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...package 'Matrix' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error: cannot remove prior installation of package 'Matrix' > traceback() 4: stop(sprintf(gettext("cannot remove prior installation of package '%s'"), curPkg), domain = NA, call. = FALSE) 3: unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], foundpkgs[okp, 1], lib, installWithVers) 2: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies) 1: install.packages("Mat...

Recently I tried to install a package in R version 1.8.1 for Windows. First I un".tar.gz"ed it and ".zip"ed it back in to be able to use the option Install package(s) from local zip files... Unfortunately tis error message appeared: Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) : Malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field It's correct that the DESCRIPTION file does not have a Contains field, but I can't figure out why it's mandatory and what values it may contain. The manual Writing R Extensio...

...7/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 12560 bytes opened URL downloaded 12Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/rpart_3.1-12.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 231827 bytes opened URL downloaded 226Kb Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], pkgnames[okp], lib, installWithVers) : Can not remove prior installation of package ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Evidently I need to uninstall first, but I can?t figure out how. I?ve looked in the pdf manuals, in the R FAQ, and in the...

When trying to update (various) packages using update.packages() I get the following error message for various packages package 'fBasics' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2L], foundpkgs[okp, 1L], lib) : malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field > This happens with other packages besides fBasics (Matrix, as well as others) and I have switched mirrors and the same thing occurs. Any suggestions? Best regards, Patrick Win XP SP3 R ver...

When trying to update (various) packages using update.packages() I get the following error message for various packages package 'fBasics' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2L], foundpkgs[okp, 1L], lib) : malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field > This happens with other packages besides fBasics (Matrix, as well as others) and I have switched mirrors and the same thing occurs. Any suggestions? Best, Patrick Win XP SP3...

...tall lattice graphics... I receieve the following: trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/lattice_0.9-16.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 496618 bytes opened URL downloaded 484Kb package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], pkgnames[okp], lib, installWithVers) : Can not remove prior installation of package

...ontrib/1.9/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 17113 bytes opened URL downloaded 16Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/gregmisc_0.10.2.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 594089 bytes opened URL downloaded 580Kb Error in unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], pkgnames[okp], lib, installWithVers) : Unable to create temp directory C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1090/library\file2869 > Thanks in advance for any help. Minghua [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

...gname> which used to work for me until recently (unfortunately I cannot specify "recently" here...) Trying to install the created .zip file with utils:::menuInstallLocal() I get an error message " package 'distr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib) : malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field " Now AFAICS I have not tried to build a bundle ... Searching the help archives, I found a posting by Uwe Ligges, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general/64574/ saying that R CMD INST...

...file, so far so good! Next, on to Windows, where the problem arose: I created a zip file from inside the package directory: zip -r ../hello.zip ./* When I moved this to my Windows machine and tried to install the package, I received the following error: > utils:::menuInstallLocal() Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) : malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field I only found one mention of this in my Google search, with no reply to the thread. The Contains field appears to be used for bundles, but I'm trying to create a package, not a bundle. T...

> -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Ligges [SMTP:ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de] > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 5:38 PM > To: Walke, Rainer > Cc: R-devel > Subject: Re: [Rd] (PR#7163) Install packages does not work on Win2003 > server > > Walke, Rainer wrote: > > > >a) It works for me. > > >b) If it works for you on some Windows

...good! Next, on to Windows, where the problem arose: I created a zip file from inside the package directory: zip -r ../hello.zip ./* When I moved this to my Windows machine and tried to install the package using the GUI, I received the following error: > utils:::menuInstallLocal() Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) : malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field I only found one mention of this in my Google search, with no reply to the thread. The Contains field appears to be used for bundles, but I'm trying to create a package, not a bundle....

...39;, probable reason 'No such file or directory' Error in gzfile(file, "r") : unable to open connection > traceback() 6: gzfile(file, "r") 5: read.dcf(file.path(curPkg, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Version", "Type")) 4: unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], foundpkgs[okp, 1], lib, installWithVers) 3: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies) 2: install.packages(NULL, .li...

...;r") : unable to open connection In addition: Warning message: cannot open compressed file 'hs95av2hs3ug6cdf_6.0.0.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION' >traceback() 5: gzfile(file, "r") 4: read.dcf(file.path(curPkg, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Version")) 3: unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) 2: .install.macbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies) 1: install.packages("hs95av2hs3ug6cdf_6.0....

The reason dse won't install is because of the new versioned install code. It assumes that it's dealing with a plain package, and doesn't handle bundles properly. Robert, could you look at that? A workaround is as follows. After the install.packages call fails with this message >Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection >In addition: Warning message:

...ormalizePath(file.path(tmpDir, curPkg)), normalizePath(instPath)) 4: warning(gettextf("unable to move temporary installation '%s' to '%s'", normalizePath(file.path(tmpDir, curPkg)), normalizePath(instPath)), domain = NA, call. = FALSE, immediate. = TRUE) 3: unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib) 2: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, dependencies = dependencies, ...) 1: install.packages(file.path(fp, "fgui_1.0-0.zip"), repos = NULL) The error seem...

Dear all, i was working under R 1.6.2 but i wanted to install bioconductor under WinXP, and because R 1.7.1 contains the TclTk package and automatic installation of bioconductor packages, so i install it. Everything is fine except this message which appear after the installation of packages. "> local({a<- CRAN.packages(CRAN=getOption("BIOC")) +

Windows XP. I have just updated to R 2.11.0 and then run update.packages. In the series of updates, a few will succeed, then I get a failure like package 'mvtnorm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'party' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package 'PBSmodelling' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Error in normalizePath(path) :