Hi If you do not need to stick with gdata you could try package readxl, it does not need any further packages.
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/readxl/readxl.pdf It results in tibble data but change to data.frame is easy. Cheers Petr > -----Original Message----- > From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Aakash Kumar > Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:43 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Query on read.xls function in gdata > > Hi Team, > > I am trying to read in .xls files in R using read.xls function present in > gdata > package. I have installed the required perl dependencies as well. > Yet, I am facing the following error. > > "*Error in xls2sep : Intermediate file is missing*" > > Could someone please help me out understanding the cause and if possible, a > fix for the same? > > Thanks in advance! > > Regards, > Aakash > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. Osobní údaje: Informace o zpracování a ochraně osobních údajů obchodních partnerů PRECHEZA a.s. jsou zveřejněny na: https://www.precheza.cz/zasady-ochrany-osobnich-udaju/ | Information about processing and protection of business partner’s personal data are available on website: https://www.precheza.cz/en/personal-data-protection-principles/ Důvěrnost: Tento e-mail a jakékoliv k němu připojené dokumenty jsou důvěrné a podléhají tomuto právně závaznému prohláąení o vyloučení odpovědnosti: https://www.precheza.cz/01-dovetek/ | This email and any documents attached to it may be confidential and are subject to the legally binding disclaimer: https://www.precheza.cz/en/01-disclaimer/ ______________________________________________ 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.