Help required for Rcmdr

Dear Sekhar,
-----Original Message-----
From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr

Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help.
In any case I hv tried all
over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
I assume that  by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.

I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.

Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.

John
On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:

	Dear Sekhar,

	I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you
haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use install.packages()
to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.

	Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the
package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows GUI
via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but that too
won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on which
the Rcmdr depends.

	As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem with
a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's problem),
you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in preference
to the default HTTPS:

	Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first (0-Cloud)
mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.

	If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.

	You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help. That
not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people who
have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response to r-
help.

	Best,
	 John

	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
	> Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
	> To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
	> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
	>
	> Dear Sirs,
	> Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several CRAN
mirrors
	> but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also unzip
the
	> same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
	> that is the problem.
	> regards
	> sekhar
	>
	> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
	> <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > > wrote:
	>
	>
	>       Hi Rich,
	>
	>       > -----Original Message-----
	>       > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
<mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
	> <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
	>       > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
	>       > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
	> <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
	>       > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
	> Sekhar Venkatesan
	>       > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
	> <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
	>       > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
	> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-
help at r-project.org>  <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
	> help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ; R-windows at r-
	>       > project.org <http://project.org>  <http://project.org>
	>       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
	>       >
	>       > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty with
Rstudio.
	>       >
	>
	>       Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R
Windows
	> SDI and MDI.
	>
	>       Best,
	>        John
	>
	>
	>       > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named function
in an
	>       > environment that does not appear in either
conflicts(details=TRUE)
	> or in
	>       > search().
	>       >
	>       > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
	>       >
	>       > utils::install.packages("package.name <http://package.name>
<http://package.name> ")
	>       >
	>       > Rich
	>       >
	>       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
	> <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
	>       > wrote:
	>       > > dear John,
	>       > > Thanks for your prompt reply
	>       > >
	>       > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
	>       > >>
	>       > >> Dear Vito,
	>       > >>
	>       > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a general
way,
	>       > >
	>       > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
straightforwardly..
	>       > >
	>       > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call install.packages()
all the
	>       > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
	>       > > Of course..
	>       > >
	>       > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
	>       > > install.packages() from working in your case -- possibly an
	> Internet
	>       > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server, use of
https,
	> etc.
	>       > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these issues
	> than I am
	>       > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for fixing the
	> problem.
	>       > >
	>       > > However I have just checked that it works with *http*
servers
	> (but not
	>       > > for any other *https*..)
	>       > >
	>       > > Thanks for your support,
	>       > > best,
	>       > > vito
	>       > >
	>       > >
	>       > >>
	>       > >> Best,
	>       > >>   John
	>       > >>
	>       > >> -----------------------------
	>       > >> John Fox, Professor
	>       > >> McMaster University
	>       > >> Hamilton, Ontario
	>       > >> Canada L8S 4M4
	>       > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
<http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
	> <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
	>       > >>
	>       > >>
	>       > >> ________________________________________
	>       > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:r-
help-bounces at r-project.org>  <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
	> bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
behalf of Vito M. R.
	>       > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>  <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
	> ]
	>       > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
	>       > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
	> <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >
	>       > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
project.org>  <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
	> project.org <http://project.org> >
	>       > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
	>       > >>
	>       > >> dear all,
	>       > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr
package
	> itself..
	>       > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
	>       > >>
	>       > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when typing
	>       > >>
	>       > >>   > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
	>       > >>
	>       > >> I get the message
	>       > >> Warning message:
	>       > >> package ?_ANY_PACKAGE_? is not available (for R version
3.2.3)
	>       > >>
	>       > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
	>       > >>
	>       > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
	>       > >>
	>       > >> best,
	>       > >> vito
	>       > >>
	>       > >>
	>       > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
	>       > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you instead
of R-
	> help.
	>       > >>> Thanks
	>       > >>> for directing me.
	>       > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i asked for
	>       > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not
available
	> with
	>       > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for getting started
with
	>       > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical
interface
	> which
	>       > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr console.
	>       > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out the
R
	> console as
	>       > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import
files
	> and also
	>       > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-
commander
	> console.
	>       > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the R-
commander
	>       > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the statistical
	> operations.
	>       > >>> Thanks and regards,
	>       > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
disturbing
	> him.
	>       > >>> Sekhar
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
	>       > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
	> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
	>       > >>> wrote:
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
	>       > >>>>
	>       > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
	>       > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN site. I
	> have tried
	>       > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface. But
	> Rcmdr is not
	>       > >>>>> opening in as a console  along with R console. Help is
	> required to
	>       > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
	> library(Rcmdr)
	>       > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
	>       > >>>>> thanks
	>       > >>>>> Sekhar
	>       > >>>>> Delhi
	>       > >>>>> India
	>       > >>>>>
	>       > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help.  Please write
to R-
	> help,
	>       > >>>>> and
	>       > >>>>
	>       > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands
that are
	> failing.
	>       > >>>>
	>       > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
	>       > >>>>
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>>
______________________________________________
	>       > >>> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
	> list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
	>       > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
	>       > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
	>       > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
	>       > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
	> reproducible code.
	>       > >>>
	>       > >>
	>       > >> --
	>       > >>
==============================================
	>       > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
	>       > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
	>       > >> Universit? di Palermo
	>       > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
	>       > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
	>       > >> tel: 091 23895240
	>       > >> fax: 091 485726
	>       > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
	>       > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
	>       > >>
	>       > >>
______________________________________________
	>       > >> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing list
	> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
	>       > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
	>       > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
	>       > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
	>       > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
reproducible
	> code.
	>       > >>
	>       > >
	>       > > --
	>       > > ==============================================
	>       > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
	>       > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
	>       > > Universit? di Palermo
	>       > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
	>       > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
	>       > > tel: 091 23895240
	>       > > fax: 091 485726
	>       > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
	>       > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
	>       > >
	>       > > ______________________________________________
	>       > > R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing list -
	> - To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
	>       > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
	>       > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
	>       > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
	>       > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
reproducible
	> code.
	>
	>

Dear Sirs,
just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in the
installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr
regards
sekhar

Dear Sekhar,

-----Original Message-----
From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr

Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help.

In any case I hv tried all
over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
I assume that  by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an
HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.

I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.

Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.

John

On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:

      Dear Sekhar,

      I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you
haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use
install.packages()
to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.

      Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the
package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows
GUI
via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but
that too
won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on
which
the Rcmdr depends.

      As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem
with
a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's
problem),
you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in
preference
to the default HTTPS:

      Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first
(0-Cloud)
mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.

      If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.

      You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help.
That
not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people
who
have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response
to r-
help.

      Best,
       John

      > -----Original Message-----
      > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
      > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
      > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
      > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
      >
      > Dear Sirs,
      > Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several
CRAN
mirrors
      > but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also
unzip
the
      > same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
      > that is the problem.
      > regards
      > sekhar
      >
      > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
      > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > > wrote:
      >
      >
      >       Hi Rich,
      >
      >       > -----Original Message-----
      >       > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
<mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
      > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
      >       > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
      >       > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
      > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
      >       > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca
<mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
      > Sekhar Venkatesan
      >       > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
      > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
<mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
      >       > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
      > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-
help at r-project.org>  <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
      > help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ; R-windows at r-
      >       > project.org <http://project.org>  <http://project.org>
      >       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
      >       >
      >       > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty
with
Rstudio.
      >       >
      >
      >       Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R
Windows
      > SDI and MDI.
      >
      >       Best,
      >        John
      >
      >
      >       > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named
function
in an
      >       > environment that does not appear in either
conflicts(details=TRUE)
      > or in
      >       > search().
      >       >
      >       > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
      >       >
      >       > utils::install.packages("package.name <
http://package.name>
<http://package.name> ")
      >       >
      >       > Rich
      >       >
      >       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
      > <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
      >       > wrote:
      >       > > dear John,
      >       > > Thanks for your prompt reply
      >       > >
      >       > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
      >       > >>
      >       > >> Dear Vito,
      >       > >>
      >       > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a
general
way,
      >       > >
      >       > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
straightforwardly..
      >       > >
      >       > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call
install.packages()
all the
      >       > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
      >       > > Of course..
      >       > >
      >       > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
      >       > > install.packages() from working in your case --
possibly an
      > Internet
      >       > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server,
use of
https,
      > etc.
      >       > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these
issues
      > than I am
      >       > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for
fixing the
      > problem.
      >       > >
      >       > > However I have just checked that it works with *http*
servers
      > (but not
      >       > > for any other *https*..)
      >       > >
      >       > > Thanks for your support,
      >       > > best,
      >       > > vito
      >       > >
      >       > >
      >       > >>
      >       > >> Best,
      >       > >>   John
      >       > >>
      >       > >> -----------------------------
      >       > >> John Fox, Professor
      >       > >> McMaster University
      >       > >> Hamilton, Ontario
      >       > >> Canada L8S 4M4
      >       > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
<http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
      > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
      >       > >>
      >       > >>
      >       > >> ________________________________________
      >       > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:r-
help-bounces at r-project.org>  <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
      > bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
behalf of Vito M. R.
      >       > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>  <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
<mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
      > ]
      >       > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
      >       > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
      > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >
      >       > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
project.org>  <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
      > project.org <http://project.org> >
      >       > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
      >       > >>
      >       > >> dear all,
      >       > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr
package
      > itself..
      >       > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
      >       > >>
      >       > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when
typing
      >       > >>
      >       > >>   > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
      >       > >>
      >       > >> I get the message
      >       > >> Warning message:
      >       > >> package ?_ANY_PACKAGE_? is not available (for R
version
3.2.3)
      >       > >>
      >       > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
      >       > >>
      >       > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
      >       > >>
      >       > >> best,
      >       > >> vito
      >       > >>
      >       > >>
      >       > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
      >       > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you
instead
of R-
      > help.
      >       > >>> Thanks
      >       > >>> for directing me.
      >       > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i
asked for
      >       > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not
available
      > with
      >       > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for
getting started
with
      >       > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical
interface
      > which
      >       > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr
console.
      >       > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out
the
R
      > console as
      >       > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import
files
      > and also
      >       > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-
commander
      > console.
      >       > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the
R-
commander
      >       > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the
statistical
      > operations.
      >       > >>> Thanks and regards,
      >       > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
disturbing
      > him.
      >       > >>> Sekhar
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
      >       > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
      > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
<mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
      >       > >>> wrote:
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
      >       > >>>>
      >       > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
      >       > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN
site. I
      > have tried
      >       > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface.
But
      > Rcmdr is not
      >       > >>>>> opening in as a console  along with R console.
Help is
      > required to
      >       > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
      > library(Rcmdr)
      >       > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
      >       > >>>>> thanks
      >       > >>>>> Sekhar
      >       > >>>>> Delhi
      >       > >>>>> India
      >       > >>>>>
      >       > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help.  Please
write
to R-
      > help,
      >       > >>>>> and
      >       > >>>>
      >       > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands
that are
      > failing.
      >       > >>>>
      >       > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
      >       > >>>>
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>>
______________________________________________
      >       > >>> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
      > list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
      >       > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
      >       > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
      >       > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
      >       > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
      > reproducible code.
      >       > >>>
      >       > >>
      >       > >> --
      >       > >>
==============================================
      >       > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
      >       > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
      >       > >> Universit? di Palermo
      >       > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
      >       > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
      >       > >> tel: 091 23895240
      >       > >> fax: 091 485726
      >       > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
      >       > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
      >       > >>
      >       > >>
______________________________________________
      >       > >> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
list
      > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
      >       > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
      >       > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
      >       > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
      >       > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
reproducible
      > code.
      >       > >>
      >       > >
      >       > > --
      >       > > ==============================================
      >       > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
      >       > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
      >       > > Universit? di Palermo
      >       > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
      >       > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
      >       > > tel: 091 23895240
      >       > > fax: 091 485726
      >       > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
      >       > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
      >       > >
      >       > > ______________________________________________
      >       > > R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
<mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
list -
      > - To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
      >       > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
      >       > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
      >       > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
      >       > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
reproducible
      > code.
      >
      >

Not sure what C+ software is, but with regard to C or C++ compilers the short answer is probably not.  The true answer is that it may depend on your unspecified operating system and on what packages you want to use. 

If you are on windows you can install most packages from zip files with no compiler. Also, many packages that contain only R source code can be installed from tar.gz files even without a compiler.
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On February 21, 2016 4:49:08 AM PST, Sekhar Venkatesan <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Sirs,
>just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in
>the
>installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr
>regards
>sekhar
>
>On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sekhar,
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
>> > Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
>> > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
>> > Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>> >
>> > Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
>>
>> And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to
>r-help.
>>
>> > In any case I hv tried all
>> > over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
>>
>> I assume that  by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again
>with an
>> HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.
>>
>> I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.
>>
>> Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.
>>
>> John
>>
>> >
>> > On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
>> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >       Dear Sekhar,
>> >
>> >       I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although
>you
>> > haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use
>> install.packages()
>> > to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.
>> >
>> >       Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install
>the
>> > package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R
>Windows
>> GUI
>> > via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu,
>but
>> that too
>> > won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages
>on
>> which
>> > the Rcmdr depends.
>> >
>> >       As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a
>problem
>> with
>> > a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's
>> problem),
>> > you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in
>> preference
>> > to the default HTTPS:
>> >
>> >       Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
>> > Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first
>> (0-Cloud)
>> > mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as
>before.
>> >
>> >       If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other
>suggestions.
>> >
>> >       You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to
>r-help.
>> That
>> > not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that
>people
>> who
>> > have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this
>response
>> to r-
>> > help.
>> >
>> >       Best,
>> >        John
>> >
>> >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
>> >       > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
>> >       > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
>> >       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>> >       >
>> >       > Dear Sirs,
>> >       > Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried
>several
>> CRAN
>> > mirrors
>> >       > but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can
>also
>> unzip
>> > the
>> >       > same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr
>console.
>> >       > that is the problem.
>> >       > regards
>> >       > sekhar
>> >       >
>> >       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John
><jfox at mcmaster.ca
>> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
>> >       > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >
>wrote:
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       Hi Rich,
>> >       >
>> >       >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       >       > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
>> > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
>> >       > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
>> >       >       > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
>> >       >       > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
>> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
>> >       > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
>> >
>> >       >       > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
><mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca
>> >
>> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
>> >       > Sekhar Venkatesan
>> >       >       > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
>> >       > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
>> >       >       > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
>> >       > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org
><mailto:R-
>> > help at r-project.org>  <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
>> >       > help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ;
>R-windows at r-
>> >       >       > project.org <http://project.org> 
><http://project.org>
>> >       >       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Several of my students have had this type of
>difficulty
>> with
>> > Rstudio.
>> >       >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       Good to know, but the original poster tried both with
>the R
>> > Windows
>> >       > SDI and MDI.
>> >       >
>> >       >       Best,
>> >       >        John
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly
>named
>> function
>> > in an
>> >       >       > environment that does not appear in either
>> > conflicts(details=TRUE)
>> >       > or in
>> >       >       > search().
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > utils::install.packages("package.name <
>> http://package.name>
>> > <http://package.name> ")
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > Rich
>> >       >       >
>> >       >       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
>> >       > <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
>> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
>> >       >       > wrote:
>> >       >       > > dear John,
>> >       >       > > Thanks for your prompt reply
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> Dear Vito,
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a
>> general
>> > way,
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
>> > straightforwardly..
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call
>> install.packages()
>> > all the
>> >       >       > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
>> >       >       > > Of course..
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's
>preventing
>> >       >       > > install.packages() from working in your case --
>> possibly an
>> >       > Internet
>> >       >       > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy
>server,
>> use of
>> > https,
>> >       > etc.
>> >       >       > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about
>these
>> issues
>> >       > than I am
>> >       >       > > will be able to make more specific suggestions
>for
>> fixing the
>> >       > problem.
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > However I have just checked that it works with
>*http*
>> > servers
>> >       > (but not
>> >       >       > > for any other *https*..)
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > Thanks for your support,
>> >       >       > > best,
>> >       >       > > vito
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> Best,
>> >       >       > >>   John
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> -----------------------------
>> >       >       > >> John Fox, Professor
>> >       >       > >> McMaster University
>> >       >       > >> Hamilton, Ontario
>> >       >       > >> Canada L8S 4M4
>> >       >       > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
>> > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
>> >       > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> ________________________________________
>> >       >       > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org
><mailto:r-
>> > help-bounces at r-project.org>  <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
>> >       > bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
>> > behalf of Vito M. R.
>> >       >       > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
>> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>  <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
>> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
>> >       > ]
>> >       >       > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
>> >       >       > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
>> > project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
>> >       > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
>>
>> >       >       > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
>> > project.org>  <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
>> >       > project.org <http://project.org> >
>> >       >       > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> dear all,
>> >       >       > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the
>Rcmdr
>> > package
>> >       > itself..
>> >       >       > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when
>> typing
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >>   > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> I get the message
>> >       >       > >> Warning message:
>> >       >       > >> package ?_ANY_PACKAGE_? is not available (for R
>> version
>> > 3.2.3)
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> best,
>> >       >       > >> vito
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha
>scritto:
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
>> >       >       > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to
>you
>> instead
>> > of R-
>> >       > help.
>> >       >       > >>> Thanks
>> >       >       > >>> for directing me.
>> >       >       > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i
>> asked for
>> >       >       > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr
>is not
>> > available
>> >       > with
>> >       >       > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for
>> getting started
>> > with
>> >       >       > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI
>Graphical
>> > interface
>> >       > which
>> >       >       > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the
>Rcmdr
>> console.
>> >       >       > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought
>out
>> the
>> > R
>> >       > console as
>> >       >       > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could
>import
>> > files
>> >       > and also
>> >       >       > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting
>the R-
>> > commander
>> >       > console.
>> >       >       > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on
>getting the
>> R-
>> > commander
>> >       >       > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the
>> statistical
>> >       > operations.
>> >       >       > >>> Thanks and regards,
>> >       >       > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
>> > disturbing
>> >       > him.
>> >       >       > >>> Sekhar
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>> >       >       > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
>> >       > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
>> >       >       > >>> wrote:
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan
>wrote:
>> >       >       > >>>>
>> >       >       > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
>> >       >       > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the
>CRAN
>> site. I
>> >       > have tried
>> >       >       > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user
>interface.
>> But
>> >       > Rcmdr is not
>> >       >       > >>>>> opening in as a console  along with R
>console.
>> Help is
>> >       > required to
>> >       >       > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried
>install.packages("Rcmdr"),
>> >       > library(Rcmdr)
>> >       >       > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
>> >       >       > >>>>> thanks
>> >       >       > >>>>> Sekhar
>> >       >       > >>>>> Delhi
>> >       >       > >>>>> India
>> >       >       > >>>>>
>> >       >       > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help. 
>Please
>> write
>> > to R-
>> >       > help,
>> >       >       > >>>>> and
>> >       >       > >>>>
>> >       >       > >>>> describe what happens when you try the
>commands
>> > that are
>> >       > failing.
>> >       >       > >>>>
>> >       >       > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
>> >       >       > >>>>
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>>
>> > ______________________________________________
>> >       >       > >>> R-help at r-project.org
><mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
>> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> > 
>mailing
>> >       > list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> >       >       > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> >       >       > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> >       >       > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> >       >       > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
>> >       > reproducible code.
>> >       >       > >>>
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >> --
>> >       >       > >>
>> > ==============================================
>> >       >       > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
>> >       >       > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
>> >       >       > >> Universit? di Palermo
>> >       >       > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
>> >       >       > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
>> >       >       > >> tel: 091 23895240
>> >       >       > >> fax: 091 485726
>> >       >       > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
>> >       >       > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >>
>> > ______________________________________________
>> >       >       > >> R-help at r-project.org
><mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
>> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> > 
>mailing
>> list
>> >       > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> >       >       > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> >       >       > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> >       >       > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> >       >       > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
>> > reproducible
>> >       > code.
>> >       >       > >>
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > --
>> >       >       > > ==============================================
>> >       >       > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
>> >       >       > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
>> >       >       > > Universit? di Palermo
>> >       >       > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
>> >       >       > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
>> >       >       > > tel: 091 23895240
>> >       >       > > fax: 091 485726
>> >       >       > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
>> >       >       > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
>> >       >       > >
>> >       >       > > ______________________________________________
>> >       >       > > R-help at r-project.org
><mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
>> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> > 
>mailing
>> list -
>> >       > - To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> >       >       > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> >       >       > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> >       >       > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> >       >       > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
>> > reproducible
>> >       > code.
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>______________________________________________
>R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>PLEASE do read the posting guide
>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

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Dear sekhar,

You don't need a C or C++ compiler to use the Rcmdr package. Nor do you need a compiler to install the package on Windows or Mac OS X, for which binary packages are provided by CRAN. Apparently, from your previous question, you're using a Windows system, and so you don't need a C or C++ compiler, unless for some reason you want to install the package from source (because there is a single small C program in the sources for the package).

Why do you ask?

I hope this helps,
 John

-----------------------------
John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
Dear Sirs,
just wanted to check whether C+ or C++ software is required to be in the
installed in the laptop in order to use Rcmdr
regards
sekhar

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:

> Dear Sekhar,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com]
> > Sent: February 10, 2016 11:37 AM
> > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> > Subject: RE: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >
> > Tks and sorry for inadvertently sending to u alone
>
> And you apparently just did that again, so again I'm cc'ing to r-help.
>
> > In any case I hv tried all
> > over again but to no avail Regards Sekhar
>
> I assume that  by "tried all over again" you mean you tried again with an
> HTTP rather than HTTPS CRAN mirror and that didn't work.
>
> I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas.
>
> Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.
>
> John
>
> >
> > On Feb 10, 2016 9:59 PM, "Fox, John" <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >       Dear Sekhar,
> >
> >       I'm sorry that you're experiencing these problems. Although you
> > haven't said so directly, I assume that you aren't able to use
> install.packages()
> > to install *any* CRAN packages, not just the Rcmdr package.
> >
> >       Downloading and unpacking the Rcmdr zip file doesn't install the
> > package. You can install the zip-file binary package from the R Windows
> GUI
> > via the "Packages > Install package(s) from local zip files" menu, but
> that too
> > won't really help because it won't install the many CRAN packages on
> which
> > the Rcmdr depends.
> >
> >       As I said earlier, my guess is that you're experiencing a problem
> with
> > a firewall, proxy server, or HTTPS. If the latter (which was Vito's
> problem),
> > you can easily solve the problem by using an HTTP CRAN server in
> preference
> > to the default HTTPS:
> >
> >       Enter the command chooseCRANmirror(useHTTPS=FALSE) at the R
> > Console > prompt and select a CRAN mirror -- I suggest the first
> (0-Cloud)
> > mirror. Then issue the command install.packages("Rcmdr"), as before.
> >
> >       If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have other suggestions.
> >
> >       You appear to have sent this message only to me, not to r-help.
> That
> > not a good idea for several reasons, not least of which is that people
> who
> > have other suggestions won't see your message. I'm cc'ing this response
> to r-
> > help.
> >
> >       Best,
> >        John
> >
> >       > -----Original Message-----
> >       > From: Sekhar Venkatesan [mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> ]
> >       > Sent: February 10, 2016 12:03 AM
> >       > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> >
> >       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >       >
> >       > Dear Sirs,
> >       > Thanks to everyone for trying to help me. i have tried several
> CRAN
> > mirrors
> >       > but to no help. I am getting the Zip file for Rcmdr and can also
> unzip
> > the
> >       > same. However, after that i am unable to open the Rcmdr console.
> >       > that is the problem.
> >       > regards
> >       > sekhar
> >       >
> >       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> >       > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > > wrote:
> >       >
> >       >
> >       >       Hi Rich,
> >       >
> >       >       > -----Original Message-----
> >       >       > From: Richard M. Heiberger [mailto:rmh at temple.edu
> > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu>
> >       > <mailto:rmh at temple.edu <mailto:rmh at temple.edu> > ]
> >       >       > Sent: February 9, 2016 4:57 PM
> >       >       > To: Vito M. R. Muggeo <vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> >       > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> >       >       > Cc: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca
> >
> > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > >;
> >       > Sekhar Venkatesan
> >       >       > <venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com>
> >       > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com
> > <mailto:venkatesansekhar at gmail.com> > >; Duncan Murdoch
> >       >       > <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> >       > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >; R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-
> > help at r-project.org>  <mailto:R- <mailto:R->
> >       > help at r-project.org <mailto:help at r-project.org> > ; R-windows at r-
> >       >       > project.org <http://project.org>  <http://project.org>
> >       >       > Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >       >       >
> >       >       > Several of my students have had this type of difficulty
> with
> > Rstudio.
> >       >       >
> >       >
> >       >       Good to know, but the original poster tried both with the R
> > Windows
> >       > SDI and MDI.
> >       >
> >       >       Best,
> >       >        John
> >       >
> >       >
> >       >       > Rstudio masks install.packages with a similarly named
> function
> > in an
> >       >       > environment that does not appear in either
> > conflicts(details=TRUE)
> >       > or in
> >       >       > search().
> >       >       >
> >       >       > The workaround is an explicit call to utils
> >       >       >
> >       >       > utils::install.packages("package.name <
> http://package.name>
> > <http://package.name> ")
> >       >       >
> >       >       > Rich
> >       >       >
> >       >       > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Vito M. R. Muggeo
> >       > <vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> > >
> >       >       > wrote:
> >       >       > > dear John,
> >       >       > > Thanks for your prompt reply
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > Il 09/02/2016 16.23, Fox, John ha scritto:
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> Dear Vito,
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> I've never experienced this problem myself in a
> general
> > way,
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > Me too. I have always installed R packages
> > straightforwardly..
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > and I'm sure that Windows users of R call
> install.packages()
> > all the
> >       >       > > time to install packages from CRAN mirrors.
> >       >       > > Of course..
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > So the question to ask, I think, is what's preventing
> >       >       > > install.packages() from working in your case --
> possibly an
> >       > Internet
> >       >       > > connectivity problem due to a firewall, proxy server,
> use of
> > https,
> >       > etc.
> >       >       > > I'm sure that others more knowledgeable about these
> issues
> >       > than I am
> >       >       > > will be able to make more specific suggestions for
> fixing the
> >       > problem.
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > However I have just checked that it works with *http*
> > servers
> >       > (but not
> >       >       > > for any other *https*..)
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > Thanks for your support,
> >       >       > > best,
> >       >       > > vito
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> Best,
> >       >       > >>   John
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> -----------------------------
> >       >       > >> John Fox, Professor
> >       >       > >> McMaster University
> >       >       > >> Hamilton, Ontario
> >       >       > >> Canada L8S 4M4
> >       >       > >> web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> >       > <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> ________________________________________
> >       >       > >> From: R-help [r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:r-
> > help-bounces at r-project.org>  <mailto:r-help- <mailto:r-help->
> >       > bounces at r-project.org <mailto:bounces at r-project.org> > ] on
> > behalf of Vito M. R.
> >       >       > >> Muggeo [vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it>  <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it
> > <mailto:vito.muggeo at unipa.it> >
> >       > ]
> >       >       > >> Sent: February 9, 2016 10:15 AM
> >       >       > >> To: Sekhar Venkatesan; Duncan Murdoch; R-help at r-
> > project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> >       > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >
> >       >       > >> Cc: R-windows at r-project.org <mailto:R-windows at r-
> > project.org>  <mailto:R-windows at r- <mailto:R-windows at r->
> >       > project.org <http://project.org> >
> >       >       > >> Subject: Re: [R] Help required for Rcmdr
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> dear all,
> >       >       > >> I don't know if that problem is related to the Rcmdr
> > package
> >       > itself..
> >       >       > >> (Sekhar try to install any other packages..)
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> I am experiencing the same problem, in that when
> typing
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >>   > install.packages("_ANY_PACKAGE_")
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> I get the message
> >       >       > >> Warning message:
> >       >       > >> package ?_ANY_PACKAGE_? is not available (for R
> version
> > 3.2.3)
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> But I can download the .zip file and unzip it..
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> I tried different CRAN mirrors...
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> best,
> >       >       > >> vito
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> Il 09/02/2016 12.44, Sekhar Venkatesan ha scritto:
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>> Dear Mr. Murdoch,
> >       >       > >>> I am extremely sorry to have sent the mail to you
> instead
> > of R-
> >       > help.
> >       >       > >>> Thanks
> >       >       > >>> for directing me.
> >       >       > >>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version. After that i
> asked for
> >       >       > >>> install.packages("Rcmdr") . It says that Rcmdr is not
> > available
> >       > with
> >       >       > >>> version 3.2.3. On looking at the pdf file for
> getting started
> > with
> >       >       > >>> R, i found that i should download with SDI Graphical
> > interface
> >       > which
> >       >       > >>> I did once again but still i could not get the Rcmdr
> console.
> >       >       > >>> I attended a workshop where the faculty brought out
> the
> > R
> >       > console as
> >       >       > >>> well as the R-commander console where i could import
> > files
> >       > and also
> >       >       > >>> do all the statistics easily. I am not getting the R-
> > commander
> >       > console.
> >       >       > >>> Shall be grateful if i could get help on getting the
> R-
> > commander
> >       >       > >>> console with the user friendly way of doing the
> statistical
> >       > operations.
> >       >       > >>> Thanks and regards,
> >       >       > >>> Once again apologize to Dr. Duncan Murdoch for
> > disturbing
> >       > him.
> >       >       > >>> Sekhar
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> >       >       > >>> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> >       > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> > <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> > >
> >       >       > >>> wrote:
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>>> On 08/02/2016 8:56 AM, Sekhar Venkatesan wrote:
> >       >       > >>>>
> >       >       > >>>>> Dear Sirs,
> >       >       > >>>>> I have downloaded R 3.2.3 version from the CRAN
> site. I
> >       > have tried
> >       >       > >>>>> to download with both MDI and SDI user interface.
> But
> >       > Rcmdr is not
> >       >       > >>>>> opening in as a console  along with R console.
> Help is
> >       > required to
> >       >       > >>>>> open Rcmdr. I have tried install.packages("Rcmdr"),
> >       > library(Rcmdr)
> >       >       > >>>>> etc but to no avail.
> >       >       > >>>>> thanks
> >       >       > >>>>> Sekhar
> >       >       > >>>>> Delhi
> >       >       > >>>>> India
> >       >       > >>>>>
> >       >       > >>>>> This is the wrong email address for help.  Please
> write
> > to R-
> >       > help,
> >       >       > >>>>> and
> >       >       > >>>>
> >       >       > >>>> describe what happens when you try the commands
> > that are
> >       > failing.
> >       >       > >>>>
> >       >       > >>>> Duncan Murdoch
> >       >       > >>>>
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>>
> > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > >>> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
> >       > list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> >       >       > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> >       >       > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> >       >       > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >       >       > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> >       > reproducible code.
> >       >       > >>>
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >> --
> >       >       > >>
> > ==============================================
> >       >       > >> Vito M.R. Muggeo
> >       >       > >> Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> >       >       > >> Universit? di Palermo
> >       >       > >> viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> >       >       > >> 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> >       >       > >> tel: 091 23895240
> >       >       > >> fax: 091 485726
> >       >       > >> http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> >       >       > >> Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >>
> > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > >> R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
> list
> >       > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> >       >       > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> >       >       > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> >       >       > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> >       >       > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible
> >       > code.
> >       >       > >>
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > --
> >       >       > > ==============================================
> >       >       > > Vito M.R. Muggeo
> >       >       > > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli'
> >       >       > > Universit? di Palermo
> >       >       > > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13
> >       >       > > 90128 Palermo - ITALY
> >       >       > > tel: 091 23895240
> >       >       > > fax: 091 485726
> >       >       > > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo
> >       >       > > Associate Editor, Statistical Modelling
> >       >       > >
> >       >       > > ______________________________________________
> >       >       > > R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org>
> > <mailto:R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at r-project.org> >  mailing
> list -
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> >       >       > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained,
> > reproducible
> >       > code.
> >       >
> >       >
> >
> >
>
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