R?

[Richard Vickery]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Ranjan Maitra
<maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com> wrote:
> OK, you are missing some packages (not from R):
>
> sudo yum provides */libpng-config
>
> yields:
>
> 2:libpng-devel-1.5.13-2.fc19.i686 : Development tools for programs to
> manipulate : PNG image format files
> Repo        : fedora
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /usr/bin/libpng-config
>
>
> So install:
>
> sudo yum install libpng-devel
>
> I suspect this takes care of the other error also.
>
> The professor needs to be asked what use this sort of "learning" how
> to use a package is? Monkey-see-monkey-do is all one will get.....throw
> in a non-standard scenario and what will the students (or the professor
> himself) do?
>
> Nevertheless, HTH!
>
> Ranjan
>
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:27:19 -0700 Richard Vickery
> <richard.vickeryrv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know they're useless, but the professor used them and, having known
>> how to do things without then before class, I have since forgotten how
>> to get by without them; and under the pressures of the current
>> classes, it would be far easier using them until the Winter break.
>>
>> Here's what I get when I go to install these:
>>
>> > install.packages()
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Installing package into '/home/richard/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.0'
>> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
>> also installing the dependencies 'png', 'iplots', 'JGR'
>>
>> trying URL 'http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/src/contrib/png_0.1-6.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 24919 bytes (24 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 24 Kb
>>
>> trying URL 'http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/src/contrib/iplots_1.1-6.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 336510 bytes (328 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 328 Kb
>>
>> trying URL 'http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/src/contrib/JGR_1.7-15.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 759394 bytes (741 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 741 Kb
>>
>> trying URL 'http://cran.stat.sfu.ca/src/contrib/Deducer_0.7-6.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 5941779 bytes (5.7 Mb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 5.7 Mb
>>
>> * installing *source* package 'png' ...
>> ** package 'png' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> ** libs
>> gcc -m64 -std=gnu99 -I/usr/include/R -DNDEBUG  -I/usr/local/include
>> `libpng-config --cflags` -fpic  -O2 -g -pipe -Wall
>> -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
>> --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches  -m64 -mtune=generic
>> -c read.c -o read.o
>> /bin/sh: libpng-config: command not found
>> read.c:3:17: fatal error: png.h: No such file or directory
>>  #include <png.h>
>>                  ^
>> compilation terminated.
>> make: *** [read.o] Error 1
>> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'png'
>> * removing '/home/richard/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.0/png'
>> ERROR: dependency 'png' is not available for package 'iplots'
>> * removing '/home/richard/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.0/iplots'
>> ERROR: dependency 'iplots' is not available for package 'JGR'
>> * removing '/home/richard/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.0/JGR'
>> ERROR: dependency 'JGR' is not available for package 'Deducer'
>> * removing '/home/richard/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.0/Deducer'
>>
>> The downloaded source packages are in
>> '/tmp/Rtmpx96KAX/downloaded_packages'
>> Warning messages:
>> 1: In install.packages() :
>>   installation of package 'png' had non-zero exit status
>> 2: In install.packages() :
>>   installation of package 'iplots' had non-zero exit status
>> 3: In install.packages() :
>>   installation of package 'JGR' had non-zero exit status
>> 4: In install.packages() :
>>   installation of package 'Deducer' had non-zero exit status
>>
>> What did/am I do/ing wrong?
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Ranjan Maitra
>> <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com> wrote:
>> > What are you having to do?
>> >
>> > These are just GUIs from R, extremely useless from my point of view
>> > (by definition limited in abilities), but then I have been following R
>> > from version 0.1....
>> >
>> > Ranjan
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:11:20 -0700 Richard Vickery
>> > <richard.vickeryrv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> What happened to R? I can install neither JGR not deducer anymore? Is
>> >> it just me, or does this happen to everyone? I guess I really don't
>> >> need these tools, but the idiot professor in the political science
>> >> class I took instructed the students to be stupid and in need of these
>> >> tools, so I forgot how to work without them.
>> >>
>> >> Richard
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Thanks so much!