In trying to install package "RevoScaleR", I get the following error. I have tried installing this package with various versions of R but get the same error every time. Does anyone have any idea why?
install.packages("RevoScaleR")
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘RevoScaleR’ is not available (for R version 3.1.2)
Any help is appreciated.
Just to update this post,to install the RevoScaleR package you need to install Microsoft R client, see here for details:
https://www.blue-granite.com/tutorials/sql-server-r-services
R Client includes the ScaleR (rx[…]) functions in the RevoScaleR package. I don't believe this package is open source so isn't available on cran, install.packages() therefore won't work.
The RevoScaleR package is only available if you install the Microsoft R Client or if you use Microsoft RStudio Server via Azure. After you install this you don't need to do install.packages("RevoScaleR") for it is already installed.
R Studio will automatically have the R version [64-bit] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\R Client\R_SERVER under "Global options"
The link below gives more detail information about Microsoft R client. Once you install Ms R client and update the R-studio path to the R client you don't need to install 'RevoScaleR' anymore, it comes pre-installed with Microsoft R client. Read the link fore more.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-r/r-client-get-started
I am not sure what R version you are currently using but the latest stable version is 3.1.2. If the package installation warning is telling that the package you're trying to install is not available, that basically means that the package developer has not yet made a version of the package that is compatible with the R version you're currently running.
If you really need to use this package (if your work heavily depends on it and you are on some kind of deadline) I would advise to install an earlier version of R (like 3.1.1 or 3.1) and do your work with it.
I would also suggest that you reach out to Revolution Analytics, as suggested by Andrie.
Thanks!
You just have to set the propper CRAN repos:
options("repos" = c(CRAN = "https://mran.microsoft.com/"))
and then
install.packages("RevoScaleR")
will run properly.
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I believe this is happening cause of R version..... but When I am trying to upgrade R...it is not allowing me to do so.
I tried to install package "installr" for upgrading R, but it showed the same error - "installr’ is not available (for R version 3.4.4).
There is update tab under "HELP" on the console panel of the studio...it is not responding....
I am using Linux machine for the first time...so i am really confused on how to go about.
I hope to get this thing solved with some help from an expert who can guide me on how to proceed.
I came across a package that is not available on CRAN. I tried to install the package using:
Packages & Data > Package Installer > Local Binary Package > At User
Level > [FileName.tgz] > Install...
This didn't work and I am now trying to use the R CMD INSTALL command. However, it seems I need to run that command in the command line interface but I cannot get it to install properly.
The package I'm trying to install is called gEcon. It can be found here. In particular, I am getting the following error message after "installing" the package:
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘gEcon’:
package ‘gEcon’ was installed by an R version with different internals; it needs to be reinstalled for use with this R version
I assume it's the way I'm installing it.
Thanks in advance.
You're going to need to install Xcode apparently, because you've got to install this from source per these directions:
Now, you've gotta update R to the latest stable release, or if you prefer you can find the exact minimum newest version needed for gEcon.
After upgrading R you can complete the installation from source.
Original answer to original question:
Two things:
To access the command line and use R CMD on an Apple computer, please use the terminal.app app. Please see this for more details.
An easier and probably better approach is to install your package from the author's Github (or BitBucket, etc) repository using devtools::install_github or just use devtools::install on the downloaded source project.
windows 7 -pro
r studio 0.98.945
r 3.1.1
I am trying to install manipulate:
install.packages("manipulate").
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘manipulate’ is not available (for R version 3.1.1)
is this package not available or is something wrong in my machine or how to get it ?
thanks for all update/help
best regards, Guy Przytula
It's not on CRAN. It's usually installed as part of the RStudio install process. I'd suggest to re-install RStudio.
Another possibility is offered by the RStudio support:
1.) The easiest workaround is to just install the package manually from its location in Program Files - you can zip up the C:\Program
Files\RStudio\R\library\manipulate folder and install it using
install.packages() - this will get the manipulate package installed
and running.
If that doesn't solve your issues, you should post at the RStudio support forum.
I have tried to locate the XML package for the above version of R with no success. I have looked on http://www.omegahat.org/ and it goes to a 404 page: http://www.omegahat.org/XML
Basically I am trying to install the RGoogleAnalytics package and that also fails, though i suspect that is because I don't have the XML installed. Does anyone know where I can get the XML package from?
Thanks
Peter
After a bit more searching, I came across this guide, which gives some good hints as to installing RGoogleAnalytics. Here's a slight modification, in case the XML library really can't be found at omegahat:
The last part in step 2 asks you to install the XML library from omegahat. I could successfully install the package from CRAN, however. So simply install.packages("XML") at the R prompt should work.
Next, the guide says that you need to download the RGoogleAnalytics source package directly from Google at the following URL.
Once that was downloaded (and after I installed the RCurl package), I could install RGoogleAnalytics successfully.
For instructions on installing R packages from source, you could see this article on r-bloggers.com or the appropriate section of the R Installation and Admin documentation
EDIT:
The Google Code page for RGoogleAnalytics does suggest using the XML package from omegahat, and it does look like that package is a different version from the one on CRAN. I could successfully install the omegahat version using R 2.15.1 with the following from the R prompt
install.packages("XML",repos="http://www.omegahat.org/R",type="source")
EDIT2: installing RGA from source
If everything is prepared according to the RGA instructions on the Google page, you should be ready to install the RGA package from source with the following line (I had to add --no-multiarch, since XML wasn't installed for 32-bit architecture):
install.packages("~/Downloads/RGoogleAnalytics_1.1.tar.gz",
repos=NULL,type="source",INSTALL_opts="--no-multiarch")
I think you might want:
http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/
Although it is equally possible that you should be using the XML package from CRAN. I just updated my older version with the current binary install (for R 2.14.2 on MacOS 10.5.8).
I was trying to run code that required the R packages ‘pkgDepTools’ and ‘Rgraphviz’. I received error messages saying that neither package is available for R version 2.15.0.
A Google search turned up the following webpage RPM Pbone that seems to have the packages:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/17802118/dir/mandrake_other/com/R-pkgDepTools-1.20.0-1-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm.html
and
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/17802080/dir/mandrake_other/com/R-Rgraphviz-1.32.0-2-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm.html
However, the files have an *.rpm extension rather than the *.tar.gz or *.zip extensions I am used to.
I am using Windows 7 and R version 2.15.0. Can I install an R package from an *.rpm file?
From Wikipedia *.rpm seems like maybe it is more for Linux:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager
Regarding other possible solutions, I have found several earlier posts here with similar questions about installing R packages that are not available for the most recent version of R:
Bivariate Poisson Regression in R?
Package ‘GeneR’ is not available
R Venn Diagram package Venerable unavailable - alternative package?
I have installed the latest version of Rtools and the package 'devtools'. Although I know nothing about them.
There is an archived version of 'Rgraphviz' here:
http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/Rgraphviz/
but I cannot locate an archived version of 'pkgDepTools'.
If I can install the packages on a Windows machine using the above *.rpm files could someone please provide instructions?
If I must use Rtools to build them I might ask more questions because the instructions at the link below are challenging for me:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Building-from-source
To be completely transparent I am hoping someone might build them for me, if that is possible. Although I recognize the experience and knowledge gained from doing it myself would probably pay off in the long run.
Thank you for any advice.
pkgDepTools and Rgraphviz are BioConductor R packages not ones hosted on CRAN. Unless you configure your R to download packages from those repos, R will report that they are not available; it can only install from repos it has been configured to install from.
To install those BioConductor packages a lite installation method is provided:
source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite(c("pkgDepTools", "Rgraphviz"))
Further details are provided on the Install page of the BioConductor website
In general you can't use rpm packages on Windows; rpm's are the equivalent of a binary package for Linux. Any C/C++/Fortran/etc code will have been compiled for Linux not Windows. If a package really isn't available for your version of R then check if there is a reason stated on CRAN (usually Windows binaries take a few days longer to produce or there may be requirements for software not available on the CRAN Windows build machines). You can try the WinBuilder service run by Uwe Ligges to build Windows Binaries of packages for you, but if the package was on CRAN and now isn't that suggests it no longer works with current R and can not be built.
In general try a wider search for packages; the first hit in my Google search results under the search string "pkgDepTools" is the Bioconductor page for the package which includes a link to the Windows binary and instructions on how to install the package from within R.
I think this merits an answer rather than a comment.
A gentleman at Bioconductor helped me get Rgraphviz installed. The primary problem was that the version of Rgraphviz I had downloaded only seems to work with the 32-bit version of R and I was running a 64-bit version of R. I was able to install Rgraphviz in the 32-bit version of R.
I had also made an error or two in the PATH statement during some of my attempts to install Rgraphviz. However, the post above in my second comment provides the instructions for installation.
You just, it seems, cannot install the normal download version of Rgraphviz in the 64-bit version of R.
I think many of our emails back and forth are now posted on the Bioconductor forum.
I might edit this answer with more detailed instructions in the next 24-hours.