[BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package

Sat Jan 2 20:58:03 UTC 2016

Hi,
I assume you downloaded the Mac version of the package from CRAN, or the source package from GitHub.

In either case, you should have a file ending in tar.gz not zip which is Windows-centric.

You would then use the install.packages() command with the first argument being the filename and then set repos=NULL. You might see the help page for install.packages() for quicker response than using me while I am on holiday can offer.

Cheers,
Jonathan

From: BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG
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Subject: Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package

  Thanks for your help Jonathan,
I tried to manually install gridGraphics on my Mac system, but I was not able to find what I should issue in the command line for this performance while there were many search results explaining how to install local package using R-GUI which kept leading me to trap.
Would you mind letting me know how I could install the downloaded zip file package into the system for all users?
 Appreciatively,

       JooYoung

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Subject: Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package

And here is the link to GitHub:
https://github.com/pmur002/gridgraphics

I see that Image magic is required for testing. I wonder if that is the problem you have. Sorry I don't know where to get that for a Mac, but perhaps track it down and install it before next trying to install the package in R.

Jonathan

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Subject: Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package

Hello,

I suggest trying to install gridGraphics first, possibly using a manually downloaded archive instead of the CRAN release. I know the package is under constant development as I work with Paul Murrell on a few things.

If you go the manual route,  I would try the version from GitHub which might have the bug fixes you need.

An update to BrailleR is coming in the next two weeks or so, and I know the dependence on gridGraphics remains, especially as this is what we need for converting various graphs into a form that will allow the fonts to be altered to braille. This is a new way to get the braille working so it is fairly crucial that we get to the bottom of this installation problem.

In the short term, installation of an older version of gridGraphics might work for you. BrailleR will not check the version number (yet) so presence is better than absence. The use of the SVGThis() and BRLThis() functions will be compromised if the gridGraphics version is too old though. The version that was current when I first introduced this dependency was sufficient though which means no one was left behind so to speak.

Jonathan

From: BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG
Sent: Saturday, 2 January 2016 2:59 p.m.
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Subject: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package

Happy new year list!

  I hope you all had a fantastic start of the new year!

  I am writing to ask your help to address the following issue:

  I've installed the latest R on my Mac and tried to install BrailleR package, but I was not able to complete the installation since the gridGraphics which is one of the BrailleR's dependencies had non-zero exit status. Please see the warning message below:

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Warning message:

In install.packages("gridGraphics") :

  installation of package 'gridGraphics' had non-zero exit status

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  I tested both on Macbook Air and pro, and faced the same problem.

  Any help will be so much appreciated!
  Sincerely,

       JooYoung Seo
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  Learning, Design, and Technology
  Learning and Performance Systems
  The Pennsylvania State University
  Phone: +1 (814) 777-5836
  E-mail: jzs323 at psu.edu<mailto:jzs323 at psu.edu>

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