Feature #564

TBX: x.x, R install.packages bug

Added by Serge Heiden almost 9 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:01/30/2014
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

100%
Category:Stats / R Spent time: -
Target version:TXM 0.7.6

Description

For some environments, R package installation doesn't work.

For example on Ubuntu 64bits 12.04 TXM 0.7.5 beta :
Running the following R code:

install.packages("stylo")

The installation seems to work because the console messages show the installation process
and finish with:
Rserve>* DONE (stylo)

We can check the installation with the following R code:

library(stylo)

Windows 7 case

On Windows 7:

The user is asked by R if he wish to create a library directory to install R packages.
  • If he says "no", the update fails
  • If he says "yes" the directory is created and textometry is installed in that directory. It is only at next TXM startup that textometry is detected.

Solution, is to set a supplementary library directory in $TXMHOME/R/libraries:

.libPaths(c("path/to/txm/r/directory/libraries", .libPaths()))

"path/to/txm/r/directory/libraries" must come first that's way R will try this directory to install packages

Windows users needs to restart the TXM.

History

#1 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • Target version changed from TXM X.X to TXM 0.7.6

#2 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

With Linux, running "install.library" from a Job seems to randomly provoke SIGPIPE errors

#3 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#4 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

On Windows 7:

The user is asked by R if he wish to create a library directory to install R packages.
  • If he says "no", the update fails
  • If he says "yes" the directory is created and textometry is installed in that directory. It is only at next TXM startup that textometry is detected.

Solution, is to set a supplementary library directory in $TXMHOME/R/libraries:

.libPaths(c("path/to/txm/r/directory/libraries", .libPaths()))

"path/to/txm/r/directory/libraries" must come first that's way R will try this directory to install packages

#5 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#6 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#7 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)

#8 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 80

#9 Updated by Matthieu Decorde over 8 years ago

  • % Done changed from 80 to 90

#10 Updated by Matthieu Decorde about 8 years ago

  • % Done changed from 90 to 100

#11 Updated by Matthieu Decorde about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed

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