libs
>>> Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found
>>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'data.table'
>>> * removing 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. Singh/Documents/R/win-
>>> library/3.5/data.table'
>>> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
>>> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/data.table'
>>> In R CMD INSTALL
>>> Warning message:
>>> In install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
>>> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz",  :
>>>    installation of package
>>> ?C:/Users/DRAK~1.SIN/Desktop/data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz? had non-
>> zero
>>> exit status
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I is requested to kindly help. I was writing a book using R-
>> Markdown.
>>> And I am stuck up as described above.
>>>
>>> Dr. A.K. Singh
>>> Professor and Head
>>> Department of Agricultural Statistics
>>> Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
>>> Raipur
>>> Chhattisgarh
>>> India
>>>
>>
>>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> 
mailing list --
>> To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help>
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-
>> project.org/posting- <http://www.R-project.org/posting->
>>> guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
>> code.
>>
>>
> 
> ______________________________________________
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> 
> 
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