Re: I can't install it

[Domingo J Rubira López]

Nothing. I can't. I think I throw in the towel!


El vie., 14 ago. 2020 a las 20:31, Alan Mead (<amead2@alanmead.org>)
escribió:

> I would try the 32-bit installer. The 64-bit fails on older Windows
> versions, and maybe that includes your version of Windows 10. If so, that
> would be good to know.
>
> Your computer should be able to use either 32- or 64-bit and it should be
> about the same experience unless you are using very large datasets.
>
> You could also open a command window:
> https://www.howtogeek.com/235101/10-ways-to-open-the-command-prompt-in-windows-10/
> , and run the executable manually. My guess is that there are some errors
> that are being printed. But you need to know a little DOS to do this.
>
> -Alan
>
>
> On 8/14/2020 12:39 PM, Domingo J Rubira López wrote:
>
> I can't understand anything. I am totally surprised!
>
> I get the file exe at work (I can`t download it at home, it gets an
> error). I open the exe file and immediately and doing nothing with my hands
> it closes. I attach a video below. I have deactivated antivirus but I can't
> understand. This only happens with this version.
>
> I can't and I don't know why.
>
> El vie., 14 ago. 2020 a las 15:28, <amead2@alanmead.org> escribió:
>
>> The ADD FILES issue sounds like the data files are not in the current
>> working directory. Use CD to change directories in syntax.
>>
>> -Alan
>>
>> Sent from Workspace ONE Boxer
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2020 1:02 AM, Domingo J Rubira López <domingojrubira@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes Alan. You are right. I have tried installing and removing several
>> versions, and I can install almost all of them. The problem is that no
>> one
>> of them seems to work properly.
>>
>> I didn't install the program at work and on that pc I can do things I
>> can`t
>> at home. My pc is Windows 10 Home 64-bit. Last versión I have installed
>> is pspp-20170909-daily-64bits-setup.exe. (GNU pspp 1.0.1-g818227) But I
>> only could not install pspp-20181109-daily-64bits-setup.exe (I think the
>> latest version).
>>
>> I attach here two screenshots about import data. First of all you can see
>> I
>> can choose the file. When I get next I only get the next screenshot and
>> can't see anything more.
>> [image: image.png]
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> Regarding add files... I want to join 2 files with the same variables. 2
>> similar Datasets. I write in sintaxis windows the sentence " add files
>> /file='Proteinuria.sav' /file='DataSet1.sav' " as you see below. But it
>> doesn't work and there is an error (another screenshot, in Spanish saying
>> there is no file I want).
>> [image: image.png]
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> All these options work properly at work with GNU pspp 1.2.0-g0fb4db
>> version. But I said I trtied many versions at home.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>>
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>> El jue., 13 ago. 2020 a las 21:34, Alan Mead (<amead2@alanmead.org>)
>> escribió:
>>
>> > Domingo,
>> >
>> > Sounds frustrating and I'm sorry to hear that.
>> >
>> > You said that you cannot install it, but then you say that it's not
>> > working right, so I'm guessing that you can install it, that it starts,
>> but
>> > that it doesn't function properly. Is that correct?
>> >
>> > And it functions correctly at work, but not at home? And your home
>> > computer is Windows 10 64-bit?
>> >
>> > Which file did you install? If it's installed and you cannot recall,
>> start
>> > PSPP, choose Help, then About and the version appears in the middle of
>> the
>> > dialog. For example, I'm running "GNU pspp 1.3.0-g937088". I've had
>> trouble
>> > recently where the 64-bit PSPP didn't work on my 64-bit Windows
>> machine,
>> > but we decided that was because it wasn't Windows 10 and that doesn't
>> seem
>> > to be an issue for you.
>> >
>> > You shouldn't have to install anything other than pspp.
>> >
>> > About the data import, you click buttons like "Next" to move through
>> the
>> > import wizard (see screenshot). Are they not visible?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > And regarding the error when adding files, what does "adding files"
>> mean
>> > exactly? And what is the exact error you get?
>> >
>> > -Alan
>> >
>> > On 8/13/2020 1:32 PM, Domingo J Rubira López wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello everybody, could anyone help me?
>> >
>> > I am trying to install pspp on my personal computer (to work at home).
>> I
>> > have Windows 10 Home system (64 bits) and I tried the most exe files
>> inhttp://pspp.awardspace.info/ andhttps://
>> sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/
>> >
>> > I don't really know why, but it doesn't work properly. I can't import
>> data.
>> > It always stays in the first step, choosing the file, it never
>> continues to
>> > select if all cases or only the first ones. I can´t add files either.
>> It
>> > says there is an error with the file. But at work I got it, so it is a
>> > problem from my pc or my pspp version.
>> >
>> > Where can I get a pspp software to work properly? Must I install
>> anything
>> > before?
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> > Domingo
>> >
>> >
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>
> Alan D. Mead, Ph.D.
> President, Talent Algorithms Inc.
>
> science + technology = better workers
> http://www.alanmead.org
>
> The irony of this ... is that the Internet is
> both almost-infinitely expandable, while at the
> same time constrained within its own pre-defined
> box. And if that makes no sense to you, just
> reflect on the existence of Facebook. We have
> the vastness of the internet and yet billions
> of people decided to spend most of them time
> within a horribly designed, fake-news emporium
> of a website that sucks every possible piece of
> personal information out of you so it can sell it
> to others. And they see nothing wrong with that.
>
> -- Kieren McCarthy, commenting on why we are not
>                     all using IPv6
>
>