Dear R Users; I am an R user who has recently bought a new laptop;Toshiba Satellite U405 running on both Windows Vista and Ubuntu.
I have problems on the wondows vista when installing packages. The argument 'lib' is missing. How do i solve this problem? Illustration: > install.packages("epicalc") Warning in install.packages("epicalc") : argument 'lib' is missing: using 'C:\Users\lazurus\Documents/R/win-library/2.7' --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'http://cran.za.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/epicalc_2.7.1.2.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 629215 bytes (614 Kb) opened URL downloaded 614 Kb package 'epicalc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded packages are in C:\Users\lazurus\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpMrOxin\downloaded_packages updating HTML package descriptions ## problem 2 is about downloading R without internet connection I have failed to get internet working under ubuntu for both wireless LAN and Ethernet cable and therefore i cannot download R from the net. Both wireless and ethernet are not detected at all leave alone connecting to the internet. I am using Atheros AR5007EG wireless network adapter, Marvel Yukon 88E8040T PCI-E Fat Ethernrt Controller. Internet works fine under the windows Vista system but not on the Ubuntu side Anyhelp will be appreciated. Kind regards, Lazarus Mramba Junior Statistician P.O Box 986, 80108, Kilifi, Kenya Mobile No. +254721292370 Tel: +254 41 522063 Tel: +254 41 522390 (office extension : 419) ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.