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  "id": 8308,
  "title": "RVowpalWabbit installation issue",
  "url": "/competitions/acquire-valued-shoppers-challenge/discussion/8308",
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  "post_date": "2014-05-29T02:43:25.700Z",
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  "content": "<p>I get the following warning &nbsp;trying to install 'RVowpalWabbit' package:</p>\n<p>&nbsp;'package RVowpalWabbit is not available (for R version 3.0.3)'</p>\n<p>Any suggestions on how to get the package installed will be appreciated.</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>",
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      "postDate": "05/29/2014 02:43:25",
      "content": "<p>I get the following warning &nbsp;trying to install 'RVowpalWabbit' package:</p>\n<p>&nbsp;'package RVowpalWabbit is not available (for R version 3.0.3)'</p>\n<p>Any suggestions on how to get the package installed will be appreciated.</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>",
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      "id": "47216",
      "postDate": "05/29/2014 02:55:06",
      "content": "<p>You may need to install / compile from the source code, e.g.:</p>\n\n<p>install.packages(&quot;RVowpalWabbit&quot;, type=&quot;source&quot;)</p>\n\n<p>Let me know if that helps!</p>",
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      "id": "47217",
      "postDate": "05/29/2014 03:28:39",
      "content": "<p>No luck with this either. Still unable to install.</p>",
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      "postDate": "05/29/2014 03:53:47",
      "content": "<p>Hmm. &nbsp;I ran into this myself with a few packages and 3.0.3. &nbsp;I ended up upgrading to 3.1.0, which solved the problem. &nbsp;This may not be the correct approach - I'm not a super-heavy R user, so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt :-) - but if you're not tied to 3.0.3 it may help.</p>",
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      "content": "<p>install.packages(&quot;RVowpalWabbit&quot;) works for me. I'm using Linux and have version 3.1.0 of R installed. The first time I tried installing RVowpalWabbit I got an error message because I didn't have the Boost libraries installed. Once I fixed that problem RVowpalWabbit installed without any further issues.</p>",
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      "postDate": "05/29/2014 05:36:53",
      "content": "<p>The issue seems to be specific to windows machines. I found a detailed set of instructions by the author on how to install on windows. Will try it when I have some time. By the way upgrading to R version 3.1.0 didn't help.</p>",
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      "id": "47262",
      "postDate": "05/29/2014 14:54:29",
      "content": "<p>You need to have the boost libraries installed before you can install vowpal wabbit. &nbsp;As far as I can tell, compiling VW on windows is extremely difficult. &nbsp;There are pre compiled windows binaries of VW floating around on other competition's forums, but I can't remember where.</p>",
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      "postDate": "05/29/2014 15:00:05",
      "content": "<p>It is rather difficult to install vw itself on windows. &nbsp;I got it going with the instructions here:</p>\n\n<p>http://mlwave.com/install-vowpal-wabbit-on-windows-and-cygwin/</p>\n\n<p>Worked great. &nbsp;Makes installing boost and zlib for compilation easier as well.</p>",
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      "id": "47338",
      "postDate": "05/30/2014 14:10:15",
      "content": "<p>@Phil Culliton</p>\n<p>This link's great. I think they recently rewrite the link. I tried it about half month ago but failed, this link looks much better now.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "48498",
      "postDate": "06/02/2014 16:17:11",
      "content": "<p>Thanks Phil. I got vw installed om my PC.</p>",
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      "author_name": "philculliton",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 02:55:06",
      "content": "<p>You may need to install / compile from the source code, e.g.:</p>\n\n<p>install.packages(&quot;RVowpalWabbit&quot;, type=&quot;source&quot;)</p>\n\n<p>Let me know if that helps!</p>",
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      "author_name": "omoekan09",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 03:28:39",
      "content": "<p>No luck with this either. Still unable to install.</p>",
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      "id": 47219,
      "author_name": "philculliton",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 03:53:47",
      "content": "<p>Hmm. &nbsp;I ran into this myself with a few packages and 3.0.3. &nbsp;I ended up upgrading to 3.1.0, which solved the problem. &nbsp;This may not be the correct approach - I'm not a super-heavy R user, so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt :-) - but if you're not tied to 3.0.3 it may help.</p>",
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      "author_name": "robreynoldson",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 04:05:45",
      "content": "<p>install.packages(&quot;RVowpalWabbit&quot;) works for me. I'm using Linux and have version 3.1.0 of R installed. The first time I tried installing RVowpalWabbit I got an error message because I didn't have the Boost libraries installed. Once I fixed that problem RVowpalWabbit installed without any further issues.</p>",
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      "author_name": "omoekan09",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 05:36:53",
      "content": "<p>The issue seems to be specific to windows machines. I found a detailed set of instructions by the author on how to install on windows. Will try it when I have some time. By the way upgrading to R version 3.1.0 didn't help.</p>",
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      "author_name": "zachmayer",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 14:54:29",
      "content": "<p>You need to have the boost libraries installed before you can install vowpal wabbit. &nbsp;As far as I can tell, compiling VW on windows is extremely difficult. &nbsp;There are pre compiled windows binaries of VW floating around on other competition's forums, but I can't remember where.</p>",
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      "author_name": "philculliton",
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      "post_date": "05/29/2014 15:00:05",
      "content": "<p>It is rather difficult to install vw itself on windows. &nbsp;I got it going with the instructions here:</p>\n\n<p>http://mlwave.com/install-vowpal-wabbit-on-windows-and-cygwin/</p>\n\n<p>Worked great. &nbsp;Makes installing boost and zlib for compilation easier as well.</p>",
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      "author_name": "potato",
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      "post_date": "05/30/2014 14:10:15",
      "content": "<p>@Phil Culliton</p>\n<p>This link's great. I think they recently rewrite the link. I tried it about half month ago but failed, this link looks much better now.</p>",
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      "id": 48498,
      "author_name": "omoekan09",
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      "post_date": "06/02/2014 16:17:11",
      "content": "<p>Thanks Phil. I got vw installed om my PC.</p>",
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