Hi Uwe, Thanks for your response. I tried your suggestion and got the following error message: > install.packages("splm", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org",type="source") Warning message: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : package 'splm' is not available
I have downloaded the "Package source (.tar.gz)" at the link below, and it is not an empty file. Not sure what this problem means or what I can do about it. Thanks, Mitch -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 9:10 AM To: Downey, Patrick Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Installing binaries from R-Forge The Windows binary seems not to be there. Since this is a development platform and there may be various reasons a binary does currently not exist, you could install the package from source, just add the argument type="source" in your call to install.packages(). How to prepare your environment to allow to install source packages is described in the R Installation and Administration manual. Uwe Ligges On 09.11.2011 13:39, Downey, Patrick wrote: > Hello, > > I'm attempting to install the splm package from R-Forge. > > https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=352 > > The page says, "In order to successfully install the packages provided > on R-Forge, you have to switch to the most recent version of R..." It > later says "To install this package directly within R type: > install.packages("splm", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")". > > I just installed R-2.14 and I still get the following error message. > > Warning message: > In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) : > package 'splm' is not available (for R version 2.14.0) > > Can someone please help? I understand that there is relevant > information in the posting guide, but I'm not a programmer and it's > difficult for me to understand. I thought I've followed the advice > from previous posts (notably, upgrade). > > Thank you, > Mitch > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.