Okay l see what you mean. I had already installed XML after adding libxsm12-dev when I responded to you. Yes it probably would have been easier kyour way.
Thanks John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:14:48 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1 > > > On 21 July 2012 at 09:00, John Kane wrote: > | I am makingmy life too complicated? > | > | I must be misunderstanding something > | > | john@john-K53U:~$ dpkg -s r-cran-xml > | Package `r-cran-xml' is not installed and no info is available. > | Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, > | and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. > > "dpkg -s" reports the status of __installed packages__ so you are little > circular here. It only reports that you don't have it installed. > > Try to search for packages via e.g. "apt-cache search r-cran-" > > | Should I be installing this rather than the XML package (which seems to > be installed. > > Well as you failed to install from source on your own, installing a > ready-made binary would seem easier to me, but it is your call. > > Dirk > > -- > Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
