I apologize for not including my entire script. What I typed into the shell was:
*download.packages(ape)* to which R responded with a Tcl/Tk interface allowing me to set my CRAN. After I did so it proceeded to spit out the following error: *Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done* Error in **file.info* <http://file.info>*(x) : argument "destdir" is missing, with no default* Let me know if that doesn't clarify my query. If this ends up being a product of my preferring the terminal over the R.app then I'll post to the Mac people and see what they have to say. Jessica ** On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:06 PM, David Winsemius <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Jessica Joganic wrote: > > Hi Fellow R Users, >> I recently upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5 (Snow Leopard) and had some issues >> downloading and running R 2.10.1. I fixed the tcl/tk problem I was >> originally having but it was replaced with another. I run R out of the >> shell >> (terminal) and when I ask it to download.packages() it gives me the >> following message: >> >> *Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done* >> *Error in file.info(x) : argument "destdir" is missing, with no default* >> * >> * >> > > I am a bit puzzled by that function call. I would have expected there to be > some arguments in the call. What were you expecting to be the results? > After I run that function, I get a window of CRAN sites to choose and after > choosing the CMU site I get: > > > download.packages() > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done > Error in file.info(x) : argument "destdir" is missing, with no default > > I searched around on the help archives and various online message boards >> and >> the most I could discern was that the directory where the library is >> located >> isn't being recognized by R (it should recognize it by default). I tried >> setting the "destdir" argument manually to no avail. I am able to >> successfully download and install packages with no problem if I run the >> actual R program out of the Applications folder, >> > > Heh, the thing you are calling the "actual R program" is probably the > R-GUI, typically named R.app or R64.app, and it is a front-end to the R > executable. > > > however I prefer to use the >> shell. I did find one mention of a recognized issue with OS X 10.5 and R >> 2.10.1 conflicting when trying to download packages, which results in the >> library pathway being broken. The only problem is the fix for this problem >> > > given in the R manual doesn't work. Has anyone had a similar problem or >> have >> any ideas as to how to solve this? >> > > It happens for me as well, but I guess I don't see it as a problem, since I > did not offer a sensible set of arguments to the function. (Plus, I always > use the GUI despite Rolf Turner's efforts to shame me into being a terminal > dude.) You may want to post follow-ups to the Mac-SIG mailing list where > this would be amore appropriate question: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > >> >> -- > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > -- Jessica L Joganic Graduate Student Department of Anthropology Campus Box 1114 Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 email: [email protected] [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
