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packrat: Failed to download current version of foreign(0.8-67)

5 messages · G.Maubach at weinwolf.de, Uwe Ligges

G.Maubach at weinwolf.de
# 
Hi All,

I tried to use packrat on

R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252 
[2] LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252 
[3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C 
[5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252 

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods 
[7] base 

other attached packages:
[1] packrat_0.4.8-1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_3.3.2

Due to internal firewall restrictions the package "foreign" could not be 
downloaded as source. I assume that the package also contains some binary 
parts which will be blocked by the firewall.

When running packrat a directory "packrat" and a file called .Rprofile 
were created in the project directory. A lot of library sources were 
download, but not for "foreign".

After finishing the process the directory "packrat" and the file .Rprofile 
were deleted from the project directory.

Why is that? Just one source library missing and the whole directory is 
gone? Having all libraries for my project without just one is better than 
none!

How can I use packrat with the missing library "foreign"?

Kind regards

Georg
Uwe Ligges
# 
foreign is a recommended package that is already part of your R 
installation. and there shoudl not be a problem to install a recent 
version of it.

What is the error message of you run
install.packages("foreign") from a new R session?

Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 20.02.2017 17:33, G.Maubach at weinwolf.de wrote:
G.Maubach at weinwolf.de
# 
Hi Mr. Ligges,

doing as you said R responds with

install.packages("foreign")
trying URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip'
Warning in install.packages :
  cannot open URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip': 
HTTP status was '403 Forbidden (Content blocked by Trustwave Secure Web 
Gateway)'
Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : 
  cannot open URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip'
Warning in install.packages :
  download of package ?foreign? failed

Running

install.packages("foreign", type = "source")
trying URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/src/contrib/foreign_0.8-67.tar.gz'
Warning in install.packages :
  cannot open URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/src/contrib/foreign_0.8-67.tar.gz': HTTP 
status was '403 Forbidden (Content blocked by Trustwave Secure Web 
Gateway)'
Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : 
  cannot open URL 
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/src/contrib/foreign_0.8-67.tar.gz'
Warning in install.packages :
  download of package ?foreign? failed

The firewall in my company blocks all binary files. Foreign is downloaded 
in "wb" mode. Thus I have no chance to get it. The first fresh 
installation was done from an external drive. As packrat is also 
downloading the binaries instead of the source my download will always 
fail.

My sessionInfo() is
sessionInfo()
R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252 
[2] LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252 
[3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C 
[5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252 

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods 
[7] base 

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_3.3.2

Do have a suggestion?

Kind regards

Georg





Von:    Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
An:     G.Maubach at weinwolf.de, r-help at r-project.org, 
Datum:  20.02.2017 21:29
Betreff:        Re: [R] packrat: Failed to download current version of 
foreign(0.8-67)



foreign is a recommended package that is already part of your R 
installation. and there shoudl not be a problem to install a recent 
version of it.

What is the error message of you run
install.packages("foreign") from a new R session?

Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 20.02.2017 17:33, G.Maubach at weinwolf.de wrote:
binary
.Rprofile
than
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Uwe Ligges
# 
Yes, then we cannot help and you have to ask your company how to get the 
files, of course.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 21.02.2017 08:16, G.Maubach at weinwolf.de wrote:
G.Maubach at weinwolf.de
# 
Packrat does a beautiful job, creating local project repositories of all 
used libraries. If only one library is missing the complete repository is 
not stored. Having all but one library in the repository is far better 
than having none.

I suggest to change the behaviour of packrat to store all libraries it can 
get in the directory "packrat" and not delete it if one library is 
missing. This would help a lot.

Is this possible?

Kind regards

Georg




Von:    Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
An:     G.Maubach at weinwolf.de, 
Kopie:  r-help at r-project.org
Datum:  21.02.2017 09:50
Betreff:        Re: Antwort: Re: [R] packrat: Failed to download current 
version of foreign(0.8-67)



Yes, then we cannot help and you have to ask your company how to get the 
files, of course.

Best,
Uwe Ligges
On 21.02.2017 08:16, G.Maubach at weinwolf.de wrote:
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip'
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip':
'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/foreign_0.8-67.zip'
downloaded
be