Re: [R] Problem with particular file in XML package?

2015-05-28 Thread Gen
Keith Jewell-2 wrote The OP asked Has anyone else had trouble with the XML package lately and if so, how did you resolve it? For what it's worth... I failed to install XML using install() with the defaults; I can't remember the exact error message, something about access denied.

Re: [R] Problem with particular file in XML package?

2015-05-28 Thread Keith Jewell
The OP asked Has anyone else had trouble with the XML package lately and if so, how did you resolve it? For what it's worth... I failed to install XML using install() with the defaults; I can't remember the exact error message, something about access denied. Downloading XML_3.98-1.1.zip

Re: [R] Problem with particular file in XML package?

2015-05-28 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
This really should have been sent to the package maintainer. But that the zip file is corrupt has been reported several times, and does not block installation for anyone else, so your (plural) diagnosis is wrong. On 28/05/2015 03:56, Gen wrote: I have been attempting to install the R

Re: [R] Problem with particular file in XML package?

2015-05-28 Thread Hadley Wickham
I have also seen this problem on a student's windows machine (with R 3.2.0 and on multiple mirrors). It appeared that the package zip itself was being corrupted (with an error to the tune of downloaded file size does not agree with actual file size). The most likely explanation that I could come

[R] Problem with particular file in XML package?

2015-05-27 Thread Gen
I have been attempting to install the R devtools package at work. The version of R is 3.1.2 (Pumpkin Helmet). However, the installation of devtools fails because devtools depends on rversions which in turn depends upon the XML package (XML_3.98-1.1.tar.gz), and the XML package is not importing