Have you tried to download from another CRAN mirror, e.g. http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/XML/
More mirrors at http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html As already others said, it's very unlikely that this is not an issue on your end. /Henrik On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph <randolph_steve...@lilly.com> wrote: > Berend.... Thanks. I am aware of the missing kb's in the download. However, > my problem is that it only happens with this package. I download other > packages manually and via command-line install.packages() and > Do not have any problems with completing full downloads of the entire file. > > Perhaps, if someone has the complete download for the XML package, both in > *.zip and *tar formats that they can either email to me or allow me to ftp > from it would help me to move forward with this resolve. > > > > Thanks... > > > Steven > > -----Original Message----- > From: Berend Hasselman [mailto:b...@xs4all.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 12:39 PM > To: Steven Dwayne Randolph > Cc: Ista Zahn; r-help@r-project.org; stevendrando...@aol.com; Piyush Singh - > Network > Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working > > > On 22-10-2013, at 15:19, Steven Dwayne Randolph <randolph_steve...@lilly.com> > wrote: > >> Ista,... Thank you for your response. Here is what is occurring when I >> attempt to command-line install. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> install.packages('XML') >> Installing package into 'C:/Users/xxxxxxx/Documents/R/win-library/3.0' >> (as 'lib' is unspecified) >> trying URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.0/XML_3.98-1.1.zip' >> Content type 'application/zip' length 4287270 bytes (4.1 Mb) opened >> URL downloaded 4.1 Mb >> >> Warning in install.packages : >> downloaded length 4276224 != reported length 4287270 > > > Look at what is reported here. The downloaded length is not equal to the > reported (i.e. actual) length of the zip. > What is the length if you download the .zip file manually? > So something has gone wrong with the download. > Can you open a .zip file in another program? If so see what happens if you > open it in that program. > You have to do detective work. > > Berend > > >> Warning in install.packages : >> error 1 in extracting from zip file >> Warning in install.packages : >> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such >> file or directory' >> Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> STeven >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ista Zahn [mailto:istaz...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:09 AM >> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph >> Cc: Duncan Murdoch; r-help@r-project.org; stevendrando...@aol.com; >> Piyush Singh - Network >> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working >> >> Hi Steven, >> >> I still don't understand why you are downloading it manually. What >> happens when you >> >> install.packages("XML") >> >> ? >> >> Best, >> Ista >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph >> <randolph_steve...@lilly.com> wrote: >>> Duncan... Thank you. >>> >>> 1. I am able to download the XML file via my corporate network, >>> other packages without this same issue, even rcurl and bitops which are >>> pre-requisites on the same page as XML. >>> 2. I have attempted to download this from my own wifi at home >>> using xfinity/Comcast to my personal pc and still get the same error on >>> this package alone. >>> 3. I am genuinely baffled by this package download and >>> install experience. >>> 4. I would gladly build this from source, If indeed I >>> could find the source and then use RTools to compile it. That has been >>> unsuccessful as well. Nightmare? Slightly. >>> >>> Thanks for your response..... >>> Steven >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:13 PM >>> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org; Ista Zahn >>> Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com >>> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working >>> >>> On 13-10-20 9:23 AM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote: >>>> My apologies for not conforming to the posting guideline. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sys.info() >>>> sysname release >>>> version >>>> "Windows" "7 x64" "build 7601, >>>> Service Pack 1" >>>> nodename machine >>>> login >>>> "xxxxxxNU247BZ1S" "x86-64" >>>> "XXXXXX" >>>> user effective_user >>>> "xxxxxxx" "xxxxxxx" >>>> >>>> When I attempt to install a local copy of the xml.zip file: >>>> >>>> in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : >>>> cannot open the connection >>>> In addition: Warning messages: >>>> 1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip >>>> file >>>> 2: In read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : >>>> cannot open compressed file 'XML/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such >>>> file or directory' >>> >>> I think it is pretty clear that the problem is at your end: you aren't >>> downloading the file properly, even though everyone else is. Perhaps you >>> are behind a firewall, or something else is interfering with your downloads? >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:23 PM >>>> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; r-help@r-project.org >>>> Cc: stevendrando...@aol.com >>>> Subject: Re: [R] XML package not working >>>> >>>> On 13-10-19 3:47 PM, Steven Dwayne Randolph wrote: >>>>> I know I cannot be the only one who is not able to install the XML >>>>> package from CRAN (zip or tar file) Many packages depend on this XML >>>>> package. Can someone help me either access the source for a good binary? >>>>> I have received no assistance from the author/developer of the package. >>>> >>>> It installs fine for me. >>>> >>>> Duncan Murdoch >>>> >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
