Hi,
try this:
$sudo R CMD INSTALL <downloaded.package.tar.gz>
If you don't use 'sudo' (or do not have privileges to do so), you need
to either become root (with su) or ask the administrator of the
machine you are using to install the package for you
regards,
Roberto
On 2/22/07, Gabor Csardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The easiest is perhaps to do
>
> install.packages("packagename")
>
> this downloads the package and installs it into the default R package
> library on your machine. If you want to install it to a different
> directory use the 'lib' argument of 'install.packages'.
>
> If you don't want to download the package again but want to use the
> downloaded one, use the following command:
>
> install.packages(repos=NULL, pkgs="the.file.you've.downloaded")
>
> You can also install R packages from the command line, like this:
>
> R CMD INSTALL -l <lib.directectory> <downloaded.package.file>
>
> Gabor
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 04:44:25PM +0800, gallon li wrote:
> > I downloaded the tar.gz file from r-project website (and saved it in a local
> > directory) and wish to use the package in R.
> >
> > But I am not sure how to use the install.packages command. I tried a few
> > times and still couldn't figure out the correct way to install this package.
> >
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