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title: "install-ssconvert"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
  %\VignetteIndexEntry{install-ssconvert}
  %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
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```{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