I get below error when I try to install Mysql package (MAC OS)
install.packages('RMySQL')
package ‘RMySQL’ is available as a source package but not as a binary
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘RMySQL’ is not available (for R version 3.1.0)
I am not sure what I need to set in order for this to work.
The author of RMySQL no longer provide binary packages, so you will have to build from source.
I have posted the complete solution in another thread: Installing RMySQL in mavericks.
Basically, in order for install.packages('RMySQL', type='source') to work correctly, what you are lacking are:
Make sure you have "gcc" available.
Install MySQL client somewhere, e.g., via Homebrew.
Configure and build RMySQL from source in RStudio or in Terminal:
Set the 2 environment variables PKG_CPPFLAGS and PKG_LIBS to indicate where the include and lib are.
Run install.packages('RMySQL', type='source') in RStudio or R CMD INSTALL RMySQL_x.x-x.tar.gz in Terminal
Installing from source worked well for me. For those who are new to R, the way to install from source is:
install.packages('RMySQL', type='source')
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A friend sent me along this great tutorial on webscraping The New York Times with R. I would really love to try it. However, the first step is to install a package called [RJSONIO][2] from source.
I know R reasonably well, but I have no idea how to install a package from source.
I'm running macOS (OS X).
If you have the file locally, then use install.packages() and set the repos=NULL:
install.packages(path_to_file, repos = NULL, type="source")
Where path_to_file would represent the full path and file name:
On Windows it will look something like this: "C:\\RJSONIO_0.2-3.tar.gz".
On UNIX it will look like this: "/home/blah/RJSONIO_0.2-3.tar.gz".
Download the source package, open Terminal.app, navigate to the directory where you currently have the file, and then execute:
R CMD INSTALL RJSONIO_0.2-3.tar.gz
Do note that this will only succeed when either: a) the package does not need compilation or b) the needed system tools for compilation are present. See: R for Mac OS X
You can install directly from the repository (note the type="source"):
install.packages("RJSONIO", repos = "http://www.omegahat.org/R", type="source")
A supplementarily handy (but trivial) tip for installing older version of packages from source.
First, if you call "install.packages", it always installs the latest package from repo. If you want to install the older version of packages, say for compatibility, you can call install.packages("url_to_source", repo=NULL, type="source"). For example:
install.packages("http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RNetLogo/RNetLogo_0.9-6.tar.gz", repo=NULL, type="source")
Without manually downloading packages to the local disk and switching to the command line or installing from local disk, I found it is very convenient and simplify the call (one-step).
Plus: you can use this trick with devtools library's dev_mode, in order to manage different versions of packages:
Reference: doc devtools
From CRAN, you can install directly from a GitHub repository address. So if you want the package at https://github.com/twitter/AnomalyDetection, using
library(devtools)
install_github("twitter/AnomalyDetection")
does the trick.
In addition, you can build the binary package using the --binary option.
R CMD build --binary RJSONIO_0.2-3.tar.gz
I had a script working with tabulizer, but had to clean my hard drive and reinstall R, and now I cant seem to even download and access the tabulizer library. I am now using R version 4.1.2 64 bit, and am thinking maybe I need to use an earlier version of R??? Here is the error message I get when I try and install tabulizer.
install.packages("tabulizer")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/cdonner/Documents/R/win-library/4.1’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘tabulizer’ is not available for this version of R
A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html#Installing-packages
I have tried to go to go to Cran (https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/tabulizer/) and download and unzip the libraries to my directory, but then I get an errors again. Any ideas? Thanks.
Enter this into the command window!
remotes::install_github(c("ropensci/tabulizerjars", "ropensci/tabulizer"), INSTALL_opts = "--no-multiarch")
It is not on CRAN.
You have to install using
ghit::install_github("ropensci/tabulizer")
or
devtools::install_github("ropensci/tabulizer")
github
I have just come to dealing with the same problem, but I got to solve it through the following steps:
the tabulizer package requires a Java environment. You need to download Java 64-bit or Java 32-bit through.
Make sure before that your windows/ mac is 32 bit or 64 bit by using the function sessionInfo().
Install the rJava package in R.
Create the Java environment through the command: Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-18/")
Attention: the path of the file in step 3 is for java 64. the path for java 32 would be Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk-18/").
The other thing is that jdk-18 changes depending on everylaptop, in my case it is jdk-18, in your case it could jdk-17 for example.
Finally activate the library: library(rJava)
Voila. rJava and tabulizer work smoothly and nicely.
Got the same problem. (A lot) Packages were missing
I had to update R
Install java for R
Install Rtools42 from CRan
Install remotes
before running the command of #Dunbar111
remotes::install_github(c("ropensci/tabulizerjars", "ropensci/tabulizer"), INSTALL_opts = "--no-multiarch")
I'm trying to install the package 'gfortran' (because the package 'deSolve' demands it to be insatlled) but get the error:
install.packages("gfortran")
Warning in install.packages :
package 'gfortran' is not available (for R version 3.3.1)
How can I solve it?
You should install gfortran on your device, not in the R console.
The steps you should take are nicely written here.
In short,
Remove existing gfortran installations
Install Xcode from the App Store
Run in your terminal:
xcode-select --install
Install gfortran. You can find all releases here
Go back to R and install your desired package
I updated R 3.4.4 to R 3.5.0 today. And my package cannot pass R CMD check anymore. It fails at checking whether package can be installed ... ERROR.
In another hand my package works, I can install it and use it as long as I don't check it.
The error is the following:
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘sp’:
package ‘lattice’ was installed by an R version with different internals; it needs to be reinstalled for use with this R version
Error : package ‘sp’ could not be loaded
I tried to reinstall lattice these ways:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install r-cran-lattice
or
remove.packages("lattice", lib="~/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.5")
install.package("lattice")
The package lattice is installed correctly in both cases. But it does not solve my problem. Also I ensured to have a single version of lattice removing either the r-cran one or the self compiled version. Nothing works.
Edit By the way I can do library(sp) or library(lattice) it works. But not with R CMD check
The error message tells you that the binary you are attempting to install comes from an insufficient / incompatible R version.
Two fixes:
Install from source as you did. After that check with AP <- available.packages() that you really only have one.
Use the correct binarie: read this README at CRAN and switch to Michael's 'R 3.5' repos. Many of us have been doing that for weeks.
Lastly, the r-sig-debian list is a friendly place for these questions and more. Subscribe first so that you can post.
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.