[R] Installing the Rstem package

Thu Mar 5 23:05:46 CET 2009

Maria I. Tchalakova wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> thanks a lot for the replies. I've installed the binary for R-2.8.x
> available at:
> http://www.statistik.uni-dortmund.de/~ligges/Rstem_0.3-1.zip
> 
> However, when I try using some of the functions, such as
> getStemLanguages() or wordStem(), I get:

Have you loaded the package via

   library("Rstem")  ?

It works for me.

>> getStemLanguages()
> Error: could not find function "getStemLanguages"
> 
> or
> 
>> words = c("sing", "singing", "singer")
>> wordStem(words, language = "english")
> Error: could not find function "wordStem"
> 
> Why do I get this? Haven't I installed the package correctly? I've
> done this using the R Gui: "Packages" --> "Install package(s) from
> local zip files ...", have chosen the .zip file, which I've downloaded
> from the URL you sent me, and I got:
> 
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> package 'Rstem' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> updating HTML package descriptions
> 
> Do I need to do something else? I receive the same results after
> installing (in this way) the the binary for R-2.7.x.
> 
> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>> b) A few are available from CRAN extras (one of the default repositories on Window), and I've added Rstem.
> 
> I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you mean by "CRAN extras". I have
> googled and found this page with binaries checks for Windows, but
> there is no Rstem package there, and it is just a "check" (no files
> which I could download):
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/checkSummaryWin.html

No, Brian meant the CRAN extras repository he maintains in Oxford. And 
since it is a default repository for R binary packages for Windows, now also
install.packages("Rstem")
should work for you.

Anyway, you always need to load the package before using it.

  Uwe Ligges

> Regards
> 
> 
> On 3/5/09, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 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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>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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