I've looked at previous correspondence, have followed the advice but am still unable to install quantstrat and blotter. I'm at a loss. Perhaps I've missed a previous post which would help and would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction. Many thanks.
Actions: I downloaded the quantstrat pack and issued the following command:
install.packages("C:/Users/George/Downloads/quantstrat_0.9.1669.tar", repos = NULL, type="source")
The result was the following:
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/George/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning: invalid package 'C:/Users/George/Downloads/quantstrat_0.9.1669.tar'
Error: ERROR: no packages specified
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.0/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\George\Documents\R\win-library\3.2" "C:/Users/George/Downloads/quantstrat_0.9.1669.tar"' had status 1
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘C:/Users/George/Downloads/quantstrat_0.9.1669.tar’ had non-zero exit status
I should add that I have Rx64 3.2 installed.
Success, cracked the problem. I downloaded the .zip version of quantstrat and blotter (currently both are 3.1.3) and both installed successfully. Interesting.
I notice there is no supporting documentation - is that the case? Thanks.
The solution was: I downloaded the .zip version of quantstrat and blotter (currently both are 3.1.3) and both installed successfully. Interesting.