On 10.07.2010 15:59, David Winsemius wrote:

On Jul 10, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Raghu wrote:

These packages were not available. Are these the only places to go for
backtesting technical trading systems other than ttrTests pls?

Is it possible that your install packages default for your unnamed OS is
binary or win-binary


Given the contriburl install.packages() looks for, the unnamed OS is a 64-bit Windows running a 64-bit R. R-forge does not yet provide 64-bit Windows binaries. You need to compile from sources then.

Uwe Ligges




> and that these packages are only available in source?

install.packages("quantstrat", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";)
Warning in install.packages("quantstrat", repos = "
http://R-Forge.R-project.org";) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using
'C:\Users\Owner\Documents/R/win64-library/2.11'
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ‘quantstrat’ is not available
library(blotter)
Error in library(blotter) : there is no package called 'blotter'


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