Hi Michael, The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with
install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org", type = "source") You'll need install some prerequisite software first (if you've not already done so). See http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset Best, Ista On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Michael Friendly <frien...@yorku.ca> wrote: > [Env: Win XP] > I've just upgraded from R 2.12.2 to R 2.13.1. As part of my upgrade > process, I typically install some in-development > packages from R-Forge that are not on cran. But for the first time, it > doesn't work. > > e.g., > > install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") > trying URL > 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/p3d_0.02-2.zip' > Error in download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > cannot open URL > 'http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/p3d_0.02-2.zip' > In addition: Warning message: > In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) : > cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available, : > download of package 'p3d' failed > > The list of packages I install this way is: > > special <- c("p3d", "patchDVI", "spacemakeR", "spida") > install.packages(special,repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") > > > Is this just an R-Forge problem? The source packages are there, but not > the windows binaries. The log files > are uninformative: > > > p3d log file (build_win64) > > Sun Jul 31 00:28:31 2011: Building binary for package p3d (SVN revision 19) > using R version 2.13.1 Patched (2011-07-22 r56481) ... > > Package up to date. Not building ... > > > > -- > Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca > Professor, Psychology Dept. > York University Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 > 4700 Keele Street Web: http://www.datavis.ca > Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.