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20031015: NetCDF R install
- Subject: 20031015: NetCDF R install
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:39:25 -0600
Titus,
> To: <address@hidden>
> From: "Titus, Robert-Charles" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Error inataiiling netCDF.ZIP
> Organization: UCAR/Unidata
The above message contained the following:
> I am a new R user. I downloaded the netCDF.ZIP package from your site. =
> When trying to install it using "Load package from local ZIP file", I =
> get the following error message:
>
> > =
> install.packages(choose.files('',filters=3DFilters[c('zip','All'),]), =
> .libPaths()[1], CRAN =3D NULL)
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning messages:=20
> 1: error -1 in extracting from zip file=20
> 2: cannot open file `netcdf-3.5.0/DESCRIPTION'
>
> I unzipped and re-zipped (netCDF.ZIP to netCDF-3.5.0.zip), I still get =
> the same error message. I am using the R Version 1.7.1 under Windows =
> 2000 Professional.
>
> Any Help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
I'm sorry but I'm afraid you're on your own. Because the netCDF ZIP
file in question is valid:
$ unzip -l ~ftp/pub/netcdf/netcdf.ZIP
Archive: /home/ftp/pub/netcdf/netcdf.ZIP
Length Date Time Name
------ ---- ---- ----
0 03-23-01 14:09 netcdf-3.5.0/
0 03-23-01 14:04 netcdf-3.5.0/src/
22322 03-23-01 14:00 netcdf-3.5.0/src/INSTALL.html
15001 08-04-97 12:17 netcdf-3.5.0/src/COMPATIBILITY
1847 05-12-99 13:03 netcdf-3.5.0/src/COPYRIGHT
3249 03-23-01 14:01 netcdf-3.5.0/src/MANIFEST
5742 02-27-01 09:04 netcdf-3.5.0/src/Makefile
932 10-20-00 09:48 netcdf-3.5.0/src/README
10772 03-13-01 10:39 netcdf-3.5.0/src/RELEASE_NOTES
6 02-27-01 09:28 netcdf-3.5.0/src/VERSION
30597 03-22-01 14:43 netcdf-3.5.0/src/aclocal.m4
115328 03-22-01 14:43 netcdf-3.5.0/src/configure
1295 03-22-01 14:43 netcdf-3.5.0/src/configure.in
2175 03-13-01 10:42 netcdf-3.5.0/src/macros.make.in
1931 09-23-97 14:06 netcdf-3.5.0/src/macros.make.def
5728 03-12-01 15:31 netcdf-3.5.0/src/rules.make
0 03-23-01 14:04 netcdf-3.5.0/src/libsrc/
43064 06-11-97 10:13 netcdf-3.5.0/src/libsrc/attr.c
...
there must be something wrong with your R. Diagnosing that problem
would require that we debug a foreign, 3-rd party software system --
something for which we don't have the resources.
I suggest that you use the utility "unzip" instead of R to unpack the
netCDF distribution.
Regards,
Steve Emmerson