[R] RQuantLib

David Winsemius dwinsemius at comcast.net
Sat Dec 30 18:49:18 CET 2017


> On Dec 30, 2017, at 9:46 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Dec 30, 2017, at 9:44 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 30, 2017, at 7:54 AM, rsherry8 <rsherry8 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OA,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the response. I downloaded the file RQuantLib_0.4.4.tar.gz 
>>> into a directory c:\r.zip on my Windows machine. I then ran the 
>>> following command and I received the following output:
>>> 
>>>> install.packages("RQuantLib", lib="/r.zip/")
>>> Warning message:
>>> package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.4.3)
>> 
>> The install.packages command should include repo=NULL when installing from local binary package, and it also should include type="source"

Added the missing dbl-quote.

>>  when the package is not binary.
> 
> Furthermore, the system requirements in the DESCRIPTION file are:
> 
> 
> SystemRequirements:	QuantLib library (>= 1.8.0) from http://quantlib.org, Boost library from http://www.boost.org

And finally (perhaps):

The binaries at CRAN for windows are still at 0.4.2 so you might consider install that version from source:

RQuantLib_0.4.2.tar.gz at https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RQuantLib/RQuantLib_0.4.2.tar.gz


> 
> 
>>> 
>>> I did not unpack the .gz file. Should I have?
>>> 
>>> Please comment.
>>> Bob Sherry
>>> 
>>> On 12/30/2017 2:24 AM, Orvalho Augusto wrote:
>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know what is the cause of your trouble but try this:
>>>> 1. Download the zip of package.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. And install it from local zip files. This you find on the Packages 
>>>> menu.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope it helps
>>>> OA
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:31 AM, rsherry8 <rsherry8 at comcast.net 
>>>> <mailto:rsherry8 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  Joshua,
>>>> 
>>>>  Thanks for the response. When you said at least version 3.4.0, I
>>>>  upgraded to 3.4.2 which I believe is the current version. Now, I
>>>>  attempted to install the package RQuantLib but it did not work.
>>>>  Here is what I got:
>>>> 
>>>>> install.packages("RQuantLib")
>>>>  Installing package into ‘C:/Users/rsher/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’
>>>>  (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>>  Warning message:
>>>>  package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.4.2)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  Please help.
>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>  Bob Sherry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  On 12/28/2017 10:28 PM, Joshua Ulrich wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>      On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 6:02 PM, rsherry8
>>>>      <rsherry8 at comcast.net <mailto:rsherry8 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>          I have recently installed R on my new computer. I also
>>>>          want to install the
>>>>          package RQuantLib. So I run the following command and get
>>>>          the following
>>>>          output:
>>>> 
>>>>                install.packages("RQuantLib")
>>>> 
>>>>          Installing package into
>>>>          ‘C:/Users/rsher/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’
>>>>          (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>>          --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>>>          Warning message:
>>>>          package ‘RQuantLib’ is not available (for R version 3.2.4
>>>>          Revised)
>>>> 
>>>>          The package did not install. Am I doing something wrong.
>>>>          Is the package
>>>>          going to be updated for the latest version of R?
>>>> 
>>>>      Windows binary packages are only built for the most current
>>>>      (major)
>>>>      version of R.  You need to upgrade to at least R-3.4.0, or you
>>>>      will
>>>>      have to install RQuantLib (and therefore QuantLib itself) from
>>>>      source.
>>>> 
>>>>          Thanks,
>>>>          Bob
>>>> 
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>> 
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
>> 
>> 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.'   -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
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> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

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