kcrisman wrote:
> Anyway, next up is the "standard" package that our speaker at the last
> JMM couldn't get to load in the Sage version of R, so he just showed
> slides instead :(
>
> sage: r.install_packages('MASS')
> ** You are using OS X. Unfortunately, the R optional package system
> currently doesn't support OS X very well. We are working on this. **
> <snip>
>> options(repos="http://cran.r-project.org/";); install.packages("MASS")
> Warning message:
> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
> package ‘MASS’ is not available
>
> Still not sure why this doesn't work; in fact, it's supposed to be
> included in every *binary* shipped, obviously that doesn't apply
> directly to Sage...
The R spkg does not compile the standard packages that come with R.
There is a specific switch in the spkg-install that prevents this. I
think the reasons are mainly historical, and the sage copy of R should
have these enabled, if possible. You can see what I'm talking about if
you look at the spkg-install, IIRC.
Thanks,
Jason
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