Dear all,
Upon following the instructions for ReadMe installation on Windows outlined in the "ReadMe: Software for Automated Content Analysis" I still seem to have problems.
I have installed R to C:\Program Files (x86)\R\R-2.10.1
and Python to C:\Program Files (x86)\Python
> install.packages("ReadMe", repos= "http://gking.harvard.edu", type="source")
Warning in install.packages("ReadMe", repos = "http://gking.harvard.edu", :
argument 'lib' is missing: using 'C:\Users\Kristian\Documents/R/win-library/2.10'
also installing the dependency ‘VA’
trying URL 'http://gking.harvard.edu/src/contrib/VA_0.9-2.10.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 187856 bytes (183 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 183 Kb
trying URL 'http://gking.harvard.edu/src/contrib/ReadMe_0.996.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 4519261 bytes (4.3 Mb)
opened URL
downloaded 4.3 Mb
* installing *source* package 'VA' ...
Warning in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
cannot open file 'C:/Users/Kristian/Documents/R/win-library/2.10/VA/DESCRIPTION': Invalid argument
Error in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
cannot open the connection
ERROR: installing package DESCRIPTION failed for package 'VA'
* removing 'C:/Users/Kristian/Documents/R/win-library/2.10/VA'
* installing *source* package 'ReadMe' ...
Warning in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
cannot open file 'C:/Users/Kristian/Documents/R/win-library/2.10/ReadMe/DESCRIPTION': Invalid argument
Error in file(file.path(outDir, "DESCRIPTION"), open = "w") :
cannot open the connection
ERROR: installing package DESCRIPTION failed for package 'ReadMe'
* removing 'C:/Users/Kristian/Documents/R/win-library/2.10/ReadMe'
The downloaded packages are in
‘C:\Users\Kristian\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp90Xqd1\downloaded_packages’
Warning messages:
1: In install.packages("ReadMe", repos = "http://gking.harvard.edu", :
installation of package 'VA' had non-zero exit status
2: In install.packages("ReadMe", repos = "http://gking.harvard.edu", :
installation of package 'ReadMe' had non-zero exit status
>
When I tried to use the R pull-down menu commands for installing the ReadMe package from the ReadMe_0.996.tar file located at C:\Users\Kristian\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp90Xqd1\downloaded_packages, I got the following screen:
> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
Error in gzfile(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In unzip(zipname, exdir = dest) : error 1 in extracting from zip file
2: In gzfile(file, "r") :
cannot open compressed file 'ReadMe_0.996.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory'
>
Any insights would be greatly appreciated,
Sincerely,
Kristian
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Hello.
I'm a new user having some trouble installing the ReadMe package on
Windows. After installing Python, I followed the directions in the ReadMe
user manual, but keep getting an error message telling me that the package
is not available:
> install.packages("ReadMe", repos = "http://gking.harvard.edu")
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ‘ReadMe’ is not available
> install.packages("ReadMe")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ‘ReadMe’ is not available
Any ideas on what might be going wrong here?
Thanks!
Walt Cooper
Hello everyone,
I attempted to install the ReadMe software on my mac, after
successfully installing R.
the command, install.packages("ReadMe",repos="http://gking.harvard.edu")
resulted in a 404 error, the file cannot be found on the server.
and when I tried to install from source, the result was as follows:
> install.packages("ReadMe", repos="http://gking.harvard.edu", type=source)
Error in as.character(x) :
cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'
I noticed some others have had similar dificulties in installing
ReadMe on Mac OS X. I would be grateful if you could help me shed some
light on how to solve the issue.
kind regards,
Bruno Amaral
www.brunoamaral.com
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Hi all,
I'm a newbie both in the ReadMe list and in this software usage. I've
been trying to install ReadMe but I have not been able to do it. I
first followed typing the command I read in the user guide
( install.packages("ReadMe",repos="http://gking.harvard.edu")) but it
didn't work. I then saw a colleague had the very same problem in early
February, he himself offering a solution some days later, which I
tried as well.
> install.packages("ReadMe", repos="http://gking.harvard.edu",
type=source)
Error en as.character(x) :
cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'
>
Unfortunately, this didn't work either. I've also tried to install the
package through the unix terminal on my mac, but, again,
unsuccessfully. I'd really welcome some help.
Thanks!
Pep Vallbé
Joan-Josep Vallbé
pep(a)vallbe.net
