Yet again, yet again, Martin. I told you...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:28:04 +0100, Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "marta" == marta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> on Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:23:17 +0100 (CET) writes: > > marta> Hi there, > marta> I had written a library under R 1.9.0 and now I would like to > import that > marta> library under R 2.0.1 > > "package", "package", "package" -- a "library" is something > really different! > > marta> Apparently it does not work; I can install the > marta> package, but when I try to read it the error is the > marta> following: > > marta> Error in library(compvar) : 'compvar' is not a valid package -- > installed > marta> < 2.0.0 > > so you haven't really "installed" in the sense of "Rcmd INSTALL <pkgname>" > [ You didn't tell us, but you probably are using Micro$oft Windows? > On other platforms its "R CMD INSTALL <pkgname>" ] > > and you (or whoever provided the ``pre-compiled'' package to you) > must run "Rcmd INSTALL" on that package where 'Rcmd' is any R > version 2.x.y (2.0.1, typically). > > However, this won't work easily for you if you are on Windows, > since you need to first install quite a few tools before you can > build and install packages ```from source'' > --> read the 'rw-faq' i.e. "R for windows Frequently Asked > Questions (and answers)" that is accessible from the [Help] menu > on Windows. > > marta> I have checked other libraries in R 2.0.1 and I > other >> packages << > > marta> noticed that there is a new folders (Meta) that were > marta> not present under R 1.9.1 as well as a file > marta> (MD5). Moreover, under R folders there are files with > marta> .rdx and .rdb extensions that were not present > marta> before. > > these are rather in connection with Lazyloading and other > features that more packages are using, but you shouldn't have to > know about. > > marta> I was wondering how I can built these files for the library to be > marta> importable under 2.0.1 version. > > marta> Any suggestion? > > "Rcmd INSTALL" (but see above) > > Regards, > Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich > > ______________________________________________ > [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 > -- best, -tony "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can easily roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05). A.J. Rossini [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [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
