So I'm still not sure how to get these to install. They worked fine when running 2.3.1, but when I updated R to 2.4.1 I can no longer install these packages. Is there a fix?
Ken On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 1/9/2007 2:02 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote: >> Duncan, >> On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> On 1/9/2007 1:34 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote: >>>> Ken, >>>> On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Ken Nussear wrote: >>>>> I upgraded R to 2.4.1 yesterday and I'm having problems >>>>> reinstalling some packages I had installed before and that I >>>>> need for some modeling. >>>>> >>>>> I've tried rgl and fBasics and I get similar error messages >>>>> (see below). >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone had luck with this? >>>>> >>>> This looks like a problem with the mirror - did you try another >>>> CRAN mirror? If in doubt, a good test is to try the master >>>> CRAN repository... >>> >>> The version of rgl is also a couple of releases out of date, but >>> I see that's what is currently on CRAN as the MacOSX binary. >>> The problem is that the examples in rgl won't run without an X11 >>> server. >>> >> current rgl doesn't pass make check, that's why it's not available >> in binary form: >> http://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-patched-macosx-ix86/ >> rgl-00check.html >> Should I put it on fake install? > > Yes, please, if that's easier than running it on a machine where an > X server is available. (If you were running it on a machine with > an X server, then that error is more serious.) > > Duncan > >> Cheers, >> Simon >>> Could you special case rgl, so it gets built? >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Simon >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> trying URL 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/universal/ >>>>> contrib/ >>>>> 2.4/rgl_0.68.tgz' >>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1649254 bytes >>>>> opened URL >>>>> ================================================== >>>>> downloaded 1610Kb >>>>> >>>>> Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) : >>>>> argument is missing, with no default >>>>> tar: Skipping to next header >>>>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >>>>> tar: A lone zero block at 1730 >>>>> >>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error >>>>> >>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error >>>>> tar: Child returned status 1 >>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>>>> >>>>> trying URL 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/universal/ >>>>> contrib/ >>>>> 2.4/fBasics_240.10068.1.tgz' >>>>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1412462 bytes >>>>> opened URL >>>>> ================================================== >>>>> downloaded 1379Kb >>>>> >>>>> tar: Skipping to next header >>>>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >>>>> >>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error >>>>> >>>>> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error >>>>> tar: Read 10235 bytes from /tmp/RtmpyBlfBq/downloaded_packages/ >>>>> fEcofin_240.10067.tgz >>>>> tar: Child returned status 1 >>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>>>> Error in sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) : >>>>> argument is missing, with no default >>>>> In addition: Warning message: >>>>> installation of package 'rgl' had non-zero exit status in: >>>>> install.packages(c("rgl"), lib = "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/ >>>>> Resources/library/", >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >>> _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
