--- title: "install-ssconvert" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{install-ssconvert} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ``` The R package `gnumeric` requires an external program, `ssconvert` (normally installed as part of the spreadsheet application `gnumeric`) in `PATH`. - Gnumeric home page is http://www.gnumeric.org ## Installing ssconvert on MS Windows The last release of the `gnumeric` application for windows is 1.12.17 from 2014. The page https://www.cyberithub.com/how-to-install-gnumeric-ssconvert-on-windows-10-using-2-methods/ suggests Either - Install Chocolatey. See https://chocolatey.org/install - `choco install gnumeric` - `setx /M path "%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Gnumeric\1.12.17\bin"` Or - Download and run the installer: https://github.com/roelvandersteen/chocolatey/blob/master/gnumeric/nupkg/tools/gnumeric-1.12.17-20140610.exe - Add the corresponding directory (for example `C:\Program Files (x86)\Gnumeric\1.12.17\bin`) to the environment variable `PATH` ## Installing ssconvert on OS X Both https://command-not-found.com/ssconvert and https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gnumeric suggest - Install `brew`. See https://brew.sh/ - `brew install gnumeric` ## Installing ssconvert on Linux Use the systems package manager to install the package `gnumeric` (On Fedora: `gnumeric-1`). See https://command-not-found.com/ssconvert