Installation error for Rswarm and Rsearch on Windows 10, R version=4.1

[codeofdoug]

Dear Lerch,

I am facing problems to install Rswarm_0.99.1-win_R-v4.1 and Rvsearch_0.99.1-win_R-v4.1 on Windows 10, R version 4.1.0, as you can see below:

sessionInfo()
R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.1.0 tools_4.1.0 rstudioapi_0.15.0

I have also Rtools installed!

I downloaded the binary zip files to a local folder and executed the install.packages() command as described in your instructions, however, I always get the following error message:

setwd("~/NGS/R_packages_haplotypes")
install.packages("Rswarm_0.99.1-win_R-v4.1.zip", repos = NULL)
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/ITM/Documents/R/win-library/4.1’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
cannot open compressed file 'Rswarm_0.99.1-win_R-v4.1/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory'
Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection

Could you help me to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Douglas

[lerch-a]

Dear Douglas,
the provided Rswarm and Rvsearch version are already quite old and they might no longer be working on newer version of windows. Currently, I do not have an access to a window computer and cannot provide a newer compiled version. If you have Rtools installed you should be able to create your own binary. Try to follow the instruction on https://github.com/lerch-a/HaplotypR.
Best,
Anita