Thanks for your reply. On http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/
Frozen Rtools216.exe R >2.15.1 to R 2.16.x No Frozen means "no available" ? So, PortfolioAnalytics cannot be used on Linux or Win until Mar. 2012 ? Are there substitutes ? Any help will be appreciated. > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 16:35:44 -0800 > Subject: Re: [R] error of installing/building an R package > (PortfolioAnalytics) on Win 7 > From: djmu...@gmail.com > To: dtustud...@hotmail.com > > (1) If you have R 2.15.2 on your computer, you need Rtools215, not > 216; the latter is for the upcoming 2.16 release that is in beta right > now and is not expected to be released before late March 2013. > > (2) If you go to the project page on R-Forge, > https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=579 > you'll discover that PortfolioAnalytics failed to build there. Until > it does, you won't be able to install the development version of the > package in your R library. When it does, you would use something like > > install.packages("PortfolioAnalytics", repos = > "r-forge.r-project.org", type = "source") > > at the command line to install it. This is necessary on Linux, but > depending on the package, there may be available binaries for Windows > and Mac, in which case you can install those instead of having to > build it from source and you can remove the last argument above from > the install.packages() call. > > Dennis > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Jack Bryan <dtustud...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install a package (PortfolioAnalytics) of R 2.15.2 on Win 7. > > > > I have tried the following instructions on : > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11105131/cannot-install-r-forge-package-using-install-packages > > > > I used svn checkout > > svn://svn.r-forge.r-project.org/svnroot/returnanalytics/ to > > get the package and then copy it to my Win 7. > > > > > > Then, on Win 7 I run: > > > >> install.packages('PortfolioAnalytics', type='source', repos='<The > >> location of the package on Win 7>') > > > > I got > > > > Warning: unable to access index for repository > > C:/myPath/library/returnanalytics/pkg/PerformanceAnalytics/src/contrib > > Warning: package PortfolioAnalytics is not available (for R version > > 2.15.2) > > > > > > I also tried > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4739837/how-do-i-install-an-r-package-from-the-source-tarball-on-windows > > > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Windows-packages > > (6.3.1 Windows) > > > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset > > (Appendix D The Windows toolset) > > > > I have installed RTools216 on Win 7. But, it does not say how to use it to > > build a R package on Win 7. > > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools216.exe > > > > Any help will be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > 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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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