On 7/19/2015 3:50 AM, peter dalgaard wrote:
For some, but not allI repositories I get the error message below:
>Error in install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl =
>contriburl, :
> specifying 'contriburl' or 'available' requires a single type, not type =
>"both"
>
>Is it a bug?
I think that what Jose is referring to is this error message from
install.packages(), even though he set
options(pkgType='binary')
Isn't that a bug?
Moreover, in a fresh R 3.2.1 session [Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
(64-bit)], I see
> getOption("pkgType")
[1] "both"
I think this is somehow related to the fact that install.packages() will
now tell you if a more current source package exists and ask if you want
to install from source. But this would require RTools to
be installed to work.
IMHO, I consider this a major infelicity or design flaw, that will cause
problems for naive and even experienced users. install.packages("foo")
should always work unless package "foo" cannot
cannot be found in getOption("repos")
-Michael
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