[R] Installing the Rstem package

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I don't understand the last message either: the build environment has 
problems.

a) There seem to be no Windows binaries on Omegahat for R > 2.7.

b) A few are available from CRAN extras (one of the default 
repositories on Window), and I've added Rstem.  So please try again 
now.

On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Maria I. Tchalakova wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install the Rstem package, but I have problems. I am
> using Windows XP and the 2.8.1 version of R. I have read the "Add-on
> packages" chapter of the "R Installation and Administration" manual,
> and also have tried several things, which worked for other people on
> the mailing list having faced the same problem
> (http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/06/03/22889.html).
>
> I paste below the things, which I have tried and the results. I don't
> understand what the message "installation of package 'Rstem' had
> non-zero exit status" mean, which I get on my last try below. Could
> anyone advise me what should I do? Thank you.
>
> p.s. I have successfully installed the lsa package, which depends on
> the Rstem package.

Only for some restricted value of 'success'.

>
>
> ###### First Try ######
>> chooseCRANmirror()
>> install.packages(c("Rstem", "lsa"))
> trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/lsa_0.61.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 205671 bytes (200 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 200 Kb
>
> package 'lsa' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>        C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local
> Settings\Temp\RtmpdBelSq\downloaded_packages
> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> package ‘Rstem’ is not available
>
>
> ###### Second Try ########
>> install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R")
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://www.omegahat.org/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.8
> Warning message:
> package ‘Rstem’ is not available
>
>
>
> ###### Third Try ######
>> install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/")
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/bin/windows/contrib/2.8
> Warning message:
> package ‘Rstem’ is not available
>
>
> The Rstem package could be found here:
> http://www.omegahat.org/Rstem/
>
>
>
> ###### Fourth Try ######
>> install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R", type = "source")
>
> trying URL 'http://www.omegahat.org/R/src/contrib/Rstem_0.3-1.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 606408 bytes (592 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 592 Kb
>
> tar (child): Cannot open archive
> /cygdrive/C\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpdBelSq/downloaded_packages/Rstem_0.3-1.tar.gz:
> No such file or directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> Error: cannot untar the package
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>        C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local
> Settings\Temp\RtmpdBelSq\downloaded_packages
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("Rstem", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R",  :
>  installation of package 'Rstem' had non-zero exit status
> ######
>
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