[R] Reading from Google Docs
Duncan Temple Lang
duncan at wald.ucdavis.edu
Thu Jul 9 04:53:38 CEST 2009
Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> ........
> Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super painful. Now
> that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder with my
> coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the same
> process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really do not want
> to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.
>
> Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere so that
> others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate that I should
> post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that it is Duncan
> Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his work as he
> wishes?
Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
Both encourage you to help others and make the
binary available to others.
And indeed, I hope that Windows users do build binaries
for others and remove the additional work from those
who provide the software in the first place.
Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
so
install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R")
should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the hardship
of building the binary. Sorry to do it so soon after.
D.
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky <fjbuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to
>> restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
>>> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
>>> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
>>> find other programs stop working. That actually happened
>>> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
>>> that Rtools was the culprit.
>>>
>>> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
>>> that problem.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch<murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>>> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
>>> from
>>>>> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>>>> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 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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