I cannot find the posting but I believe Brian Ripley posted something here a day or so ago that said that Design had not passed some of the 2.5.0 tests.
--- Ian Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Listers > > I have tried to install Frank Harrell's two > libaries: Hmisc > and Design. > > I found that Hmisc was listed in the list of > packages from > the Install Packages command on the Packages menu, > but > Design was not. I installed Hmisc from this list, > and when I > issued the library(Hmisc) command, it loaded into > memory > correctly. > > I then copied the Design 1.1-1.zip file from the > http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/S/Harrell/library/r/ site > and used > the Install Packages from Local Zip file command. > > I received no error messages and a visual inspection > of the > R\library directory shows Design has been installed. > > However, when I issued the library(Design) command I > get the > following error message: > > Error in library(Design) : 'Design' is not a valid > package > -- installed < 2.0.0? > > > I also notice, from a visual inspection of the > R\library\Design\R directory that there is only one > file: > design. In other directories, eg. R\library\Hmisc\R > there > are usually 3 files: > Hmisc > Hmisc.rdx > Hmisc.rdb > > I am new to R, and a bit lost. I have read the > R-admin.pdf > documentation on packages but am still unsure how to > proceed > from here. > > I would appreciate any advice, and any answers to > the > following questions: > > 1) is there a reason why Design is not listed in the > Install > Packages list as Hmisc is? > 2) have I done the correct thing by way of manual > installation of Design? > 3) is the absence of 2 other Design files (rdx, rdb) > the > reason for my failed installation? > 4) what should I try now? > > > I am using R.2.5.0 on Windows XP. > > Kind regards > Ian > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, > reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.