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Duy Bui
Duy Bui

Reputation: 1396

Could not install RWeka package on R

I tried different ways to install RWeka package on R but could not find any success.

I could not install RWeka though trying different methods:

1. Install normally

install.packages("RWeka")
cannot open compressed file 'RWekajars/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory'

2. Install from URL

install.packages("devtools")
require(devtools)
install_url("http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/RWeka_0.4-24.zip")
Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : 
  cannot open the connection

3. Install from local (after downloading the zip file and place it into a directory)

install_local("RWeka_0.4-24.zip")
ERROR: installing binary package failed
* removing 'C:/Program Files/R/R-3.2.0/library/RWeka'

Could somebody help me with this? Many thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 12183

Answers (3)

RMN
RMN

Reputation: 59

  1. I installed the last version of java https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

  2. In R Studio:

    install.packages("rJava", type = "source") install.packages("RWeka", type = "source")

Upvotes: 0

Adriano Rivolli
Adriano Rivolli

Reputation: 2108

I had the same error. After I run the javareconf comand in the Ubuntu:

sudo R CMD javareconf
...

sudo R 
> install.packages("RWeka")

I tried to install again and it works for me.

Upvotes: 5

OneCoat
OneCoat

Reputation: 1

My install of both RWeka and RWekajar worked fine onboth Windows 7 and Debian Linux on Intel i5 with both R 3.2.3 and R 3.2.4 following exactly the first (and second) methods you used. However I have gotten the same error installing or even upgrading other packages and the problem has never been exactly obvious.

However, that said, clearly it suggests you are not pointed to an accessible file either on the repository or even where it ends up on your system after download or after unpacking (you never can tell which) but it is worth trying to see which part is failing.

Make sure you are root on linuz or running R etc as admin on Windows. Check the paths to the libraries in the setup. Sometimes the install process can't find the R/R3.2.3/library/ directory and will default to ./Documents/R/.../library check that too.

Check that the environment variables for R and Weka are not corrupted. Also, for what it is worth, make sure all dependencies are being dealt with as onof those may be actually what is inaccessible, especially rJava as Weka is written in Java (which must have an accessible jvm installed).

Often, there are some packages I never figure out theproblem with this error message ( and would welcome some experienced insight as well myself). And sometimes, after I check and fiddle with the above things and when I go back and try the install, it works. :-/

Upvotes: 0

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