Dear Akhilesh, I hope that it's clear that the Windows binary I provided for the data.table package is a temporary solution, and that the maintainer should fix the package so that it passes its own tests. You should be careful using the package in its current state.
Best, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Akhilesh Singh [mailto:akhileshsingh.i...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 4:10 AM > To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> > Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully > being > installed > > Dear Dr. John Fox, > > The solution provided by you has worked. I downloaded the binary file of > data.table package made available your website > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> >, > installed it in R and RStudio. And I happy to report that it has successfully > worked. Many thanks to you, and to other members of R-team who have tried > help me. > > > With regards, > > > Dr. A.K. Singh > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca > <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > wrote: > > > Dear A.K. Singh, > > As you discovered, the data.table package has an error under R 3.5.0 > that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary for the package. The > reason that you weren't able to install the package from source is apparently > that you haven't installed the R package-building tools for Windows. See > <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ <https://cran.r- > project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/> >. > > Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages have > contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around I've placed a > Windows binary for the data.table package on my website at > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> >. > You should be able to install the package from there via the command > > > install.packages("https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_ > 1.10.4-3.zip > <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> ", > repos=NULL, type="win.binary") > > I expect that this problem will go away when the maintainer of the > data.table package fixes the error. > > I hope this helps, > John > > -------------------------------------- > John Fox, Professor Emeritus > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > Web: socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/ > <http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org <mailto:r-help- > boun...@r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Akhilesh > > Singh > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:08 AM > > To: r-help mailing list <r-help@r-project.org <mailto:r-help@r- > project.org> > > > Subject: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully > > being installed > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > I am using R on Windows OS platform. I upgraded my R-system to > version > > R-3.5.0. While upgrading my libraries in R as well as in RStudio, I am > > stuck up in the package 'data.table', which is required by many > other > > packages in R-codes in my R-Markdown files. > > > > I tried to install 'data.table' from "USA-berkely" and "UK-bristol" > as > > well as "RStudio" mirrors when the following errors are being > shown: > > > > From USA-berkely and UK-bristol mirrors: > > ================================= > > Package which is only available in source form, and may need > > compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘data.table’ > > These will not be installed > > Warning message: > > In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) : > > InternetOpenUrl failed: '' > > > > From RStudio mirror: > > ================ > > Package which is only available in source form, and may need > compilation > > of > > C/C++/Fortran: ‘data.table’ > > These will not be installed > > > > Afterwards, I consulted google users, I downloaded the source > package: > > "data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz" from CRAN, stored it on desktop, and > tried > > following command for installing from source only: > > > > > > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K. > > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL, > > type="source") > > > > This generated following errors messages: > > > > > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K. > > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL, > > type="source") Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Dr. A.K. > > Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’ > > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) > > * installing *source* package 'data.table' ... > > ** package 'data.table' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums > checked > > ** libs > > Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found > > ERROR: compilation failed for package 'data.table' > > * removing 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. Singh/Documents/R/win- > > library/3.5/data.table' > > * restoring previous 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. > > Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/data.table' > > In R CMD INSTALL > > Warning message: > > In install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K. > > Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", : > > installation of package > > ‘C:/Users/DRAK~1.SIN/Desktop/data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz’ had non- > zero > > exit status > > > > > > > > > I is requested to kindly help. I was writing a book using R- > Markdown. > > And I am stuck up as described above. > > > > Dr. A.K. Singh > > Professor and Head > > Department of Agricultural Statistics > > Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya > > Raipur > > Chhattisgarh > > India > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R- > project.org/posting- <http://www.R-project.org/posting-> > > guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible > code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@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.
