> Brian and Duncan. Thank you for your help. What I actually am trying to
> in order to be able to complete the installation. Do you know by any chance
recommended in the manuals. Note that neither the Rsymphony maintainers
>
> Thank you
> Felipe Parra
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Prof Brian Ripley<
[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>
>> On 11-03-28 6:41 PM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
>>>
>>>> Duncan I have been trying to work out the solution you gave me but I
>>>> haven't really got to sort it out. I tried first the option with install
>>>> packages and got this:
>>>>
>>>> > filename<- file.choose()
>>>> > filename
>>>> [1]
>>>> "C:\\Users\\Hp\\Documents\\R\\win-library\\2.12\\Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz
>>>> > install.packages(filename, type="source", repos=NULL)
>>>> Installing package(s) into ‘C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12’
>>>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>> * installing *source* package 'Rsymphony' ...
>>>> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'Rsymphony'
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is the important message. It says Rsymphony can't be installed on
>>> your system, because you're missing something it needs. You might get more
>>> information if you run this on the command line, but basically you need to
>>> read the system requirements for the package and follow them. The one I see
>>> when I look at it on CRAN is:
>>>
>>> SYMPHONY for Windows (sources included for other OSes)
>>>
>>> If you don't have that, then you won't be able to install this package on
>>> Windows.
>>>
>>
>> And for 32-bit Windows, no one has succeeded in building SYMPHONY with the
>> current toolchain. We did succeed with an earlier toolchain, but as
>> SYMPHONY is a C++ API, that is incompatible.
>>
>> It is possible to build Rsymphony on 64-bit Windows, using the binary build
>> of SYMPHONY at
http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/goodies/Win64No_/>> (which needed source modifications).
>>
>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>
>>> * removing 'C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony'
>>>> Mensajes de aviso perdidos
>>>> 1: running command 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-212~1.2/bin/i386/R CMD INSTALL -l
>>>> "C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12"
>>>> "C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz"' had
>>>> status 1
>>>> 2: In install.packages(filename, type = "source", repos = NULL) :
>>>> installation of package
>>>> 'C:/Users/Hp/Documents/R/win-library/2.12/Rsymphony_0.1-12.tar.gz' had
>>>> non-zero exit status
>>>> "
>>>> >
>>>> Then about the CMD window I also tried to use it but I cannot get it to
>>>> recognize the command for me. It always tells me "R" it is an
>>>> unrecognized command. I am new to all this about tar.gz files and
>>>> running commands directly in the CMD windowf, so could you please be
>>>> more specific with me. Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Felipe Parra
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>>>> <
[hidden email]<mailto:
[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 28/03/2011 8:04 AM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Duncan, I already installed Rtools but I don't know well
>>>> how to sort
>>>> it out. I tried the command you gave me and got the following
>>>> error:
>>>>
>>>> > install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type="source",
>>>> repos=NULL)
>>>> Installing package(s) into
>>>> ‘C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12’
>>>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>>> Aviso: invalid package 'fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz'
>>>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified
>>>> Mensajes de aviso perdidos
>>>> 1: running command 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-212~1.2/bin/i386/R CMD
>>>> INSTALL -l
>>>> "C:\Users\Hp\Documents/R/win-library/2.12"
>>>> "fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz"' had
>>>> status 1
>>>> 2: In install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type =
>>>> "source", :
>>>> installation of package 'fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz' had
>>>> non-zero exit status
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Do you know what might be going on or where I can find a manual
>>>> of how to
>>>> use Rtools? Thank you
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The likely problem is that you didn't give the full path to the
>>>> tar.gz file. If it is not in the working directory, that
>>>> install.packages command will fail.
>>>>
>>>> An easy way to get the path is to use
>>>>
>>>> filename<- file.choose()
>>>>
>>>> which brings up a Windows dialog; go search for the file, and its
>>>> name will be saved in the filename variable. Then use
>>>> install.packages(filename, type="source", repos=NULL).
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Felipe Parra
>>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Duncan
>>>> Murdoch<
[hidden email]
>>>> <mailto:
[hidden email]>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On 28/03/2011 7:30 AM, Luis Felipe Parra wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hello I have downloaded the fPortfolioSolver package from
>>>> R-forge but I
>>>> >> have
>>>> >> not been able to install it. I don't know exactly where I
>>>> should place the
>>>> >> file and which commands to give R. Could somebody please
>>>> help me with
>>>> >> this.
>>>> >> Thank you
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > A .tar.gz file contains the source for the package, so you
>>>> need to process
>>>> > it into a binary format to install it. For simple packages
>>>> you can do this
>>>> > in recent versions of R using
>>>> >
>>>> > install.packages("fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz", type="source",
>>>> repos=NULL)
>>>> >
>>>> > but if it contains compiled code, you'll probably need to
>>>> install tools
>>>> > first. See the R Installation and Administration Manual for
>>>> full details;
>>>> > the tools are downloadable
>>>> from<
http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools>.
>>>> > Once the tools are properly installed, the above line
>>>> should work.
>>>> >
>>>> > The other way to do it is from a CMD window (not in R),
>>>> running
>>>> >
>>>> > R CMD INSTALL fPortfolioSolver.tar.gz
>>>> >
>>>> > This is equivalent to the R command above, but is sometimes
>>>> easier to set
>>>> > up, because you can easily modify your PATH variable in the
>>>> CMD window.
>>>> >
>>>> > Duncan
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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