Hi, I am trying to install a bunch of packages via command line and can use some help in getting it right. My env is a freshly setup OpenSuse 11.4 on an amd desktop. I have not yet installed gcc (Will I need gcc to install packages? I have installed make, assuming R might need it.). I have tried it both under R2.12 and R2.13. I have a list of packages to install such as fImport, fGarch, zoo, and several more. I am logged in as root because I want the packages to be visible to all users
a) R CMD INSTALL "fImport" This produces no results. b) sudo R CMD INSTALL "fImport" This downloads timeDate and gets stuck there. (I did sudo based on my experience on Win7 where I had to start R as administrator to update the common package library regardless of how I was logged in.) c) R then, install.packages( "fImport", repo=|"http://cran.r-project.org"; ); If I executed via command "R" then it furnishes a listbox of mirrors, I select a mirror and then it hangs. If I executed via command "sudo R" then it furnishes a 24x80 style (not tk) list of choices, I select a mirror and then it hangs. I will appreciate your help in figuring this out. Ideally, I would ideally to run R CMD INSTALL or R CMD BATCH with a short command file so that I can configure a new machine via a script. I also tried to download the tarballs - but then figuring out all the dependencies gets very messy. Besides, that would be, like, reinventing the wheel! |-- -- Regards, Dinesh K. Somani -- /Improving Your Odds/ [[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.
