[R] Help required for Rcmdr

Fox, John jfox at mcmaster.ca
Mon Feb 22 14:17:10 CET 2016


Dear sekhar,

You don't need a C or C++ compiler to use the Rcmdr package. Nor do you need a compiler to install the package on Windows or Mac OS X, for which binary packages are provided by CRAN. Apparently, from your previous question, you're using a Windows system, and so you don't need a C or C++ compiler, unless for some reason you want to install the package from source (because there is a single small C program in the sources for the package).

Why do you ask?

I hope this helps,
 John

-----------------------------
John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox


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From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org] on behalf of Sekhar Venkatesan [venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
Sent: February 21, 2016 7:49 AM
To: R-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr

Dear Sirs,
just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in the
installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr
regards
sekhar

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:

> 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]]
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>>
> > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > >>> 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> >  mailing
> >       > list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
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> >       >       > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> >       >       > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >       >       > >>> 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
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >>
> > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > >> 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> >  mailing
> list
> >       > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> >       >       > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> >       >       > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> >       >       > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >       >       > >> 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
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > > 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> >  mailing
> list -
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> >       >       > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible
> >       > code.
> >       >
> >       >
> >
> >
>
>

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