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
<[email protected]> 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:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:13 PM
> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; [email protected]; Ista Zahn
> Cc: [email protected]
> 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:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:23 PM
>> To: Steven Dwayne Randolph; [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> 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
>>
>
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