Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Is anyone using RGoogleDocs? If so have you used it in the last few weeks
and is it working as it used to. Look at the problem I have run into.
Farrel Buchinsky




On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 14:25, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

> Thank you for the interest in my problem.
>
>
> I have been  using the same script (see below) successfully for the past 5
> months and now all of a sudden I have problems. Could R be
> functioning differently under 2.10? Could Google have changed their
> authentication procedures? In other words are you currently able to read
> spreadsheets into R the way you used to?
>
> library(RGoogleDocs)
> ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")
> sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com", ps,
> service ="wise"))
> ts2=getWorksheets("OnCall",sheets.con)
> Error in getDocs(con) : problems connecting to get the list of documents
>
> I used options(error = recover) to troubleshoot but alas I am none the
> wiser (no pun intended). I am pasting the output here. Can you see where the
> problem is coming from? [By the way, I changed my script temporarily to
> service="writely" and the getDocs command worked. If I remember correctly
> RGoogleDocs had a problem about 6 months ago whereby one could list the
> documents but not the spreadsheets and then you fixed it. ]
>
> Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit
>
> 1: getWorksheets("OnCall", sheets.con)
> 2: getDocs(con)
>
> Selection: 2
> Called from: eval(expr, envir, enclos)
> Browse[1]> objects()
> [1] "as.data.frame" "auth"  "curl"  "folders"   "h"
> "status""what"  "x"
> Browse[1]> body()
> {
> if (what %in% names(GoogleURLs))
> what = GoogleURLs[what]
> else if (is(curl, "GoogleSpreadsheetsConnection"))
> what = GoogleURLs["spreadsheets"]
> curlSetOpt(customrequest = "GET", curl = curl)
> h = basicTextGatherer()
> if (folders)
> what = paste(what, "showfolders=true", sep = "?")
> x = getURL(what, curl = curl, headerfunction = h$update,
> followlocation = TRUE, ...)
> status = parseHTTPHeader(h$value())
> if (floor(as.numeric(status[["status"]])/100) != 2)
> stop("problems connecting to get the list of documents")
> doc = xmlParse(x, asText = TRUE)
> if (toupper(xmlName(xmlRoot(doc))) == "HTML")
> stop("Can't get document list. Is the connection still valid?
> Perhaps initialize a new connection.")
> convertDocList(doc, curl, as.data.frame)
> }
> Browse[1]> status
>
> WWW-Authenticate
>Content-Type
> "GoogleLogin realm=\"http://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin\";,
> service=\"writely\""
>  "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
>
> Date
> Expires
> "Sat, 28 Nov 2009
> 19:04:22 GMT" "Sat,
> 28 Nov 2009 19:04:22 GMT"
>
>  Cache-Control
>X-Content-Type-Options
>
> "private, max-age=0"
>   "nosniff"
>
> X-XSS-Protection
> X-Frame-Options
>
>  "0"
>"SAMEORIGIN"
>
>   Server
>   Transfer-Encoding
>
>"GFE/2.0"
>   "chunked"
>
>   status
>   statusMessage
>
>"401"
> "Token invalid"
>
>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:45, Duncan Temple Lang  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>> > Please oh please could someone help me or at least confirm that they are
>> > having the same problem.
>> >
>> > Why am I getting the error message from RGoogleDocs
>> >
>> >> getDocs(sheets.con)
>> > Error in getDocs(sheets.con) :
>> >   problems connecting to get the list of documents
>>
>> You are using a connection to the wise service (for worksheets)
>> to get the list of documents from the document service.
>>
>> If you call getDocs() with an connection to writely, I
>> imagine it will succeed.
>>
>> So you have a token, but it is for the wrong thing.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > How do I troubleshoot?
>>
>> The first thing is to learn about debugging in R.
>> For example,
>>
>> options(error = recover)
>>
>> getDocs(sheets.con)
>>
>> The error occurs and you are presented with a menu prompt that allows you
>> to select the call frame of interest. There is only one - getDocs().
>> Enter 1 .  Now you have an R prompt  that allows you to explore
>> the call frame.
>>
>>  objects()
>>
>>  body()
>>
>>
>> Take a look at status
>>
>>  status
>>
>>
>>WWW-Authenticate
>> "GoogleLogin realm=\"http://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin\";,
>> service=\"writely\""
>>
>> Content-Type
>> "text/html;
>> charset=UTF-8"
>>
>> Date
>>"Sat, 28 Nov 2009
>> 17:36:16 GMT"
>>
>>  Expires
>>"Sat, 28 Nov 2009
>> 17:36:16 GMT"
>>
>>  

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Thank you for the interest in my problem.


I have been  using the same script (see below) successfully for the past 5
months and now all of a sudden I have problems. Could R be
functioning differently under 2.10? Could Google have changed their
authentication procedures? In other words are you currently able to read
spreadsheets into R the way you used to?

library(RGoogleDocs)
ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")
sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com", ps,
service ="wise"))
ts2=getWorksheets("OnCall",sheets.con)
Error in getDocs(con) : problems connecting to get the list of documents

I used options(error = recover) to troubleshoot but alas I am none the wiser
(no pun intended). I am pasting the output here. Can you see where the
problem is coming from? [By the way, I changed my script temporarily to
service="writely" and the getDocs command worked. If I remember correctly
RGoogleDocs had a problem about 6 months ago whereby one could list the
documents but not the spreadsheets and then you fixed it. ]

Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit

1: getWorksheets("OnCall", sheets.con)
2: getDocs(con)

Selection: 2
Called from: eval(expr, envir, enclos)
Browse[1]> objects()
[1] "as.data.frame" "auth"  "curl"  "folders"   "h"
"status""what"  "x"
Browse[1]> body()
{
if (what %in% names(GoogleURLs))
what = GoogleURLs[what]
else if (is(curl, "GoogleSpreadsheetsConnection"))
what = GoogleURLs["spreadsheets"]
curlSetOpt(customrequest = "GET", curl = curl)
h = basicTextGatherer()
if (folders)
what = paste(what, "showfolders=true", sep = "?")
x = getURL(what, curl = curl, headerfunction = h$update,
followlocation = TRUE, ...)
status = parseHTTPHeader(h$value())
if (floor(as.numeric(status[["status"]])/100) != 2)
stop("problems connecting to get the list of documents")
doc = xmlParse(x, asText = TRUE)
if (toupper(xmlName(xmlRoot(doc))) == "HTML")
stop("Can't get document list. Is the connection still valid?
Perhaps initialize a new connection.")
convertDocList(doc, curl, as.data.frame)
}
Browse[1]> status

WWW-Authenticate
   Content-Type
"GoogleLogin realm=\"http://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin\";,
service=\"writely\""
 "text/html; charset=UTF-8"

  Date
  Expires
"Sat, 28 Nov 2009
19:04:22 GMT" "Sat,
28 Nov 2009 19:04:22 GMT"

 Cache-Control
   X-Content-Type-Options
   "private,
max-age=0"
"nosniff"

X-XSS-Protection
X-Frame-Options

   "0"
 "SAMEORIGIN"

Server
Transfer-Encoding

 "GFE/2.0"
"chunked"

status
statusMessage

 "401"
  "Token invalid"



Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:45, Duncan Temple Lang
wrote:

>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> > Please oh please could someone help me or at least confirm that they are
> > having the same problem.
> >
> > Why am I getting the error message from RGoogleDocs
> >
> >> getDocs(sheets.con)
> > Error in getDocs(sheets.con) :
> >   problems connecting to get the list of documents
>
> You are using a connection to the wise service (for worksheets)
> to get the list of documents from the document service.
>
> If you call getDocs() with an connection to writely, I
> imagine it will succeed.
>
> So you have a token, but it is for the wrong thing.
>
> >
> >
> > How do I troubleshoot?
>
> The first thing is to learn about debugging in R.
> For example,
>
> options(error = recover)
>
> getDocs(sheets.con)
>
> The error occurs and you are presented with a menu prompt that allows you
> to select the call frame of interest. There is only one - getDocs().
> Enter 1 .  Now you have an R prompt  that allows you to explore
> the call frame.
>
>  objects()
>
>  body()
>
>
> Take a look at status
>
>  status
>
>
>WWW-Authenticate
> "GoogleLogin realm=\"http://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin\";,
> service=\"writely\""
>
> Content-Type
> "text/html;
> charset=UTF-8"
>
>   Date
>"Sat, 28 Nov 2009
> 17:36:16 GMT"
>
>Expires
>"Sat, 28 Nov 2009
> 17:36:16 GMT"
>
>  Cache-Control
>   "private,
> max-age=0"
>
> X-Content-Type-Options
>
>  "nosniff"
>
> X-XSS-Protection
>
>"0"
>
>  X-Frame-Options
>
> "SAMEORIGIN"
>
> Server
>
>  "GFE/2.0"
>
>  Transfer-Encoding
>
>  "chunked"
>
> status
>
>  "401"
>
>  statusMessage
>
>  "Token invalid"
>
>
> This is the parsed header of the reply from the GoogleDocs server.
>
> x 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> Please oh please could someone help me or at least confirm that they are
> having the same problem.
> 
> Why am I getting the error message from RGoogleDocs
> 
>> getDocs(sheets.con)
> Error in getDocs(sheets.con) :
>   problems connecting to get the list of documents

You are using a connection to the wise service (for worksheets)
to get the list of documents from the document service.

If you call getDocs() with an connection to writely, I
imagine it will succeed.

So you have a token, but it is for the wrong thing.

> 
> 
> How do I troubleshoot?

The first thing is to learn about debugging in R.
For example,

options(error = recover)

getDocs(sheets.con)

The error occurs and you are presented with a menu prompt that allows you
to select the call frame of interest. There is only one - getDocs().
Enter 1 .  Now you have an R prompt  that allows you to explore
the call frame.

 objects()

 body()


Take a look at status

  status


WWW-Authenticate
"GoogleLogin realm=\"http://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin\";, 
service=\"writely\""
   
Content-Type
 "text/html; 
charset=UTF-8"

   Date
"Sat, 28 Nov 2009 
17:36:16 GMT"

Expires
"Sat, 28 Nov 2009 
17:36:16 GMT"
  
Cache-Control
   "private, 
max-age=0"
 
X-Content-Type-Options
  
"nosniff"
   
X-XSS-Protection

"0"

X-Frame-Options
   
"SAMEORIGIN"

 Server
  
"GFE/2.0"
  
Transfer-Encoding
  
"chunked"

 status

  "401"
  
statusMessage
"Token 
invalid"


This is the parsed header of the reply from the GoogleDocs server.

x contains the result of the query and it is an HTML document with the (same) 
error message.


> 
> 
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 17:08, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> 
>> Oh OH! Could you please help with a problem that I never used to get.
>>
>> library(RGoogleDocs)
>> ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")
>> sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com", ps,
>> service ="wise"))
>> ts2=getWorksheets("OnCall",sheets.con)
>>
>> Those opening lines of script used to work flawlesly. Now I get.
>> Error in getDocs(con) : problems connecting to get the list of documents
>>
>> Yet I got it to work earlier while I had been toying with RGoogleData
>> package in another session. Could RGoogleData have opened something for
>> RGoogleDocs to use?
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>> Sent from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 16:34, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
>>
>>> That was painless. I had already installed Rtools and had already put it
>>> on my path.
>>>
>>> Your line worked very well. [Thanks for telling me. However I did it last
>>> time was worse than sticking daggers in my eyes. ]
>>>  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";, 
>>> type="source"
>>> )
>>>
>>> I now have
>>> Package: RGoogleDocs
>>> Version: 0.4-0
>>> Title:
>>> 
>>> Maintainer: Duncan Temple Lang 
>>> Packaged: 2009-10-27 22:10:22 UTC; duncan
>>> Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-11-25 20:59:03 UTC; windows
>>>
>>> I am providing the following link to a copy of my RGoogleDocs zipped
>>> directory. It is for people who run R in windows and do not want to go
>>> through the pain of setting things up so that they can install source.
>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23200/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs.zip
>>>
>>> I

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Please oh please could someone help me or at least confirm that they are
having the same problem.

Why am I getting the error message from RGoogleDocs

> getDocs(sheets.con)
Error in getDocs(sheets.con) :
  problems connecting to get the list of documents


How do I troubleshoot?


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 17:08, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

> Oh OH! Could you please help with a problem that I never used to get.
>
> library(RGoogleDocs)
> ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")
> sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com", ps,
> service ="wise"))
> ts2=getWorksheets("OnCall",sheets.con)
>
> Those opening lines of script used to work flawlesly. Now I get.
> Error in getDocs(con) : problems connecting to get the list of documents
>
> Yet I got it to work earlier while I had been toying with RGoogleData
> package in another session. Could RGoogleData have opened something for
> RGoogleDocs to use?
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
> Sent from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 16:34, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
>
>> That was painless. I had already installed Rtools and had already put it
>> on my path.
>>
>> Your line worked very well. [Thanks for telling me. However I did it last
>> time was worse than sticking daggers in my eyes. ]
>>  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";, 
>> type="source"
>> )
>>
>> I now have
>> Package: RGoogleDocs
>> Version: 0.4-0
>> Title:
>> 
>> Maintainer: Duncan Temple Lang 
>> Packaged: 2009-10-27 22:10:22 UTC; duncan
>> Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-11-25 20:59:03 UTC; windows
>>
>> I am providing the following link to a copy of my RGoogleDocs zipped
>> directory. It is for people who run R in windows and do not want to go
>> through the pain of setting things up so that they can install source.
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23200/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs.zip
>>
>> I BELIEVE that if one downloads the zip and extracts it to an empty
>> directory called RGoogleDocs in one's Library directory then everything will
>> work. Please let me know.
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Oh OH! Could you please help with a problem that I never used to get.

library(RGoogleDocs)
ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")
sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com", ps,
service ="wise"))
ts2=getWorksheets("OnCall",sheets.con)

Those opening lines of script used to work flawlesly. Now I get.
Error in getDocs(con) : problems connecting to get the list of documents

Yet I got it to work earlier while I had been toying with RGoogleData
package in another session. Could RGoogleData have opened something for
RGoogleDocs to use?

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870

Sent from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 16:34, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

> That was painless. I had already installed Rtools and had already put it on
> my path.
>
> Your line worked very well. [Thanks for telling me. However I did it last
> time was worse than sticking daggers in my eyes. ]
>  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";, 
> type="source"
> )
>
> I now have
> Package: RGoogleDocs
> Version: 0.4-0
> Title:
> 
> Maintainer: Duncan Temple Lang 
> Packaged: 2009-10-27 22:10:22 UTC; duncan
> Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-11-25 20:59:03 UTC; windows
>
> I am providing the following link to a copy of my RGoogleDocs zipped
> directory. It is for people who run R in windows and do not want to go
> through the pain of setting things up so that they can install source.
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23200/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs.zip
>
> I BELIEVE that if one downloads the zip and extracts it to an empty
> directory called RGoogleDocs in one's Library directory then everything will
> work. Please let me know.
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 15:15, Charlie Sharpsteen wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Farrel Buchinsky 
>> wrote:
>> > I reinstalled from a binary that Duncan Temple Lang placed in omegahat.
>> I
>> > see that omegahat has a subdirectory for each version of R. There is not
>> a
>> > directory for 2.10. I took the liberty of taking it from the 2.9
>> directory.
>>
>> That explains the warning message.
>>
>> > Who knows what crime I committed. Is that first or third degree murder.
>>
>> Well, it's just a warning-- so it shouldn't be a show-stopper.  And
>> from what I see the warning is only referring to the package help
>> pages, which are available online.  It looks like the functionality of
>> the package should still work just fine if you don't want to bother
>> with a reinstall.
>>
>> > I saw however that there is a far more recent version of RGoogleDocs
>> (Last
>> > Release: 0.4-0 (27 Oct 2009)). But it is in tar.gz. I assume that it is
>> in
>> > source. Once before I spent about 27000 hours getting a source to become
>> a
>> > binary. I don't know how I finally got it right and am reluctant to
>> wander
>> > into that swamp again.
>> > Farrel Buchinsky
>>
>> This shouldn't be extraordinarily difficult-- unfortunately Murphy's
>> Law does come into play sometimes.  But it should just be a matter of:
>>
>>  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";,
>> type="source" )
>>
>> And that's it for Linux, Mac OS or other UNIX-based system.  With
>> Windows you will first have to install the toolset available at:
>>
>>  http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/
>>
>> Grab the "Rtools210" installer as you are using R 2.10.x.  Install
>> using the "Package Authoring" option and make sure you check any
>> options that ask about modifying your PATH.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> -Charlie
>>
>
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

That was painless. I had already installed Rtools and had already put it on
my path.

Your line worked very well. [Thanks for telling me. However I did it last
time was worse than sticking daggers in my eyes. ]
 install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";,
type="source"
)

I now have
Package: RGoogleDocs
Version: 0.4-0
Title:

Maintainer: Duncan Temple Lang 
Packaged: 2009-10-27 22:10:22 UTC; duncan
Built: R 2.10.0; ; 2009-11-25 20:59:03 UTC; windows

I am providing the following link to a copy of my RGoogleDocs zipped
directory. It is for people who run R in windows and do not want to go
through the pain of setting things up so that they can install source.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23200/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs.zip

I BELIEVE that if one downloads the zip and extracts it to an empty
directory called RGoogleDocs in one's Library directory then everything will
work. Please let me know.

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 15:15, Charlie Sharpsteen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Farrel Buchinsky 
> wrote:
> > I reinstalled from a binary that Duncan Temple Lang placed in omegahat. I
> > see that omegahat has a subdirectory for each version of R. There is not
> a
> > directory for 2.10. I took the liberty of taking it from the 2.9
> directory.
>
> That explains the warning message.
>
> > Who knows what crime I committed. Is that first or third degree murder.
>
> Well, it's just a warning-- so it shouldn't be a show-stopper.  And
> from what I see the warning is only referring to the package help
> pages, which are available online.  It looks like the functionality of
> the package should still work just fine if you don't want to bother
> with a reinstall.
>
> > I saw however that there is a far more recent version of RGoogleDocs
> (Last
> > Release: 0.4-0 (27 Oct 2009)). But it is in tar.gz. I assume that it is
> in
> > source. Once before I spent about 27000 hours getting a source to become
> a
> > binary. I don't know how I finally got it right and am reluctant to
> wander
> > into that swamp again.
> > Farrel Buchinsky
>
> This shouldn't be extraordinarily difficult-- unfortunately Murphy's
> Law does come into play sometimes.  But it should just be a matter of:
>
>  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";,
> type="source" )
>
> And that's it for Linux, Mac OS or other UNIX-based system.  With
> Windows you will first have to install the toolset available at:
>
>  http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/
>
> Grab the "Rtools210" installer as you are using R 2.10.x.  Install
> using the "Package Authoring" option and make sure you check any
> options that ask about modifying your PATH.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Charlie
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Charlie Sharpsteen]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> I reinstalled from a binary that Duncan Temple Lang placed in omegahat. I
> see that omegahat has a subdirectory for each version of R. There is not a
> directory for 2.10. I took the liberty of taking it from the 2.9 directory.

That explains the warning message.

> Who knows what crime I committed. Is that first or third degree murder.

Well, it's just a warning-- so it shouldn't be a show-stopper.  And
from what I see the warning is only referring to the package help
pages, which are available online.  It looks like the functionality of
the package should still work just fine if you don't want to bother
with a reinstall.

> I saw however that there is a far more recent version of RGoogleDocs (Last
> Release: 0.4-0 (27 Oct 2009)). But it is in tar.gz. I assume that it is in
> source. Once before I spent about 27000 hours getting a source to become a
> binary. I don't know how I finally got it right and am reluctant to wander
> into that swamp again.
> Farrel Buchinsky

This shouldn't be extraordinarily difficult-- unfortunately Murphy's
Law does come into play sometimes.  But it should just be a matter of:

  install.packages( "RGoogleDocs", repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R";,
type="source" )

And that's it for Linux, Mac OS or other UNIX-based system.  With
Windows you will first have to install the toolset available at:

 http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/

Grab the "Rtools210" installer as you are using R 2.10.x.  Install
using the "Package Authoring" option and make sure you check any
options that ask about modifying your PATH.

Good luck!

-Charlie

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Charlie Sharpsteen]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> I recently installed R 2.10
>
> Now I get
>
>> library(RGoogleDocs)
> Loading required package: RCurl
> Loading required package: bitops
> Loading required package: XML
>
> Attaching package: 'RGoogleDocs'
>
>
>        The following object(s) are masked from package:methods :
>
>         getAccess
>
> Warning message:
> package 'RGoogleDocs' was built under R version 2.9.1 and help will not work
> correctly
> Please re-install it
>
> But alas reinstalling it does not take away the error message.
> Farrel Buchinsky

How did you try reinstalling it?  It sounds like you are using a
binary distribution that was built under 2.9.1-- you probably have to
build and install from a source distribution of the package.

-Charlie

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[David M Smith]

If your goal is solely to download data from a Google Spreadsheet into R, it
is possible to configure the Google Docs access so that only read.csv is
needed. The details are here:

http://blog.revolution-computing.com/2009/09/how-to-use-a-google-spreadsheet-as-data-in-r.html

But if you need any of the other functionality of RGoogleDocs, this isn't
going to help I'm afraid.

# David

-- 
David M Smith 
VP of Community, REvolution Computing  http://blog.revolution-computing.com
Tel: +1 (206) 577-4778 x3203 (Palo Alto, CA, USA)

Download REvolution R free:
www.revolution-computing.com/downloads/revolution-r.php

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

> I recently installed R 2.10
>
> Now I get
>
> > library(RGoogleDocs)
> Loading required package: RCurl
> Loading required package: bitops
> Loading required package: XML
>
> Attaching package: 'RGoogleDocs'
>
>
>The following object(s) are masked from package:methods :
>
> getAccess
>
> Warning message:
> package 'RGoogleDocs' was built under R version 2.9.1 and help will not
> work
> correctly
> Please re-install it
>
> But alas reinstalling it does not take away the error message.
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

I recently installed R 2.10

Now I get

> library(RGoogleDocs)
Loading required package: RCurl
Loading required package: bitops
Loading required package: XML

Attaching package: 'RGoogleDocs'


The following object(s) are masked from package:methods :

 getAccess

Warning message:
package 'RGoogleDocs' was built under R version 2.9.1 and help will not work
correctly
Please re-install it

But alas reinstalling it does not take away the error message.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870

Sent from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 08:15, Duncan Temple Lang wrote:

>
> Thanks for pointing that out.
> Yes, the link on the package web site was for 0.2-1 and
> that was the one used to build the binary for Windows.
> Now updated in both places and the binary repository will
> give 0.2-2.
>
> How to find the version of an installed package?
>
>  packageDescription("RGoogleDocs")
>
>  D.
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> Dear Duncan
>>
>> On my home computer I was able to use  install.packages("RGoogleDocs",
>> repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)
>>
>> But, alas it would not read the data in the spreadsheet. It went back to
>> its nasty ways
>> Error in !includeEmpty : invalid argument type
>>
>> That is what I was getting with version 0.2-1.You then sent me link to
>> 0.2-2 (in source code) which is what worked.
>>
>> Is it possible that that the windows binary version you put in omegahat
>> was 0.2-1 and not 0.2-2?
>>  I did not know how to tell what version had been installed.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 22:53, Duncan Temple Lang 
>> > dun...@wald.ucdavis.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>> > 
>>
>>
>>Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super
>>painful. Now
>>that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder
>>with my
>>coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the
>>same
>>process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really
>>do not want
>>to go through the same installation and path hassles all over
>> again.
>>
>>Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere
>>so that
>>others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate
>>that I should
>>post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that
>>it is Duncan
>>Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his
>>work as he
>>wishes?
>>
>>
>>Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
>>Both encourage you to help others and make the
>>binary available to others.
>>And indeed,  I hope that Windows users do build binaries
>>for others and remove the additional work from those
>>who provide the software in the first place.
>>
>>Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
>>version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
>>so
>>
>> install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)
>>
>>should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the
>> hardship
>>of building the binary.  Sorry to do it so soon after.
>>
>> D.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Farrel Buchinsky
>>Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky >> wrote:
>>
>>Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does
>>one need to
>>restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
>>Farrel Buchinsky
>>Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck
>>mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com
>> >>wrote:
>>
>>
>>Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>>
>>Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
>>the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
>>bin directory to your path permanently then you could
>>find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
>>to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
>>that Rtools was the culprit.
>>
>>If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
>>that problem.
>>
>>On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan
>>Murdochmailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca
>> >>
>>
>>wrote:
>>
>>On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>>Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows
>>find tar. In other words
>>
>>from
>>
>>where do I issue the command and what is the
>>command.
>>
>>   

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Johannes Huesing]

Gabor Grothendieck  [Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:31:30PM 
CEST]:
[...]
> >>>
> >>>    [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 
>  __
>  R-help@r-project.org mailing list
>  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.
> 
> 
> >>    [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >> __
> >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> >> 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.
> >>
>      [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  __
>  R-help@r-project.org mailing list
>  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.
> >>>
> >>> __
> >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >> __
> >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> >> 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.
> >
> >
> 
>  __
>  R-help@r-project.org mailing list
>  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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> 
> __
> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> 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.

Do you think more people will pay attention when you repeat this
over and over?

-- 
Johannes Hüsing   There is something fascinating about science. 
  One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture 
mailto:johan...@huesing.name  from such a trifling investment of fact.  
  
http://derwisch.wikidot.com (Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi")

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Thanks for pointing that out.
Yes, the link on the package web site was for 0.2-1 and
that was the one used to build the binary for Windows.
Now updated in both places and the binary repository will
give 0.2-2.

How to find the version of an installed package?

  packageDescription("RGoogleDocs")

 D.

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Dear Duncan

On my home computer I was able to use  install.packages("RGoogleDocs", 
repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)


But, alas it would not read the data in the spreadsheet. It went back to 
its nasty ways

Error in !includeEmpty : invalid argument type

That is what I was getting with version 0.2-1.You then sent me link to 
0.2-2 (in source code) which is what worked.


Is it possible that that the windows binary version you put in omegahat 
was 0.2-1 and not 0.2-2?
 
I did not know how to tell what version had been installed.

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 22:53, Duncan Temple Lang 
mailto:dun...@wald.ucdavis.edu>> wrote:




Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 > 


Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super
painful. Now
that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder
with my
coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the
same
process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really
do not want
to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.

Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere
so that
others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate
that I should
post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that
it is Duncan
Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his
work as he
wishes?


Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
Both encourage you to help others and make the
binary available to others.
And indeed,  I hope that Windows users do build binaries
for others and remove the additional work from those
who provide the software in the first place.

Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
so

 install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)

should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the hardship
of building the binary.  Sorry to do it so soon after.

 D.





Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky mailto:fjb...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does
one need to
restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck
mailto:ggrothendi...@gmail.com>>wrote:

Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.

If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan
Murdochmailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca>>
wrote:

On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows
find tar. In other words

from

where do I issue the command and what is the
command.

You need to install the toolset, and let the
installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch
mailto:murd...@stats.uwo.ca>>

wrote:

On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

I  have previously read "R Installation
and Administration". I read

it

again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I
need lower level instructions.
Where
can I find them.

 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Dear Duncan
On my home computer I was able to use  install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos
= "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)

But, alas it would not read the data in the spreadsheet. It went back to its
nasty ways
Error in !includeEmpty : invalid argument type

That is what I was getting with version 0.2-1.You then sent me link to 0.2-2
(in source code) which is what worked.

Is it possible that that the windows binary version you put in omegahat was
0.2-1 and not 0.2-2?

I did not know how to tell what version had been installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 22:53, Duncan Temple Lang wrote:

>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
> > 
>
>  Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super painful. Now
>> that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder with my
>> coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the same
>> process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really do not
>> want
>> to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.
>>
>> Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere so that
>> others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate that I
>> should
>> post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that it is
>> Duncan
>> Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his work as
>> he
>> wishes?
>>
>
> Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
> Both encourage you to help others and make the
> binary available to others.
> And indeed,  I hope that Windows users do build binaries
> for others and remove the additional work from those
> who provide the software in the first place.
>
> Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
> version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
> so
>
>  install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)
>
> should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the hardship
> of building the binary.  Sorry to do it so soon after.
>
>  D.
>
>
>
>
>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
>>
>>  Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to
>>> restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck <
>>> ggrothendi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>  Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

 Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
 the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
 bin directory to your path permanently then you could
 find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
 to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
 that Rtools was the culprit.

 If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
 that problem.

 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
 wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
>>
> from

> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>>
> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>  Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
>>
> wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>  I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read

>>> it

> again. It does not help me
 The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level
 instructions.
 Where
 can I find them.

  Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is
>>> installed
>>> incorrectly.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>
>>>  R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you
 have
 the
 source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation
 Files”

>>> in

> the
 installer) and toolset (see The Windows



 toolset)

> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
 install.packages
 . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under

>>> Windows

> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
 choice
 of the types of documentation to be installed.
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information

>>> on

> how

> to install source packages on Windows.
>
>

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

> 


Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super painful. Now
that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder with my
coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the same
process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really do not want
to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.

Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere so that
others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate that I should
post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that it is Duncan
Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his work as he
wishes?


Etiquette is one thing and the license another.
Both encourage you to help others and make the
binary available to others.
And indeed,  I hope that Windows users do build binaries
for others and remove the additional work from those
who provide the software in the first place.

Having seen this thread today, I did put a binary
version of RGoogleDocs on the Omegahat repository
so

 install.packages("RGoogleDocs", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R";)

should install it and, if I had had time earlier, saved you the hardship
of building the binary.  Sorry to do it so soon after.

 D.





Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:


Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to
restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:


Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.

If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
wrote:

On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words

from

where do I issue the command and what is the command.

You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 

wrote:

On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read

it

again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files”

in

the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows




toolset)

installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under

Windows

(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

 See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information

on

how

to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
error

message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,

operable

program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:


1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The

third

builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then
you
can 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

No one really knows how many people are being
affected.

Also one can minimize the impact like this:

1. In Rtools, change find.exe to find2.exe.

2. In R, create a 'find' a variable in any script using find
and at the top check for find2 and if found set the find
variable to find2 otherwise set it to find.
Then fix the script to use the find variable instead
of find.

That would work with systems having find2 or having find
so new versions of R would work with both new and old
versions of Rtools.

The only combination that would not work would be
old versions of R with new versions of the Rtools but
that is not a likely combination and even if it does
occur it would give an error so the user would know
something is wrong which is far better than the current
situation where a silent hard-to-diagnose risk that is
entered onto your system.


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 7/8/2009 3:39 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> I understand what you wrote. Its just that I don't agree that that
>> is a reasonable solution.
>>
>> What is wanted is something that works safely out of the box,
>> not something with a built in danger that every single person
>> that uses it must fix (and know about it to fix) in order to
>> maintain the integrity of their system.
>
> As far as I know, you are the only person in the whole world who has been
> affected by this.  But fixing it would inconvenience hundreds of people, who
> would have to install a new version of Rtools, if the make system suddenly
> started looking for find2 instead of find.
>
> So it's unfortunate that Microsoft chose to use the name of the wrong Unix
> utility when they wrote find, and it's unfortunate that the first version of
> Rtools didn't fix this, but there you are:  name clashes happen, and
> sometimes you need to work around them.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 7/8/2009 3:18 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

 To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
 software not work and the importance of using the word
 find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
 look at the scripts.
>>>
>>> You didn't read what I wrote.  It could be called anything as far as the
>>> scripts are concerned.  I explained to you how to rename it and keep them
>>> happy.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch

 Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
 Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
 number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
 that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
 for kludges is eliminated.

 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch
 wrote:
>
> On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>>
>> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
>> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
>> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
>> find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
>> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
>> that Rtools was the culprit.
>
> That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the
> find.exe
> in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules),
> and
> it
> will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want
> to
> do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the
> Rtools
> basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>>
>> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
>> that problem.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other
 words
 from
 where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>>>
>>> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
 wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I
>> read
>> it
>> again. It does not help me
>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level
>> instructions.
>> Where
>> can I find them.
>>
> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is
> installed
> incorrectly.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 7/8/2009 3:39 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

I understand what you wrote. Its just that I don't agree that that
is a reasonable solution.

What is wanted is something that works safely out of the box,
not something with a built in danger that every single person
that uses it must fix (and know about it to fix) in order to
maintain the integrity of their system.


As far as I know, you are the only person in the whole world who has 
been affected by this.  But fixing it would inconvenience hundreds of 
people, who would have to install a new version of Rtools, if the make 
system suddenly started looking for find2 instead of find.


So it's unfortunate that Microsoft chose to use the name of the wrong 
Unix utility when they wrote find, and it's unfortunate that the first 
version of Rtools didn't fix this, but there you are:  name clashes 
happen, and sometimes you need to work around them.


Duncan Murdoch



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

On 7/8/2009 3:18 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:


To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
software not work and the importance of using the word
find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
look at the scripts.


You didn't read what I wrote.  It could be called anything as far as the
scripts are concerned.  I explained to you how to rename it and keep them
happy.

Duncan Murdoch


Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
for kludges is eliminated.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch
wrote:


On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:


Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.


That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the
find.exe
in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules), and
it
will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want
to
do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the
Rtools
basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.

Duncan Murdoch



If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.


You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read
it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level
instructions.
Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is
installed
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you
have
the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation
Files”
in
the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows




toolset)

installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under
Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

 See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information
on
how


to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
error


message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will
the
Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:


1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file a

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

I understand what you wrote. Its just that I don't agree that that
is a reasonable solution.

What is wanted is something that works safely out of the box,
not something with a built in danger that every single person
that uses it must fix (and know about it to fix) in order to
maintain the integrity of their system.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 7/8/2009 3:18 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
>> software not work and the importance of using the word
>> find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
>> look at the scripts.
>
> You didn't read what I wrote.  It could be called anything as far as the
> scripts are concerned.  I explained to you how to rename it and keep them
> happy.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>> Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
>> Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
>> number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
>> that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
>> for kludges is eliminated.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

 Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

 Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
 the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
 bin directory to your path permanently then you could
 find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
 to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
 that Rtools was the culprit.
>>>
>>> That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the
>>> find.exe
>>> in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules), and
>>> it
>>> will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want
>>> to
>>> do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the
>>> Rtools
>>> basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>

 If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
 that problem.

 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
 wrote:
>
> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
>> from
>> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>
> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
 I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read
 it
 again. It does not help me
 The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level
 instructions.
 Where
 can I find them.

>>> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is
>>> installed
>>> incorrectly.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>
 R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you
 have
 the
 source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation
 Files”
 in
 the
 installer) and toolset (see The Windows




 toolset)

 installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
 install.packages
 . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under
 Windows
 (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
 choice
 of the types of documentation to be installed.
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information
 on
 how
>
> to install source packages on Windows.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
> error
>>
>> message
>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
>> operable
>> program or batch file.
>>
>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will
>> the
>> Rcmd
>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
>>
>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using W

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 7/8/2009 3:18 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
software not work and the importance of using the word
find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
look at the scripts.


You didn't read what I wrote.  It could be called anything as far as the 
scripts are concerned.  I explained to you how to rename it and keep 
them happy.


Duncan Murdoch


Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
for kludges is eliminated.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:


Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.


That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the find.exe
in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules), and it
will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want to
do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the Rtools
basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.

Duncan Murdoch



If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.


You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files”
in
the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows



toolset)

installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

 See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on
how


to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
error


message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:


1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The
third
builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then
you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
wrote:

 What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"


Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called
RGoogleDocs

 under


 Library and then change to that directory?


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

To my mind its pretty serious that Rtools can make other
software not work and the importance of using the word
find in the tools is close to zero.  Most people never even
look at the scripts.

Why don't you just rename find.exe to find2.exe, say, in
Rtools and adjust the other files accordingly. For the small
number of people who ever look at the scripts it will be obvious
that we are dealing with a find variant and the danger and need
for kludges is eliminated.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>>
>> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
>> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
>> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
>> find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
>> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
>> that Rtools was the culprit.
>
> That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the find.exe
> in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles (MkRules), and it
> will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason you might not want to
> do this is you might expect find to act the way it does on Unix:  the Rtools
> basically try to make Windows look a little bit like Unix.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>>
>> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
>> that problem.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
 from
 where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>>>
>>> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
 wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
>> again. It does not help me
>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
>> Where
>> can I find them.
>>
> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
> incorrectly.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
>> the
>> source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files”
>> in
>> the
>> installer) and toolset (see The Windows
>>
>>
>>
>> toolset)
>>
>> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
>> install.packages
>> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
>> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
>> choice
>> of the types of documentation to be installed.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 
>>
>>  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on
>> how
>>>
>>> to install source packages on Windows.
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
>>> error

 message
 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
 operable
 program or batch file.

 Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
 Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
 download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
 Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
 Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
 Rcmd
 INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

 Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
 wrote:

  I have haven't neen following this thread but:

> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The
> third
> builds
> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>
> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGo

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Hooray! I got it to work. Here is what I think happened.My hold up was that
the tar command was not working. If you recall, when I issued the command:
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
cmd.exe told me it could not be found

I reran Rtools29.exe which is the Rtools setup program which offered to
change my path. However it still did not work. I went to lunch and took the
opportunity to reboot my computer.

When I retried after lunch the tar command worked and everything thereafter
worked. I think that the file C:\Program Files\R\Rtools\bin\tar.exe could
not be found earlier. I just looked back at my path and I see
that C:\Program Files\R\Rtools\bin is on the path.

RgoogleDocs 0.2-2 is amazing. I can now read data straight into a dataframe.
The fact that I am always reading from realtime data is astounding.

sheets.con = getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com",
"password here", service = "wise"))
ts2=getWorksheets("Consents Received",sheets.con)# put the name of the
spreadsheet in the inverted commas
names(ts2)
sheetAsMatrix(ts2$Sheet1,header=TRUE, as.data.frame=TRUE, trim=TRUE)

MAGIC

Boy oh boy that process of getting source to binary was super painful. Now
that I have the package as binary I can share the whole folder with my
coworker and she is able to use RGoogleDocs. I intend to use the same
process for the other two windows machines that I use. I really do not want
to go through the same installation and path hassles all over again.

Should I post my directory containing the binary files somewhere so that
others do not have to experience pain. Does etiquette dictate that I should
post the directory to help other or does etiquette dictate that it is Duncan
Temple Lang's code and thus it his prerogative to distribute his work as he
wishes?

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:59, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

> Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to
> restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck 
> wrote:
>
>> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>>
>> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
>> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
>> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
>> find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
>> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
>> that Rtools was the culprit.
>>
>> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
>> that problem.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
>> wrote:
>> > On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
>> from
>> >> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>> >
>> > You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>> >
>> > Duncan Murdoch
>> >
>> >> Farrel Buchinsky
>> >> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>> >>>
>>  I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read
>> it
>>  again. It does not help me
>>  The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
>>  Where
>>  can I find them.
>> 
>> >>> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
>> >>> incorrectly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Duncan Murdoch
>> >>>
>> >>>
>>  R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
>>  the
>>  source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files”
>> in
>>  the
>>  installer) and toolset (see The Windows
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> toolset)
>> 
>>  installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
>>  install.packages
>>  . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under
>> Windows
>>  (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
>>  choice
>>  of the types of documentation to be installed.
>>  Farrel Buchinsky
>>  Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 
>> 
>>   See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information
>> on
>>  how
>> >
>> > to install source packages on Windows.
>> >
>> > Uwe Ligges
>> >
>> > Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>> >
>> >  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
>> > error
>> >>
>> >> message
>> >> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
>> operable
>> >> program or batch file.
>> >>
>> >> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>> >> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>> >> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>> >> 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Does changing the path in Windows work in real time or does one need to
restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:04, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.
>
> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
> find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
> that Rtools was the culprit.
>
> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
> that problem.
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch
> wrote:
> > On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >>
> >> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words
> from
> >> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
> >
> > You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >> Farrel Buchinsky
> >> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >>>
>  I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
>  again. It does not help me
>  The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
>  Where
>  can I find them.
> 
> >>> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
> >>> incorrectly.
> >>>
> >>> Duncan Murdoch
> >>>
> >>>
>  R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
>  the
>  source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files”
> in
>  the
>  installer) and toolset (see The Windows
> 
> 
> 
> toolset)
> 
>  installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
>  install.packages
>  . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
>  (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
>  choice
>  of the types of documentation to be installed.
>  Farrel Buchinsky
>  Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> 
> 
> 
>  2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 
> 
>   See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on
>  how
> >
> > to install source packages on Windows.
> >
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> > Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >
> >  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
> > error
> >>
> >> message
> >> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command,
> operable
> >> program or batch file.
> >>
> >> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
> >> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
> >> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
> >> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
> >> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
> >> Rcmd
> >> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
> >>
> >> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
> >> Farrel Buchinsky
> >> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  I have haven't neen following this thread but:
> >>
> >>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
> >>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
> >>> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
> >>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The
> third
> >>> builds
> >>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
> >>> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
> >>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
> >>>
> >>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> >>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> >>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> >>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
> >>>
> >>> or
> >>>
> >>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then
> >>> you
> >>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
> >>> the others.
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
> 
>  Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
>  RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>  to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called
> RGoogleDocs
> 
>   under
> >>>
> >>>  Library and then change to that directory?
> 
>  Farrel Buchinsky
>  Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> 
> 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 08/07/2009 12:04 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.


That's true, but there is a workaround: you can manually rename the 
find.exe in Rtools, and adjust the entry in one of the R makefiles 
(MkRules), and it will use the new name instead of "find".  The reason 
you might not want to do this is you might expect find to act the way it 
does on Unix:  the Rtools basically try to make Windows look a little 
bit like Unix.


Duncan Murdoch



If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.

You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch  wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in
the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows


toolset)

installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

 See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on
how

to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
error

message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:


1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then
you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
wrote:

 What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"

Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs

 under

 Library and then change to that directory?

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

 ggrothendi...@gmail.com>

 wrote:

 Finally enter into the Windows console:

cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
created by the build.

  [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.



  [[alternative HTML version deleted]]





___

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[William Dunlap]

> -Original Message-
> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org 
> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:04 AM
> To: Duncan Murdoch
> Cc: R; Uwe Ligges; Farrel Buchinsky
> Subject: Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs
> 
> Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

I recommend that also.  Here is the SETPATH.BAT file
that I put into my Rtools directory that sets up PATH so
it can be used for building R and R packages.  I run it
from within the cmd window I will use for building
packages.  Note that it totally replaces the current value
of PATH with a new one; it does not append or prepend
entries to the existing one.  You will have to adjust the
entries for you own machine.  It is safe to add other entries
(like e:\cygwin\bin) to the end of this PATH, but you
might run into trouble putting entries at the front of PATH.

(I have a similar script to run before building packages
for S+, whose package building system uses the Microsoft
compilers and ActiveState perl but no cygwin tools.)

E:\>type e:\Rtools\SETPATH.BAT
set RTOOLS=E:\Rtools
REM RHOME is for use in this script, R_HOME will be set by R itself.
set RHOME=E:\R-svn\r-devel

set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

set PATH=%RTOOLS%\bin;%RTOOLS%\perl\bin;%RTOOLS%\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
set PATH=%RHOME%\bin;%PATH%

set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin
set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\Inno Setup 5
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop
set PATH=%PATH%;E:\Program Files\CollabNet Subversion Server

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software Inc - Spotfire Division
wdunlap tibco.com  

> 
> Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
> the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
> bin directory to your path permanently then you could
> find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
> to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
> that Rtools was the culprit.
> 
> If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
> that problem.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan 
> Murdoch wrote:
> > On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >>
> >> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In 
> other words from
> >> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
> >
> > You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set 
> your path.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >> Farrel Buchinsky
> >> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch 
>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I  have previously read "R Installation and 
> Administration". I read it
> >>>> again. It does not help me
> >>>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level 
> instructions.
> >>>> Where
> >>>> can I find them.
> >>>>
> >>> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset 
> is installed
> >>> incorrectly.
> >>>
> >>> Duncan Murdoch
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source 
> packages if you have
> >>>> the
> >>>> source-code package files (option "Source Package 
> Installation Files" in
> >>>> the
> >>>> installer) and toolset (see The Windows
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> toolset n.html#The-Windows-toolset>)
> >>>>
> >>>> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
> >>>> install.packages
> >>>> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options 
> under Windows
> >>>> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular 
> there is a
> >>>> choice
> >>>> of the types of documentation to be installed.
> >>>> Farrel Buchinsky
> >>>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 
> >>>>
> >>>>  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for 
> information on
> >>>> how
> >>>>>
> >>>>> to install source packages on Windows.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Uwe Ligges
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI 
> 

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Its safer just to temporarily add it to your path.

Unfortunately Rtools has a find command that conflicts with
the find command in Windows so if you add the Rtools
bin directory to your path permanently then you could
find other programs stop working.  That actually happened
to me once and it took the longest time until I discovered
that Rtools was the culprit.

If you follow the advice I gave you normally won't have
that problem.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>> Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words from
>> where do I issue the command and what is the command.
>
> You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch  wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
 I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
 again. It does not help me
 The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
 Where
 can I find them.

>>> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
>>> incorrectly.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>
 R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have
 the
 source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in
 the
 installer) and toolset (see The Windows


 toolset)

 installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
 install.packages
 . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
 (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a
 choice
 of the types of documentation to be installed.
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on
 how
>
> to install source packages on Windows.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an
> error
>>
>> message
>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
>> program or batch file.
>>
>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the
>> Rcmd
>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
>>
>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I have haven't neen following this thread but:
>>
>>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
>>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
>>> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
>>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
>>> builds
>>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
>>> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
>>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>>>
>>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then
>>> you
>>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
>>> the others.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"

 Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
 RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
 to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs

  under
>>>
>>>  Library and then change to that directory?

 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

  ggrothendi...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>  wrote:

  Finally enter into the Windows console:
>
> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> created by the build.
>
>       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 08/07/2009 10:13 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.


You need to install the toolset, and let the installer set your path.

Duncan Murdoch


Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch  wrote:


On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
incorrectly.

Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in
the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows

toolset)

installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

 See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how

to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error

message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:


1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
wrote:

 What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"

Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs

 under

 Library and then change to that directory?

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

 ggrothendi...@gmail.com>

 wrote:

 Finally enter into the Windows console:

cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
created by the build.

   [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.



   [[alternative HTML version deleted]]





__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.





[[alternative HTML version deleted]]





__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.


__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Forgive my naivte, but how do I make windows find tar. In other words from
where do I issue the command and what is the command.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:09, Duncan Murdoch  wrote:

> On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
>> again. It does not help me
>> The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions.
>> Where
>> can I find them.
>>
>
> Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed
> incorrectly.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
>> source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in
>> the
>> installer) and toolset (see The Windows
>>
>> toolset)
>>
>> installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by
>> install.packages
>> . R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
>> (which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
>> of the types of documentation to be installed.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 
>>
>>  See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how
>>> to install source packages on Windows.
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
>>>  After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error

 message
 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
 program or batch file.

 Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
 Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
 download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
 Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
 Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
 INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

 Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
 wrote:

  I have haven't neen following this thread but:

> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
> builds
> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>
> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>
> or
>
> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
> the others.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
> wrote:
>
>  What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
>> Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
>> RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>> to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs
>>
>>  under
>
>  Library and then change to that directory?
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <
>>
>>  ggrothendi...@gmail.com>
>
>  wrote:
>>
>>  Finally enter into the Windows console:
>>>
>>> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>>>
>>> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
>>> created by the build.
>>>
>>>[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

 __
 R-help@r-project.org mailing list
 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.


>>[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> __
>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
>> 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.
>>
>
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-proj

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 08/07/2009 10:02 AM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions. Where
can I find them.


Follow the link.  If Windows can't find tar, your toolset is installed 
incorrectly.


Duncan Murdoch



R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows
toolset)
installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 


See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how
to install source packages on Windows.

Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error

message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

 I have haven't neen following this thread but:

1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
wrote:


What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs


under


Library and then change to that directory?
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <


ggrothendi...@gmail.com>


wrote:


Finally enter into the Windows console:

cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
created by the build.


   [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.



[[alternative HTML version deleted]]





__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.


__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

I  have previously read "R Installation and Administration". I read it
again. It does not help me
The relevant paragraph is below. But I need lower level instructions. Where
can I find them.

R CMD INSTALL works in Windows to install source packages if you have the
source-code package files (option “Source Package Installation Files” in the
installer) and toolset (see The Windows
toolset)
installed. Installation of binary packages must be done by install.packages
. R CMD INSTALL --help will tell you the current options under Windows
(which differ from those on a Unix-alike): in particular there is a choice
of the types of documentation to be installed.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



2009/6/19 Uwe Ligges 

> See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on how
> to install source packages on Windows.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
>> After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error
>>
>> message
>> 'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
>> program or batch file.
>>
>> Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
>> Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
>> download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
>> Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
>> INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.
>>
>> Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I have haven't neen following this thread but:
>>>
>>> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
>>> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
>>> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
>>> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third
>>> builds
>>> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
>>> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
>>> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>>>
>>> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
>>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
>>> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
>>> the others.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky
>>> wrote:
>>>
 What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
 Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the
 RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
 to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs

>>> under
>>>
 Library and then change to that directory?
 Farrel Buchinsky
 Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



 On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

>>> ggrothendi...@gmail.com>
>>>
 wrote:

> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>
> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> created by the build.
>

>>[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>> __
>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
>> 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.
>>
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Uwe Ligges]

See the manual "R Installation and Administration" for information on 
how to install source packages on Windows.


Uwe Ligges

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error
message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:


I have haven't neen following this thread but:

1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs

under

Library and then change to that directory?
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <

ggrothendi...@gmail.com>

wrote:

Finally enter into the Windows console:

cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
created by the build.


[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.


__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

After issuing tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gzI am getting an error
message
'tar' is not recongnized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

Should I use my 7-zip to open up the archive?
Where should I be doing this? For instance can I do it all in my
download directory or should I do it in C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library or should I manually create C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.9.0\library\RGoogleDocs and do it all there or will the Rcmd
INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz command do that for me.

Yes, you assumed correctly. I am using Windows XP.
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:17, Gabor Grothendieck
wrote:

> I have haven't neen following this thread but:
>
> 1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
> opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
> that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
> The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third builds
> the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
> installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
> If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.
>
> rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
>
> or
>
> 2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
> can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
> the others.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> > What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
> > Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
> > to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs
> under
> > Library and then change to that directory?
> > Farrel Buchinsky
> > Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck <
> ggrothendi...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Finally enter into the Windows console:
> >>
> >> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> >> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> >> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
> >>
> >> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> >> created by the build.
> >
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

I have haven't neen following this thread but:

1. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is a source distribution (as
opposed to built source) then the first line renames it so
that its not the same name as the built file about to be created.
The second line detars it into the RGoogleDocs directory.  The third builds
the built source file, RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz.  The fourth
installs the built source file into R.  I've assumed Windows.
If you are on Linux replace rename with mv.

rename RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
tar xvfz RgoogleDocs_0.2.2-src.tar.gz
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz

or

2. if RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz is already a built source file then you
can just issue the last of the above lines and don't need
the others.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
> What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
> Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
> to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs under
> Library and then change to that directory?
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck 
> wrote:
>>
>> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>>
>> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
>> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
>> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>>
>> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
>> created by the build.
>

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

What do you mean by "cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs"
Do you mean the directory where I downloaded the RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz
to? Or do you mean that I must create a directory called RGoogleDocs under
Library and then change to that directory?
Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>
> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> created by the build.
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

The first time I did it I had no idea how I did it. Yesterday I struggled
and tried every combination to get it to work and eventually it worked. Once
again I do not know what I did to get it to work. Now today I am trying to
install a version that I downloaded today. And once again I am banging my
head against the wall
When I run Rcmd build RGoogleDocs from the cmd prompt I get
Error: cannot change to directory 'RGoogleDocs'

What error have I perpetrated?

I have changed my starting directory to almost every imaginable directory
and I have put a copy of RGoogleDocs_0.2-2.tar.gz almost everywhere.

I also once got * checking for file 'RGoogleDocs/DESCRIPTION' ... No
and there it stopped



Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:

> Download and install each of R, Rtools and MiKTeX.
> Each of these have automated installers so its just a matter of
> pressing Enter repeatedly.
>
> You don't have to change your path if you place Rcmd.bat from
> http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
> anywhere on your path (so it can be found).  To see your path try
> this from the Windows console:
>
> path
>
> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>
> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> created by the build.
>
> It should now be installed.
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> > I was able to extract RGoogleDocs with 7-zip. That was when I began to
> > appreciate the gravity of what Prof Ripley was saying. I am on a windows
> xp
> > machine and the RGoogleDocs download does not have a windows binary
> version.
> > Instead it has only a source package. I started using the R-admin manual
> to
> > step through the process and got nowhere in about 45 minutes. Then I
> tried
> > using the "automated package building
> > serviceyou could try." and got
> > nowhere because I did not know what "R CMD build" is.
> > Can I find someone to do it for me or can I find someone who will give me
> a
> > couple of basic steps at a time?
> >
> > I am desperate to say goodbye to individual static Microsoft Access or
> > Microsoft Excel spreadsheets being the repository for my data.
> >
> > Farrel Buchinsky
> > Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States.
> >
> >
> >>>
> >> Yes, you can install source packages on Windows: the R-admin manual
> gives
> >> you a detailed guide to the tools that you will need to do so.  It even
> >> tells you about an automated package building service you could try.
> >> RGoogleDocs depends on RCurl and XML, both of which I provide Windows
> >> binaries for (and are much trickier to install because of their external
> >> software requirements).
> >>
> >>
> >>  Farrel Buchinsky
> >>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian D. Ripley,  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
> >> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> >> University of Oxford, Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> >> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax:  +44 1865 272595
> >>
> >
> >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > __
> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> > 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.
> >
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

It worked. Thank you Gabor Grothendieck. I have very little idea of
what I did but I did it and it works. It is working well  when I limit
getDocs to documents only. However if I include everything in my
request or just limit it to spreadsheets  I get the following error.

getDocs(con, what =
"http://docs.google.com/feeds/documents/private/full/-/spreadsheet";)
assignment of an object of class "NULL" is not valid for slot "access"
in an object of class "GoogleSpreadsheet"; is(value, "character") is
not TRUE

Tried google searching and got nowhere.

Farrel Buchinsky
Google Voice Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 22:16, Gabor Grothendieck
 wrote:
>
> Download and install each of R, Rtools and MiKTeX.
> Each of these have automated installers so its just a matter of
> pressing Enter repeatedly.
>
> You don't have to change your path if you place Rcmd.bat from
> http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
> anywhere on your path (so it can be found).  To see your path try
> this from the Windows console:
>
> path
>
> Finally enter into the Windows console:
>
> cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
> Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
> created by the build.
>
> It should now be installed.
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> > I was able to extract RGoogleDocs with 7-zip. That was when I began to
> > appreciate the gravity of what Prof Ripley was saying. I am on a windows xp
> > machine and the RGoogleDocs download does not have a windows binary version.
> > Instead it has only a source package. I started using the R-admin manual to
> > step through the process and got nowhere in about 45 minutes. Then I tried
> > using the "automated package building
> > serviceyou could try." and got
> > nowhere because I did not know what "R CMD build" is.
> > Can I find someone to do it for me or can I find someone who will give me a
> > couple of basic steps at a time?
> >
> > I am desperate to say goodbye to individual static Microsoft Access or
> > Microsoft Excel spreadsheets being the repository for my data.
> >
> > Farrel Buchinsky
> > Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States.
> >
> >
> >>>
> >> Yes, you can install source packages on Windows: the R-admin manual gives
> >> you a detailed guide to the tools that you will need to do so.  It even
> >> tells you about an automated package building service you could try.
> >> RGoogleDocs depends on RCurl and XML, both of which I provide Windows
> >> binaries for (and are much trickier to install because of their external
> >> software requirements).
> >>
> >>
> >>  Farrel Buchinsky
> >>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian D. Ripley,                  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
> >> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> >> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> >> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> >> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
> >>
> >
> >        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > __
> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> > 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.
> >

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Download and install each of R, Rtools and MiKTeX.
Each of these have automated installers so its just a matter of
pressing Enter repeatedly.

You don't have to change your path if you place Rcmd.bat from
http://batchfiles.googlecode.com
anywhere on your path (so it can be found).  To see your path try
this from the Windows console:

path

Finally enter into the Windows console:

cd the.directory.containing.RGoogleDocs
Rcmd build RGoogleDocs
Rcmd INSTALL RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz

except replace RGoogleDocs_1.0.0.tar.gz with the filename
created by the build.

It should now be installed.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> I was able to extract RGoogleDocs with 7-zip. That was when I began to
> appreciate the gravity of what Prof Ripley was saying. I am on a windows xp
> machine and the RGoogleDocs download does not have a windows binary version.
> Instead it has only a source package. I started using the R-admin manual to
> step through the process and got nowhere in about 45 minutes. Then I tried
> using the "automated package building
> serviceyou could try." and got
> nowhere because I did not know what "R CMD build" is.
> Can I find someone to do it for me or can I find someone who will give me a
> couple of basic steps at a time?
>
> I am desperate to say goodbye to individual static Microsoft Access or
> Microsoft Excel spreadsheets being the repository for my data.
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States.
>
>
>>>
>> Yes, you can install source packages on Windows: the R-admin manual gives
>> you a detailed guide to the tools that you will need to do so.  It even
>> tells you about an automated package building service you could try.
>> RGoogleDocs depends on RCurl and XML, both of which I provide Windows
>> binaries for (and are much trickier to install because of their external
>> software requirements).
>>
>>
>>  Farrel Buchinsky
>>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian D. Ripley,                  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
>> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
>>
>
>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> __
> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> 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.
>

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

I was able to extract RGoogleDocs with 7-zip. That was when I began to
appreciate the gravity of what Prof Ripley was saying. I am on a windows xp
machine and the RGoogleDocs download does not have a windows binary version.
Instead it has only a source package. I started using the R-admin manual to
step through the process and got nowhere in about 45 minutes. Then I tried
using the "automated package building
serviceyou could try." and got
nowhere because I did not know what "R CMD build" is.
Can I find someone to do it for me or can I find someone who will give me a
couple of basic steps at a time?

I am desperate to say goodbye to individual static Microsoft Access or
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets being the repository for my data.

Farrel Buchinsky
Sent from: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States.


>>
> Yes, you can install source packages on Windows: the R-admin manual gives
> you a detailed guide to the tools that you will need to do so.  It even
> tells you about an automated package building service you could try.
> RGoogleDocs depends on RCurl and XML, both of which I provide Windows
> binaries for (and are much trickier to install because of their external
> software requirements).
>
>
>  Farrel Buchinsky
>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>
> --
> Brian D. Ripley,  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford, Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax:  +44 1865 272595
>

[[alternative HTML version deleted]]

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

I took the liberty of replacing all the xmlParse in auth.R with
xmlTreeParse. Alas still no joy.
getDocs(con)
Error in UseMethod("xpathApply") : no applicable method for "xpathApply"
Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870




On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 20:00, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> I have loaded the XML package. Should the function not be xmlTreeParse?
>
> Look at this
>> library(XML)
>
>> help(xmlParse)
> No documentation for 'xmlParse' in specified packages and libraries:
> you could try 'help.search("xmlParse")'
>
>> help.search("xmlParse")
> Help files with alias or concept or title matching 'xmlParse' using
> fuzzy matching:
>
>
>
> supportsExpat(XML)  Determines which native XML parsers are being
>used.
> xmlEventHandler(XML)Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML
>parser
> xmlParent(XML)  Get parent node of XMLInternalNode or ancestor
>nodes
> xmlStopParser(XML)  Terminate an XML parser
> xmlTreeParse(XML)   XML Parser
>
>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:56, Duncan Temple Lang
>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>>
>>> When I run>getDocs(con)
>>>
>>> I get this error:
>>> Error in getDocs(con) : could not find function "xmlParse"
>>>
>>> Where should xmlParse be coming from?
>>
>> From the XML package.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> You had asked where I got the idea to enter "con$getDocs()". I got it
>>> from run.html. But now that you bring the words "In the future, we
>>> might" to my attention I can see that I should not have tried it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Farrel Buchinsky
>>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:28, Duncan Temple Lang
>>>  wrote:

 Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>
> Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
> It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).
>
> When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
> it did not run.
> So I just ran auth.R
> Then I was able to run
> auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
> con = getConnection(auth)
> con$getDocs()
> all worked until this point when I got
> Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class
>>
>> str(con)
>
> Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
>  list()

 If you use

  getDocs(con)

 it should work, assuming auth and con are appropriate.

 Where did you see that


  con$getDocs()

 should work?
 In the documentation file run.xml, there is the line

 "
 In the future, we might provide an interface that avoids this such

 as

  con$getDocs()
 ...
 "

 So, as it says, it is in the future.

  D.


> I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
> RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
> appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
> Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
> RCurl and XML are running properly?
>
>
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\
>
>
> 
> inst  
> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
> R 
> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
> DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
> 12:47:59
>
>
> 
> 1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes
>
>
> 
>
>
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\
>
>
> 
> doc   
> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
> sampleDocs
> 12/15/2008 17:44:07
>
>
> 
> 0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes
>
>
> 
>
>
> 
> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\
>
>
> 
> basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
>

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

I have loaded the XML package. Should the function not be xmlTreeParse?

Look at this
> library(XML)

> help(xmlParse)
No documentation for 'xmlParse' in specified packages and libraries:
you could try 'help.search("xmlParse")'

> help.search("xmlParse")
Help files with alias or concept or title matching 'xmlParse' using
fuzzy matching:



supportsExpat(XML)  Determines which native XML parsers are being
used.
xmlEventHandler(XML)Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML
parser
xmlParent(XML)  Get parent node of XMLInternalNode or ancestor
nodes
xmlStopParser(XML)  Terminate an XML parser
xmlTreeParse(XML)   XML Parser



Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870




On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:56, Duncan Temple Lang
 wrote:
>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>> When I run>getDocs(con)
>>
>> I get this error:
>> Error in getDocs(con) : could not find function "xmlParse"
>>
>> Where should xmlParse be coming from?
>
> From the XML package.
>
>
>>
>> You had asked where I got the idea to enter "con$getDocs()". I got it
>> from run.html. But now that you bring the words "In the future, we
>> might" to my attention I can see that I should not have tried it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Farrel Buchinsky
>> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:28, Duncan Temple Lang
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

 Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
 It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).

 When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
 it did not run.
 So I just ran auth.R
 Then I was able to run
 auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
 con = getConnection(auth)
 con$getDocs()
 all worked until this point when I got
 Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class
>
> str(con)

 Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
  list()
>>>
>>> If you use
>>>
>>>  getDocs(con)
>>>
>>> it should work, assuming auth and con are appropriate.
>>>
>>> Where did you see that
>>>
>>>
>>>  con$getDocs()
>>>
>>> should work?
>>> In the documentation file run.xml, there is the line
>>>
>>> "
>>> In the future, we might provide an interface that avoids this such
>>>
>>> as
>>>
>>>  con$getDocs()
>>> ...
>>> "
>>>
>>> So, as it says, it is in the future.
>>>
>>>  D.
>>>
>>>
 I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
 RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
 appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
 Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
 RCurl and XML are running properly?


 
 C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\


 
 inst  
 12/15/2008 17:27:57
 R 
 12/15/2008 17:27:57
 DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
 12:47:59


 
 1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes


 


 
 C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\


 
 doc   
 12/15/2008 17:27:57
 sampleDocs
 12/15/2008 17:44:07


 
 0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes


 


 
 C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\


 
 basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
 11:27:38
 basics.pdf8,873  9/24/2008
 11:30:51
 basics.xml3,504  9/24/2008
 11:27:34
 GNUmakefile  39  9/24/2008
 11:24:44
 run.html 14,150  9/24/2008
 12:46:41
 run.pdf  13,643  9/24/2008
 12:44:39
 run.xml

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

When I run>getDocs(con)

I get this error:
Error in getDocs(con) : could not find function "xmlParse"

Where should xmlParse be coming from?


From the XML package.




You had asked where I got the idea to enter "con$getDocs()". I got it
from run.html. But now that you bring the words "In the future, we
might" to my attention I can see that I should not have tried it.



Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870




On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:28, Duncan Temple Lang
 wrote:


Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).

When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
it did not run.
So I just ran auth.R
Then I was able to run
auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
con = getConnection(auth)
con$getDocs()
all worked until this point when I got
Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class

str(con)

Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
 list()


If you use

 getDocs(con)

it should work, assuming auth and con are appropriate.

Where did you see that


  con$getDocs()

should work?
In the documentation file run.xml, there is the line

"
In the future, we might provide an interface that avoids this such

as

 con$getDocs()
...
"

So, as it says, it is in the future.

 D.



I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
RCurl and XML are running properly?


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\


inst  
12/15/2008 17:27:57
R 
12/15/2008 17:27:57
DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
12:47:59


1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes




C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\


doc   
12/15/2008 17:27:57
sampleDocs
12/15/2008 17:44:07


0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes




C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\


basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
11:27:38
basics.pdf8,873  9/24/2008
11:30:51
basics.xml3,504  9/24/2008
11:27:34
GNUmakefile  39  9/24/2008
11:24:44
run.html 14,150  9/24/2008
12:46:41
run.pdf  13,643  9/24/2008
12:44:39
run.xml   9,257  9/24/2008
12:44:23


7 file(s), 0 folder(s)   55,333 bytes




C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\sampleDocs\


SampleDoc.doc22,016  9/24/2008
12:44:23
SampleSpreadsheet.xls17,408  9/24/2008
12:44:23


2 file(s), 0 folder(s)   39,424 bytes




C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\R\


auth.R8,183  9/24/2008
12:44:23


1 file(s), 0 folder(s)8,183 bytes

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

When I run>getDocs(con)

I get this error:
Error in getDocs(con) : could not find function "xmlParse"

Where should xmlParse be coming from?

You had asked where I got the idea to enter "con$getDocs()". I got it
from run.html. But now that you bring the words "In the future, we
might" to my attention I can see that I should not have tried it.



Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870




On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 19:28, Duncan Temple Lang
 wrote:
>
>
> Farrel Buchinsky wrote:
>>
>> Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
>> It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).
>>
>> When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
>> it did not run.
>> So I just ran auth.R
>> Then I was able to run
>> auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
>> con = getConnection(auth)
>> con$getDocs()
>> all worked until this point when I got
>> Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class
>>>
>>> str(con)
>>
>> Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
>>  list()
>
>
> If you use
>
>  getDocs(con)
>
> it should work, assuming auth and con are appropriate.
>
> Where did you see that
>
>
>   con$getDocs()
>
> should work?
> In the documentation file run.xml, there is the line
>
> "
> In the future, we might provide an interface that avoids this such
>
> as
>
>  con$getDocs()
> ...
> "
>
> So, as it says, it is in the future.
>
>  D.
>
>
>>
>> I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
>> RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
>> appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
>> Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
>> RCurl and XML are running properly?
>>
>> 
>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\
>>
>> 
>> inst  
>> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
>> R 
>> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
>> DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
>> 12:47:59
>>
>> 
>> 1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\
>>
>> 
>> doc   
>> 12/15/2008 17:27:57
>> sampleDocs
>> 12/15/2008 17:44:07
>>
>> 
>> 0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\
>>
>> 
>> basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
>> 11:27:38
>> basics.pdf8,873  9/24/2008
>> 11:30:51
>> basics.xml3,504  9/24/2008
>> 11:27:34
>> GNUmakefile  39  9/24/2008
>> 11:24:44
>> run.html 14,150  9/24/2008
>> 12:46:41
>> run.pdf  13,643  9/24/2008
>> 12:44:39
>> run.xml   9,257  9/24/2008
>> 12:44:23
>>
>> 
>> 7 file(s), 0 folder(s)   55,333 bytes
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\sampleDocs\
>>
>> 
>> SampleDoc.doc22,016  9/24/2008
>> 12:44:23
>> SampleSpreadsheet.xls17,408  9/24/2008
>> 12:44:23
>>
>> 
>> 2 file(s), 0 folder(s)   39,424 bytes
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>> C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\R\
>>
>> 
>

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Farrel Buchinsky wrote:

Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).

When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
it did not run.
So I just ran auth.R
Then I was able to run
auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
con = getConnection(auth)
con$getDocs()
all worked until this point when I got
Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class

str(con)

Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
 list()



If you use

  getDocs(con)

it should work, assuming auth and con are appropriate.

Where did you see that


   con$getDocs()

should work?
In the documentation file run.xml, there is the line

"
In the future, we might provide an interface that avoids this such 



as 



 con$getDocs()
...
"

So, as it says, it is in the future.

 D.




I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
RCurl and XML are running properly?

C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\

inst  
12/15/2008 17:27:57
R 
12/15/2008 17:27:57
DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
12:47:59

1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\

doc   
12/15/2008 17:27:57
sampleDocs
12/15/2008 17:44:07

0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\

basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
11:27:38
basics.pdf8,873  9/24/2008
11:30:51
basics.xml3,504  9/24/2008
11:27:34
GNUmakefile  39  9/24/2008
11:24:44
run.html 14,150  9/24/2008
12:46:41
run.pdf  13,643  9/24/2008
12:44:39
run.xml   9,257  9/24/2008
12:44:23

7 file(s), 0 folder(s)   55,333 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\sampleDocs\

SampleDoc.doc22,016  9/24/2008
12:44:23
SampleSpreadsheet.xls17,408  9/24/2008
12:44:23

2 file(s), 0 folder(s)   39,424 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\R\

auth.R8,183  9/24/2008
12:44:23

1 file(s), 0 folder(s)8,183 bytes


Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 17:12, Gustavo Carvalho  wrote:

Hello,

You can probably extract a .tar.gz using 7zip on Windows.

Regards,

Gustavo.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:

I saw a thread from September 24 in which Duncan Temple Lang told us:
- The package currently has no Rd files, but there is a brief "user's
guide". The package is available from
http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Farrel Buchinsky]

Great. I have previously installed 7zip.
It worked well. I installed the files. See below (way below).

When I  entered >library(RGoogleDocs)
it did not run.
So I just ran auth.R
Then I was able to run
auth <-getGoogleAuth("fjb...@gmail.com","mypassword")
con = getConnection(auth)
con$getDocs()
all worked until this point when I got
Error in con$getDocs : $ operator not defined for this S4 class
> str(con)
Formal class 'GoogleDocsConnection' [package ""] with 0 slots
 list()

I have just seen Prof Brian Ripley's correspondence. I had installed
RCurl and XML from the Tinn-R "R controlling:packages" button. It
appears to me that I need to check out R-admin manual.
Is there a simple generic r script that I could run to determine if my
RCurl and XML are running properly?

C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\

inst  
12/15/2008 17:27:57
R 
12/15/2008 17:27:57
DESCRIPTION 777  9/24/2008
12:47:59

1 file(s), 2 folder(s)  777 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\

doc   
12/15/2008 17:27:57
sampleDocs
12/15/2008 17:44:07

0 file(s), 2 folder(s)0 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\doc\

basics.html   5,867  9/24/2008
11:27:38
basics.pdf8,873  9/24/2008
11:30:51
basics.xml3,504  9/24/2008
11:27:34
GNUmakefile  39  9/24/2008
11:24:44
run.html 14,150  9/24/2008
12:46:41
run.pdf  13,643  9/24/2008
12:44:39
run.xml   9,257  9/24/2008
12:44:23

7 file(s), 0 folder(s)   55,333 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\inst\sampleDocs\

SampleDoc.doc22,016  9/24/2008
12:44:23
SampleSpreadsheet.xls17,408  9/24/2008
12:44:23

2 file(s), 0 folder(s)   39,424 bytes


C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library\RGoogleDocs\R\

auth.R8,183  9/24/2008
12:44:23

1 file(s), 0 folder(s)8,183 bytes


Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870



On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 17:12, Gustavo Carvalho  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> You can probably extract a .tar.gz using 7zip on Windows.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gustavo.
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> > I saw a thread from September 24 in which Duncan Temple Lang told us:
> > - The package currently has no Rd files, but there is a brief "user's
> > guide". The package is available from
> > http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs
> >
> > I could not find it by using Tinn-R or RGui's package install tool.
> > Then when I went to the website I saw that package is only available
> > as
> > http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs_0.1-0.tar.gz
> >
> > To my knowledge tar.gz is only for Linux. Does this mean that I cannot
> > run it on a windows machine. Please te

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Farrel Buchinsky wrote:


I saw a thread from September 24 in which Duncan Temple Lang told us:
- The package currently has no Rd files, but there is a brief "user's
guide". The package is available from
http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs

I could not find it by using Tinn-R or RGui's package install tool.
Then when I went to the website I saw that package is only available
as
http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs_0.1-0.tar.gz

To my knowledge tar.gz is only for Linux. Does this mean that I cannot
run it on a windows machine. Please tell me that there is a way to run
it on a Windows machine.


Yes, you can install source packages on Windows: the R-admin manual gives 
you a detailed guide to the tools that you will need to do so.  It even 
tells you about an automated package building service you could try. 
RGoogleDocs depends on RCurl and XML, both of which I provide Windows 
binaries for (and are much trickier to install because of their external 
software requirements).



Farrel Buchinsky
GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870


--
Brian D. Ripley,  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford, Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax:  +44 1865 272595

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.

Re: [R] Reading from Google Docs

[Gustavo Carvalho]

Hello,

You can probably extract a .tar.gz using 7zip on Windows.

Regards,

Gustavo.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Farrel Buchinsky  wrote:
> I saw a thread from September 24 in which Duncan Temple Lang told us:
> - The package currently has no Rd files, but there is a brief "user's
> guide". The package is available from
> http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs
>
> I could not find it by using Tinn-R or RGui's package install tool.
> Then when I went to the website I saw that package is only available
> as
> http://www.omegahat.org/RGoogleDocs/RGoogleDocs_0.1-0.tar.gz
>
> To my knowledge tar.gz is only for Linux. Does this mean that I cannot
> run it on a windows machine. Please tell me that there is a way to run
> it on a Windows machine.
>
> Farrel Buchinsky
> GrandCentral Tel: (412) 567-7870
>
> __
> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> 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.
>

__
R-help@r-project.org mailing list
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.