[acs-r] acs.tables.install() question

[Laviolette, Michael]

Hi Liz,

I recently found a solution and called it to Ezra's attention. Delete the .gz files from the incorrect location where they're downloaded. Then run this code: 

filelist <- readLines("http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/filelist.txt") 
  dir.create(file.path(system.file(package = "acs"), "extdata"), showWarnings = FALSE) 
  for (i in filelist) { 
    download.file(url =  
                    paste0("http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/", i), 
                  destfile = file.path(system.file("extdata", package = "acs"), i))}

I tested it on my Windows system and it seemed to work--the .gz files should now have the correct name (no leading "extdata" and appear in the correct subfolder ("extdata"). Try it and let me know how it works. Thanks!

Michael Laviolette PhD MPH
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
Bureau of Population Health and Community Services
New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services
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Concord, NH 03301-6504
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Hi,



I've run the acs.tables.install() command and see that .gz files have 

been downloaded to C:\Program Files\R\R-3.6.0\library\acs directory, but 

acs.fetch still defaults to URL downloads. Have copied the .gz files 

into the /extdata subdirectory based on comments on listserv, but fetch 

still directs to URL. (running on windows machine).



Any tips/suggestions would be appreciated!



Thanks,

Liz



Elizabeth Tighe, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Steinhardt Social Research Institute

Brandeis University

781.736.3824





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