It seems indeed that it is a locale issue : > Sys.getlocale() [1] "LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C"
> install.packages("toto") Erreur dans sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) : format incorrect '% (ca' ; utilisez le format %s pour les objets caractères > Sys.setlocale("LC_MESSAGES","C") [1] "C" > install.packages("toto") Installing package(s) into â/home/username/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12â (as âlibâ is unspecified) --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done Warning message: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : package âtotoâ is not available Many thanks for the hint! ________________________________ Dr Vincent Chouraki Assistant hospitalier universitaire Service d'épidémiologie régional CHRU de Lille, France ________________________________ De : Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> Cc : R-help <r-help@r-project.org> Envoyé le : Mar 19 octobre 2010, 13h 47min 58s Objet : Re: [R] [R 2.12] install.packages() with no lib argument does not work Looks like this may be a problem in the French translations. Please try with LANGUAGE=en. On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, vincent chouraki wrote: > Dear R users, > > I have just upgraded R from 2.11 to 2.12 on Ubuntu 9.04 (see more informations > at the end) from the cran apt-get repository. One of the new things concerning > the install.packages() function is stated here : > > > install.packages() and remove.packages() with lib unspecified and >multiple > libraries in .libPaths() inform the user of the library location used >with > a message rather than a warning. > > I am in this case where .libPaths() has multiple libraries: > >> .libPaths() > [1] "/home/username/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12" > [2] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/library" > [5] "/usr/lib64/R/library" > and install.packages() gives me an error when lib is not given: > >> install.packages("lattice") > Erreur dans sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) : > format incorrect '% > (ca' ; utilisez le format %s pour les objets caract?res > >> install.packages("toto") > Erreur dans sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) : > format incorrect '% > (ca' ; utilisez le format %s pour les objets caract?res > > > whatever package name is given. > > For the time being, I am using : > >> install.packages("lattice", "") > > and it works fine. > > Is this the new way of using the install.packages() function or an error? > > Best regards, > >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15) > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C > [3] LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8 > [5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8 > [7] LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C > [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] fortunes_1.4-0 > > usern...@computer:~$ uname -a > Linux computer 2.6.28-19-generic #65-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:24:42 UTC 2010 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > usern...@computer:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04" > > > ________________________________ > Dr Vincent Chouraki > Assistant hospitalier universitaire > Service d'?pid?miologie r?gional > CHRU de Lille, France > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > -- Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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