[R] Help required for Rcmdr
Fox, John
jfox at mcmaster.ca
Wed Feb 10 17:47:15 CET 2016
Dear Sekhar,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
> Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>
> Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help.
> In any case I hv tried all
> over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
I assume that by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.
I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.
Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.
John
>
> On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
>
>
> Dear Sekhar,
>
> I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you
> haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use install.packages()
> to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.
>
> Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the
> package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows GUI
> via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but that too
> won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on which
> the Rcmdr depends.
>
> As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem with
> a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's problem),
> you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in preference
> to the default HTTPS:
>
> Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
> Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first (0-Cloud)
> mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.
>
> If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.
>
> You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help. That
> not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people who
> have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response to r-
> help.
>
> Best,
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
> > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
> > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
> > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >
> > Dear Sirs,
> > Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several CRAN
> mirrors
> > but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also unzip
> the
> > same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
> > that is the problem.
> > regards
> > sekhar
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Rich,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
> <mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
> > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
> > > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
> > > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> > > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
> > Sekhar Venkatesan
> > > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
> > > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-
> help at r-project.org> <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
> > help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ; R-windows at r-
> > > project.org <http://project.org> <http://project.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > >
> > > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty with
> Rstudio.
> > >
> >
> > Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R
> Windows
> > SDI and MDI.
> >
> > Best,
> > John
> >
> >
> > > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named function
> in an
> > > environment that does not appear in either
> conflicts(details=TRUE)
> > or in
> > > search().
> > >
> > > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
> > >
> > > utils::install.packages("package.name <http://package.name>
> <http://package.name> ")
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
> > <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > dear John,
> > > > Thanks for your prompt reply
> > > >
> > > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
> > > >>
> > > >> Dear Vito,
> > > >>
> > > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a general
> way,
> > > >
> > > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
> straightforwardly..
> > > >
> > > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call install.packages()
> all the
> > > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
> > > > Of course..
> > > >
> > > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
> > > > install.packages() from working in your case -- possibly an
> > Internet
> > > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server, use of
> https,
> > etc.
> > > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these issues
> > than I am
> > > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for fixing the
> > problem.
> > > >
> > > > However I have just checked that it works with *http*
> servers
> > (but not
> > > > for any other *https*..)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your support,
> > > > best,
> > > > vito
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Best,
> > > >> John
> > > >>
> > > >> -----------------------------
> > > >> John Fox, Professor
> > > >> McMaster University
> > > >> Hamilton, Ontario
> > > >> Canada L8S 4M4
> > > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ________________________________________
> > > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:r-
> help-bounces at r-project.org> <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
> > bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
> behalf of Vito M. R.
> > > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
> > ]
> > > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
> > > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
> project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >
> > > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
> project.org> <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
> > project.org <http://project.org> >
> > > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> > > >>
> > > >> dear all,
> > > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr
> package
> > itself..
> > > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
> > > >>
> > > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when typing
> > > >>
> > > >> > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
> > > >>
> > > >> I get the message
> > > >> Warning message:
> > > >> package ‘_ANY_PACKAGE_’ is not available (for R version
> 3.2.3)
> > > >>
> > > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
> > > >>
> > > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
> > > >>
> > > >> best,
> > > >> vito
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
> > > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you instead
> of R-
> > help.
> > > >>> Thanks
> > > >>> for directing me.
> > > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i asked for
> > > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not
> available
> > with
> > > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for getting started
> with
> > > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical
> interface
> > which
> > > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr console.
> > > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out the
> R
> > console as
> > > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import
> files
> > and also
> > > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-
> commander
> > console.
> > > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the R-
> commander
> > > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the statistical
> > operations.
> > > >>> Thanks and regards,
> > > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
> disturbing
> > him.
> > > >>> Sekhar
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> > > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
> > > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN site. I
> > have tried
> > > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface. But
> > Rcmdr is not
> > > >>>>> opening in as a console along with R console. Help is
> > required to
> > > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
> > library(Rcmdr)
> > > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
> > > >>>>> thanks
> > > >>>>> Sekhar
> > > >>>>> Delhi
> > > >>>>> India
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help. Please write
> to R-
> > help,
> > > >>>>> and
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands
> that are
> > failing.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> ______________________________________________
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> > > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible code.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >>
> ==============================================
> > > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > > >> Università di Palermo
> > > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > > >> tel: 091 23895240
> > > >> fax: 091 485726
> > > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > > >>
> > > >>
> ______________________________________________
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> > > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> reproducible
> > code.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ==============================================
> > > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
> > > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> > > > Università di Palermo
> > > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> > > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> > > > tel: 091 23895240
> > > > fax: 091 485726
> > > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> > > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> > > >
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> > > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> reproducible
> > code.
> >
> >
>
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