Re: [R] CRAN versions of lme4/Matrix don't appear to work with R 2.1.1

[Mark Andersen]

Hi, all, 

This is interesting, since the problem I posted on a week ago was resolved
by downloading (the current versions of) R and ctv from the Austria site;
the UCLA site, from which I had downloaded before, had an old version of R
labeled as the current version, and it was not compatible with the version
of ctv that they had.

Moral of story: It's not just the Statlib site that is (or at least can be)
unreliable.

Is it common knowledge that there are other mirrors which do not provide a
very good reflection?

Regards,
Mark A.

Dr. Mark C. Andersen
Associate Professor
Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces NM 88003-0003
phone: 505-646-8034
fax: 505-646-1281

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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:43 PM
To: Peter Dalgaard
Cc: Douglas Bates; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch; Spencer Graves
Subject: Re: [R] CRAN versions of lme4/Matrix don't appear to work with R
2.1.1

1) It was the Statlib mirror from which I was downloading. If I don't get
any more interesting messages before I return to work in the morning, I'll
try installing off of a different mirror.

2) On general principles, I just updated the lme4 related packages on the
SuSE 10 machine that I run at home (NC mirror). That worked fine.

Chuck

-Original Message-
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Sent: Thu 1/12/2006 4:56 PM

Which CRAN mirror? The Statlib one has been acting up lately.


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[R] Installing Task Views

[Mark Andersen]

Hello,

 

I am just beginning to use R, after several years of using S-Plus (with
mixed success). I saw a recommendation on another mailing list for the
Environmetrics and Spatial Task Views, as a good way for a new user to get
started actually using R. The Task Views page at CRAN says:

To automatically install these views, the ctv package needs to be
installed, e.g., via
install.packages(ctv)and then the views can be installed via install.views
(after loading ctv), e.g.,
install.views(Econometrics)

I have installed ctv and I'm assuming that loading ctv means entering 

 

library(ctv)

 

If I then enter

 

 install.views(Environmetrics)

 

I get the error message 

 

Warning message:

CRAN task view Environmetrics not available in:
install.views(Environmetrics)

If I then go up to the Packages menu and Set CRAN Mirror to, for example,
USA (CA 2) and again enter

 install.views(Environmetrics)

I now get the error message

Error in install.packages(pkgs, CRAN = views[[i]]$repository, dependencies
= dependencies,  : 

unused argument(s) (CRAN ...)

 

Entering CRAN.views in the R GUI does indeed give a complete list of task
view names, topics, maintainers, and repositories. Selecting different CRAN
mirrors produces the same error messages as above, as does attempting to
install a different task view.

 

I have searched the R-help mailing list archive and found several postings
announcing the availability of task views, but not on how to install them. I
have searched the pdf manuals, and found no instances of task view. I have
also searched the FAQs. The help for install.views basically repeats the
information on the CRAN site, providing information on using the function,
but not on actually installing task views. The example in the article on
task views in the May 2005 issue of R News uses the lib =  argument, which
is not mentioned in the help for install.views. It appears that the
instructions at CRAN for installing task views are missing at least one
step. Can anyone point me to a reliable set of instructions for installing
(not to mention actually using) a task view? Many thanks in advance.

 

Regards,

Mark C. Andersen

 

Dr. Mark C. Andersen

Associate Professor

Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces NM 88003-0003

phone: 505-646-8034

fax: 505-646-1281

 


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