Help on installing "R" packages in a Citrix

Hi David

I have installed R Version 2.15.1 on the image but having problems install rcom and rscproxy.
Those are commercial packages and not maintained or supported by R-Core

(That is also a rather old version of R and would have gotten the advice to update before further comments were offered if the above sentence were not applicable.)

Since the error message says the packages are nota available for R 2.15.1 I would go to the author's website and see what versions those packages are available for. Standard message to users: read the error messages for meaning.
David.
>  
> I'm following this guide:
>  
> http://homepage.univie.ac.at/erich.neuwirth/php/rcomwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:how_to_install#installation_of_r_r_d_com_server_and_rexcel
>  
> Download the statconn DCOM server and execute the program you downloaded
> Start R as administrator (on Windows 7 you need to right-click the R icon and click the corresponding item)
> In R, run the following commands (you must start R as administrator to do this)
>  
> install.packages(c("rscproxy","rcom"),repos="http://rcom.univie.ac.at/download",lib=.Library)
> library(rcom)
> comRegisterRegistry()
>  
> i get the following message:
>  
> <image001.png>
> Please can you help me?
>  
> Many Thanks
>  
> Chirag Patel
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] 
> Sent: 22 August 2014 09:29
> To: Jon-Paul Cameron
> Cc: 'r-help at R-project.org'; Scott Waters; #BST - Citrix Support
> Subject: Re: [R] Help on installing "R" packages in a Citrix
>  
>  
> On Aug 22, 2014, at 12:36 AM, Jon-Paul Cameron wrote:
>  
> > Hi
> >
> > We are currently trying to migrate 3 users of "R" to a citrix based environment,
>  
> Windows?, Linux? "Citrix" isn't usually thought of as an OS is it?
>  
>  
> > but are coming across major issues trying to install the packages to the relevant image. Can someone please contact me around how the install should be done - as we can find no supporting documentation or help on this matter.
>  
> http://cran.us.r-project.org/manuals.html
>  
> >
> > I already sent this request to "R-packages" for help, but was told this was the correct Forum for info of this type.
>  
> Have you installed R? Which OS? Which version?
>  
> --
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
>  
> ______________________________

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

On Aug 22, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Chirag Patel wrote:

Hi David

I have installed R Version 2.15.1 on the image but having problems install rcom and rscproxy.
Those are commercial packages and not maintained or supported by R-Core
I need to clarify that statement:

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/erich.neuwirth/php/rcomwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:how_to_install

rcom is placed on CRAN but authored by the people who distribute RExcel, so technically it's not a commercial product itself but it is made available to support a commercial product. You will notice in its requirements statconnDCOM:

And it's wiki says rcom does not comply with CRAN open source requirements anymore:

http://homepage.univie.ac.at/erich.neuwirth/php/rcomwiki/doku.php?id=start
David.

> 
> (That is also a rather old version of R and would have gotten the advice to update before further comments were offered if the above sentence were not applicable.)
> 
> Since the error message says the packages are nota available for R 2.15.1 I would go to the author's website and see what versions those packages are available for. Standard message to users: read the error messages for meaning.
> 
> -- 
> David.
>> 
>> I'm following this guide:
>> 
>> http://homepage.univie.ac.at/erich.neuwirth/php/rcomwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:how_to_install#installation_of_r_r_d_com_server_and_rexcel
>> 
>> Download the statconn DCOM server and execute the program you downloaded
>> Start R as administrator (on Windows 7 you need to right-click the R icon and click the corresponding item)
>> In R, run the following commands (you must start R as administrator to do this)
>> 
>> install.packages(c("rscproxy","rcom"),repos="http://rcom.univie.ac.at/download",lib=.Library)
>> library(rcom)
>> comRegisterRegistry()
>> 
>> i get the following message:
>> 
>> <image001.png>
>> Please can you help me?
>> 
>> Many Thanks
>> 
>> Chirag Patel
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net] 
>> Sent: 22 August 2014 09:29
>> To: Jon-Paul Cameron
>> Cc: 'r-help at R-project.org'; Scott Waters; #BST - Citrix Support
>> Subject: Re: [R] Help on installing "R" packages in a Citrix
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 12:36 AM, Jon-Paul Cameron wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> We are currently trying to migrate 3 users of "R" to a citrix based environment,
>> 
>> Windows?, Linux? "Citrix" isn't usually thought of as an OS is it?
>> 
>> 
>>> but are coming across major issues trying to install the packages to the relevant image. Can someone please contact me around how the install should be done - as we can find no supporting documentation or help on this matter.
>> 
>> http://cran.us.r-project.org/manuals.html
>> 
>>> 
>>> I already sent this request to "R-packages" for help, but was told this was the correct Forum for info of this type.
>> 
>> Have you installed R? Which OS? Which version?
>> 
>> --
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
>> 
>> ______________________________
> 
> 
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
> 
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David Winsemius
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