[R] Installing an Archived Package

Evguenia Ignatova
2018-05-16T18:15:35Z

Hello again,

I did not expect the browser to automatically extract, so I changed the Safari
setting and it downloaded as a ?gz? file.

It is clear now that R is finding the package but I get a different error as
follows:

> install.packages("polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos=NULL,
type="source")
ERROR: dependency ?mvtnorm? is not available for package ?polycor?
* removing
?/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/polycor?
Warning message:
In install.packages("polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type =
"source") :
  installation of package ?polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz? had non-zero exit status

I get the same error when I try Rui?s way of accessing the file.

Suggestions online are along the lines of installing the dependencies
separately, but I am not sure how to go about separating the file into its
dependencies?

Thank you so much!

Evguenia

> On May 16, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <rmh at temple.edu>
wrote:
>
> You can tell Macintosh not to automatically unpack tar.gz files.
>
>
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download
<https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/961/how-to-stop-safari-from-unzipping-files-after-download>
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Evguenia Ignatova
> <evg.ignatova at gmail.com <mailto:evg.ignatova at gmail.com>>
wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am having difficulty installing the most recent compatible version of
the ?polycor" package (0.7-8), for R 3.2.1 on my Mac. Here is the package
source page: https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/
<https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>
<https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/
<https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/>>.
>>
>> This version of R is necessary for the R Essentials for the IBM
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) extension. I found this thread on
the problem
(http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html
<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>
<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html
<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Installing-polycor-package-td4726101.html>>)
but it does not offer much help as my SPSS version will not recognize the most
recent versions of R.
>>
>> The polycor package is not available in the repository of R 3.2.1. Here
is the code I tried to install the package from the archive and the errors I
received:
>>
>>> install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos=NULL,
type="source")
>> Warning: invalid package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar?
>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("/polycor_0.7-8.tar", repos = NULL, type
= "source") :
>>  installation of package ?/polycor_0.7-8.tar? had non-zero exit status
>>>
install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/polycor/polycor_0.7-8.tar.gz",
repos=NULL, type="source")
>> Error in download.file(p, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...)
:
>>  unsupported URL scheme
>>
>> Any ideas for other alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Thank
you for your time!
>>
>> Best,
>> Evguenia
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