[R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully being installed

Fri Apr 27 15:21:28 CEST 2018

Dear Akhilesh,

I hope that it's clear that the Windows binary I provided for the data.table package is a temporary solution, and that the maintainer should fix the package so that it passes its own tests. You should be careful using the package in its current state.

Best,
 John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akhilesh Singh [mailto:akhileshsingh.igkv using gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 4:10 AM
> To: Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca>
> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully being
> installed
> 
> Dear Dr. John Fox,
> 
> The solution provided by you has worked. I downloaded the binary file of
> data.table package made available your website
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> >,
> installed it in R and RStudio. And I happy to report that it has successfully
> worked. Many thanks to you, and to other members of R-team who have tried
> help me.
> 
> 
> With regards,
> 
> 
> Dr. A.K. Singh
> 
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca
> <mailto:jfox using mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Dear A.K. Singh,
> 
> 	As you discovered, the data.table package has an error under R 3.5.0
> that prevents CRAN from distributing a Windows binary for the package. The
> reason that you weren't able to install the package from source is apparently
> that you haven't installed the R package-building tools for Windows. See
> <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ <https://cran.r-
> project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/> >.
> 
> 	Because a number of users of my Rcmdr and car packages have
> contacted me with a similar issue, as a temporary work-around I've placed a
> Windows binary for the data.table package on my website at
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> >.
> You should be able to install the package from there via the command
> 
> 
> install.packages("https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_
> 1.10.4-3.zip
> <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/.Pickup/data.table_1.10.4-3.zip> ",
> repos=NULL, type="win.binary")
> 
> 	I expect that this problem will go away when the maintainer of the
> data.table package fixes the error.
> 
> 	I hope this helps,
> 	 John
> 
> 	--------------------------------------
> 	John Fox, Professor Emeritus
> 	McMaster University
> 	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> 	Web: socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
> <http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org <mailto:r-help-
> bounces using r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Akhilesh
> 	> Singh
> 	> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:08 AM
> 	> To: r-help mailing list <r-help using r-project.org <mailto:r-help using r-
> project.org> >
> 	> Subject: [R] Package 'data.table' in version R-3.5.0 not successfully
> 	> being installed
> 	>
> 	> Dear Sir,
> 	>
> 	> I am using R on Windows OS platform. I upgraded my R-system to
> version
> 	> R-3.5.0. While upgrading my libraries in R as well as in RStudio, I am
> 	> stuck up in the package 'data.table', which is required by many
> other
> 	> packages in R-codes in my R-Markdown files.
> 	>
> 	> I tried to install 'data.table' from "USA-berkely" and "UK-bristol"  as
> 	> well as "RStudio" mirrors when the following errors are being
> shown:
> 	>
> 	> From  USA-berkely and UK-bristol mirrors:
> 	> =================================
> 	> Package which is only available in source form, and may need
> 	>   compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘data.table’
> 	>   These will not be installed
> 	> Warning message:
> 	> In download.file(url, destfile = f, quiet = TRUE) :
> 	>   InternetOpenUrl failed: ''
> 	>
> 	> From RStudio mirror:
> 	> ================
> 	> Package which is only available in source form, and may need
> compilation
> 	> of
> 	>   C/C++/Fortran: ‘data.table’
> 	>   These will not be installed
> 	>
> 	> Afterwards, I consulted google users, I downloaded the source
> package:
> 	> "data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz" from CRAN, stored it on desktop, and
> tried
> 	> following command for installing from source only:
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> 	> type="source")
> 	>
> 	> This generated following errors messages:
> 	>
> 	> > install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
> 	> type="source") Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’
> 	> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> 	> * installing *source* package 'data.table' ...
> 	> ** package 'data.table' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
> checked
> 	> ** libs
> 	> Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found
> 	> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'data.table'
> 	> * removing 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K. Singh/Documents/R/win-
> 	> library/3.5/data.table'
> 	> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/data.table'
> 	> In R CMD INSTALL
> 	> Warning message:
> 	> In install.packages("C:\\Users\\Dr. A.K.
> 	> Singh\\Desktop\\data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz",  :
> 	>   installation of package
> 	> ‘C:/Users/DRAK~1.SIN/Desktop/data.table_1.10.4-3.tar.gz’ had non-
> zero
> 	> exit status
> 	> >
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> I is requested to kindly help. I was writing a book using R-
> Markdown.
> 	> And I am stuck up as described above.
> 	>
> 	> Dr. A.K. Singh
> 	> Professor and Head
> 	> Department of Agricultural Statistics
> 	> Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
> 	> Raipur
> 	> Chhattisgarh
> 	> India
> 	>
> 
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