thomas <tom_hoary <at> web.de> writes: > Hello, > > unfortunately I had to compile latest version of R-2.0.1 by myself. I'd > rather would prefer vendors binaries but since the current version of > Ubuntu defaults to 1.9.x I had to compile R on my own in order to be up > to date!
You could have gotten R 2.0.1 from Debian. Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, and that is a feature you can take advantage of: Debian packages should just work. > So far, everything went fine and R runs smoothly. Unfortunately I am not > able to use R CMD INSTALL command to install add-on packages. > > I followed RNews 3/3 and used: > > 1. R CMD INSTALL package_version.tar.gz Did you do that as root? > and > > 2.options(CRAN="http://umfragen.sowi.uni-mainz.de/CRAN/") > install.packages("pkg1". "pkg2") Should be install.packages(c("pkg1", "pkg2")) You seem to have misunderstood how to create a vector on the fly. > Both approaches end up i.e.: > > WARNING: invalid package 'pkg1.tar.gz' > ERROR: no packages specified > > Well, R administration manual and RNews give some examples which I took > as basis to install further packages. > I, as suggested in RNews and administration manual alike, omitted the -l > option, since I want to stay with default library location! Which requires root rights. > Obviously I am stuck in a situation not covered by the docs! Well, most Not sure I agree here. > likely I misunderstand something, can anyone help out with this? Hope this helps, Dirk ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html