Good morning David, thank you for your reply. However, I am not sure what you mean regarding the windows error? Where or what is the windows error? And how would I remedy this issue please? Thanks WHP From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:48 AM To: Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com> Cc: r-help (r-help at r-project.org) <r-help at r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] Help installing the finalfit package> On Jun 12, 2018, at 5:00 AM, Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com<mailto:Bill.Poling at zelis.com>> wrote: > > Good morning. Over the weekend I worked through this tutorial on bloggers.com<http://bloggers.com> at home where I am on 3.5.5: > > #Elegant regression results tables and plots in R: the finalfit package > > https://www.r-bloggers.com/elegant-regression-results-tables-and-plots-in-r-the-finalfit-package/<https://www.r-bloggers.com/elegant-regression-results-tables-and-plots-in-r-the-finalfit-package/> > > Here at my office I am on "R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)" and wish to use some of what I learned. > > The tutorial ran splendidly at home but here at office, not so much, big smile. > >> devtools::install_github("ewenharrison/finalfit") > Downloading GitHub repo ewenharrison/finalfit at master > from URL https://api.github.com/repos/ewenharrison/finalfit/zipball/master<https://api.github.com/repos/ewenharrison/finalfit/zipball/master> > Installing finalfit > Installing 1 package: mice > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip<https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip>' > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > downloaded 1.4 MB > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > Warning: cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice'Generally the first task is to address the first error, which in this case appears to be a windows permission issue. -- David> > The downloaded binary packages are in > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > "C:/Users/bpoling/DOCUME~1/R/R-34~1.4/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD INSTALL \ > "C:/Users/bpoling/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpWYkyVd/devtools1b0436122944/ewenharrison-finalfit-9438bc2" --library="C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library" --install-tests > > ERROR: dependency 'mice' is not available for package 'finalfit' > * removing 'C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library/finalfit' > In R CMD INSTALL > Installation failed: Command failed (1) > > I believe I had a similar problem last week and was advised to install the package library(Matrix) which was evidently necessary for sessionInfo() and for lazy load DB -- *source* package 'psycho' etc... which I now load at the beginning of every session. > > So my hunch is that maybe I need 3.5.5 for all this to work? > > Also I have this error with the mice package: > > >> install.packages("mice") > > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip<https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip>' > > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > > downloaded 1.4 MB > > > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > Warning in install.packages : > > cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice' > > > > The downloaded binary packages are in > > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > >> library(mice) > > Error in library(mice) : there is no package called 'mice' > > > I would appreciate any suggestion please. > > Thank you > > WHP > > Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. ...{{dropped:15}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. ...{{dropped:15}}
> On Jun 13, 2018, at 3:20 AM, Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com> wrote: > > Good morning David, thank you for your reply. > > However, I am not sure what you mean regarding the windows error?I'm not a Windows user, but the first indication of a problem was when the installation procedure tried to replace an older version of mice with a newer version and failed. I only chimed in from my place on the sidelines of an R-Windows game because no one else had responded. I tried finding the finalfit package on CRAN but it doesn't seem to have yet been submitted in a version that can be installed on a Mac. So I followed the advice on the blog you linked to and I can now see the package DESCRIPTION file. It has these dependencies: Imports: Hmisc, ggplot2, grid, gridExtra, lme4, magrittr, mice, pROC, plyr, scales, stats, stringr, survival, survminer RoxygenNote: 6.0.1 Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, rstan, boot> Where or what is the windows error?It appears you have an older version of mice but I cannot tell why it is unacceptable to this version of 'finalfit' since there is no version requirement in the deescription 'Imports:' line. You might try to update your 'mice'-package. The current version on CRAN is 3.0.0, and attempting to make that available might illuminate the problem.> And how would I remedy this issue please?Fixing permissions on windows is not actually on-topic for Rhelp. Perhaps you could ask on the SuperUser forum where advice about Windows system maintenance is on-topic: https://superuser.com/ Best of luck. David.> Thanks > > WHP > > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:48 AM > To: Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com> > Cc: r-help (r-help at r-project.org) <r-help at r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] Help installing the finalfit package > > > > On Jun 12, 2018, at 5:00 AM, Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com> wrote: > > > > Good morning. Over the weekend I worked through this tutorial on bloggers.com at home where I am on 3.5.5: > > > > #Elegant regression results tables and plots in R: the finalfit package > > > > https://www.r-bloggers.com/elegant-regression-results-tables-and-plots-in-r-the-finalfit-package/ > > > > Here at my office I am on "R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)" and wish to use some of what I learned. > > > > The tutorial ran splendidly at home but here at office, not so much, big smile. > > > >> devtools::install_github("ewenharrison/finalfit") > > Downloading GitHub repo ewenharrison/finalfit at master > > from URL https://api.github.com/repos/ewenharrison/finalfit/zipball/master > > Installing finalfit > > Installing 1 package: mice > > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip' > > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > > downloaded 1.4 MB > > > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > Warning: cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice' > > Generally the first task is to address the first error, which in this case appears to be a windows permission issue. > > -- > David > > > > > > The downloaded binary packages are in > > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > > "C:/Users/bpoling/DOCUME~1/R/R-34~1.4/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD INSTALL \ > > "C:/Users/bpoling/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpWYkyVd/devtools1b0436122944/ewenharrison-finalfit-9438bc2" --library="C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library" --install-tests > > > > ERROR: dependency 'mice' is not available for package 'finalfit' > > * removing 'C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library/finalfit' > > In R CMD INSTALL > > Installation failed: Command failed (1) > > > > I believe I had a similar problem last week and was advised to install the package library(Matrix) which was evidently necessary for sessionInfo() and for lazy load DB -- *source* package 'psycho' etc... which I now load at the beginning of every session. > > > > So my hunch is that maybe I need 3.5.5 for all this to work? > > > > Also I have this error with the mice package: > > > > > >> install.packages("mice") > > > > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip' > > > > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > > > > downloaded 1.4 MB > > > > > > > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > > > Warning in install.packages : > > > > cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice' > > > > > > > > The downloaded binary packages are in > > > > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > > > >> library(mice) > > > > Error in library(mice) : there is no package called 'mice' > > > > > > I would appreciate any suggestion please. > > > > Thank you > > > > WHP > > > > Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. ...{{dropped:15}} > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. 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Ok, thank you David, I understand better now. I will start with the mice package issue and move any further questions to the forum you suggested. Really appreciate your help. Cheers. WHP From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:33 AM To: Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com> Cc: r-help (r-help at r-project.org) <r-help at r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] Help installing the finalfit package> On Jun 13, 2018, at 3:20 AM, Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com<mailto:Bill.Poling at zelis.com>> wrote: > > Good morning David, thank you for your reply. > > However, I am not sure what you mean regarding the windows error?I'm not a Windows user, but the first indication of a problem was when the installation procedure tried to replace an older version of mice with a newer version and failed. I only chimed in from my place on the sidelines of an R-Windows game because no one else had responded. I tried finding the finalfit package on CRAN but it doesn't seem to have yet been submitted in a version that can be installed on a Mac. So I followed the advice on the blog you linked to and I can now see the package DESCRIPTION file. It has these dependencies: Imports: Hmisc, ggplot2, grid, gridExtra, lme4, magrittr, mice, pROC, plyr, scales, stats, stringr, survival, survminer RoxygenNote: 6.0.1 Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, rstan, boot> Where or what is the windows error?It appears you have an older version of mice but I cannot tell why it is unacceptable to this version of 'finalfit' since there is no version requirement in the deescription 'Imports:' line. You might try to update your 'mice'-package. The current version on CRAN is 3.0.0, and attempting to make that available might illuminate the problem.> And how would I remedy this issue please?Fixing permissions on windows is not actually on-topic for Rhelp. Perhaps you could ask on the SuperUser forum where advice about Windows system maintenance is on-topic: https://superuser.com/<https://superuser.com/> Best of luck. David.> Thanks > > WHP > > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:48 AM > To: Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com<mailto:Bill.Poling at zelis.com>> > Cc: r-help (r-help at r-project.org<mailto:r-help at r-project.org>) <r-help at r-project.org<mailto:r-help at r-project.org>> > Subject: Re: [R] Help installing the finalfit package > > > > On Jun 12, 2018, at 5:00 AM, Bill Poling <Bill.Poling at zelis.com<mailto:Bill.Poling at zelis.com>> wrote: > > > > Good morning. Over the weekend I worked through this tutorial on bloggers.com<http://bloggers.com> at home where I am on 3.5.5: > > > > #Elegant regression results tables and plots in R: the finalfit package > > > > https://www.r-bloggers.com/elegant-regression-results-tables-and-plots-in-r-the-finalfit-package/<https://www.r-bloggers.com/elegant-regression-results-tables-and-plots-in-r-the-finalfit-package/> > > > > Here at my office I am on "R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)" and wish to use some of what I learned. > > > > The tutorial ran splendidly at home but here at office, not so much, big smile. > > > >> devtools::install_github("ewenharrison/finalfit") > > Downloading GitHub repo ewenharrison/finalfit at master > > from URL https://api.github.com/repos/ewenharrison/finalfit/zipball/master<https://api.github.com/repos/ewenharrison/finalfit/zipball/master> > > Installing finalfit > > Installing 1 package: mice > > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip<https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip>' > > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > > downloaded 1.4 MB > > > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > Warning: cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice' > > Generally the first task is to address the first error, which in this case appears to be a windows permission issue. > > -- > David > > > > > > The downloaded binary packages are in > > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > > "C:/Users/bpoling/DOCUME~1/R/R-34~1.4/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD INSTALL \ > > "C:/Users/bpoling/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpWYkyVd/devtools1b0436122944/ewenharrison-finalfit-9438bc2" --library="C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library" --install-tests > > > > ERROR: dependency 'mice' is not available for package 'finalfit' > > * removing 'C:/Users/bpoling/Documents/R/R-3.4.4/library/finalfit' > > In R CMD INSTALL > > Installation failed: Command failed (1) > > > > I believe I had a similar problem last week and was advised to install the package library(Matrix) which was evidently necessary for sessionInfo() and for lazy load DB -- *source* package 'psycho' etc... which I now load at the beginning of every session. > > > > So my hunch is that maybe I need 3.5.5 for all this to work? > > > > Also I have this error with the mice package: > > > > > >> install.packages("mice") > > > > trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip<https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/mice_3.0.0.zip>' > > > > Content type 'application/zip' length 1490726 bytes (1.4 MB) > > > > downloaded 1.4 MB > > > > > > > > package 'mice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > > > Warning in install.packages : > > > > cannot remove prior installation of package 'mice' > > > > > > > > The downloaded binary packages are in > > > > C:\Users\bpoling\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWYkyVd\downloaded_packages > > > >> library(mice) > > > > Error in library(mice) : there is no package called 'mice' > > > > > > I would appreciate any suggestion please. > > > > Thank you > > > > WHP > > > > Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. ...{{dropped:15}} > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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-guide.html<http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice This message is sent from Zelis. 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