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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your kind response Jonathan, even while on the holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> Since I was not able to find the .tar.gz file on the link to the GitHub you provided, I might need to google that file again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> Thank you I will try it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> JooYoung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> BlindRUG [mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Godfrey, Jonathan via BlindRUG<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 2, 2016 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Blind R Users Group <blindrug@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Godfrey, Jonathan <A.J.Godfrey@massey.ac.nz><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>I assume you downloaded the Mac version of the package from CRAN, or the source package from GitHub.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>In either case, you should have a file ending in tar.gz not zip which is Windows-centric.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> BlindRUG [<a href="mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 3 January 2016 5:00 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> 'Blind R Users Group'<br><b>Cc:</b> JooYoung Seo<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Thanks for your help Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Would you mind letting me know how I could install the downloaded zip file package into the system for all users?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> Appreciatively,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> JooYoung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:4.5pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> BlindRUG [<a href="mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Godfrey, Jonathan via BlindRUG<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 2, 2016 1:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Blind R Users Group <<a href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">blindrug@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Godfrey, Jonathan <<a href="mailto:A.J.Godfrey@massey.ac.nz">A.J.Godfrey@massey.ac.nz</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>And here is the link to GitHub:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://github.com/pmur002/gridgraphics">https://github.com/pmur002/gridgraphics</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> BlindRUG [<a href="mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Godfrey, Jonathan via BlindRUG<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 2 January 2016 7:10 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> Blind R Users Group<br><b>Cc:</b> Godfrey, Jonathan<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>If you go the manual route, I would try the version from GitHub which might have the bug fixes you need.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> BlindRUG [<a href="mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 2 January 2016 2:59 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> 'Blind R Users Group'<br><b>Cc:</b> JooYoung Seo<br><b>Subject:</b> [BlindRUG] Installation failure: the gridGraphics package<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Happy new year list!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I hope you all had a fantastic start of the new year!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I am writing to ask your help to address the following issue:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>----------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Warning message:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In install.packages("gridGraphics") :<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> installation of package ‘gridGraphics’ had non-zero exit status<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>----------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I tested both on Macbook Air and pro, and faced the same problem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Any help will be so much appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> JooYoung Seo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Graduate Student,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Learning, Design, and Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Learning and Performance Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The Pennsylvania State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Phone: +1 (814) 777-5836<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> E-mail: <a href="mailto:jzs323@psu.edu">jzs323@psu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><hr size=1 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></span></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1457E.F8C7BB10" alt="Image removed by sender. 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