[R] Reading from Google Docs

Duncan Murdoch murdoch at stats.uwo.ca
Wed Jul 8 16:09:27 CEST 2009


On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
> again. It does not help me
> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions. Where
> can I find them.

Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed 
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
> source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in the
> installer) and toolset (see The Windows
> toolset<file:///C:/Program%20Files/R/R-2.9.1/doc/manual/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset>)
> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by install.packages
> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
> of the types of documentation to be installed.
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> 
> 
> 
> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> 
>> See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how
>> to install source packages on Windows.
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>>> After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error
>>>
>>> message
>>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
>>> program or batch file.
>>>
>>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
>>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
>>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
>>>
>>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
>>> <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>  I have haven't neen following this thread but:
>>>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
>>>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
>>>> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
>>>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
>>>> builds
>>>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
>>>> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
>>>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>>>>
>>>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
>>>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
>>>> the others.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky<fjbuch at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
>>>>> Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
>>>>> RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>>> to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs
>>>>>
>>>> under
>>>>
>>>>> Library and then change to that directory?
>>>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <
>>>>>
>>>> ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
>>>>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>>>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
>>>>>> created by the build.
>>>>>>
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