Thank you Michael !!! Problem solved~~
I forgot to hit "Reply all", I will keep that in mind.
Best,
Chenwei
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Michael Weylandt <
michael.weyla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please do keep messages on list unless there's a particular reason to take
> them private: it increases your visibility to the wider community and, by
> extension, your chance of getting a good reply.
>
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2012, at 10:43 PM, Chenwei Gao <ga...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Thank you so much Michael !!
>
> But I got this message after I did as you tole me:
>
> > install.packages("car")
> Installing package(s) into
> /science/users/gaoch/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.14
> (as lib is unspecified)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>
>
> Hmmm... there might be something wrong on your tcl/tk setup, but I'm not
> really qualified to help with that.
>
> For now, use chooseCRANmirror(graphics = FALSE) to get a text based
> approach to setting that session's CRAN mirror. I personally prefer text
> mirrors throughout, so I set options(menu.graphics = FALSE) in my
> .Rprofile.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> So a window should pop open to show a list of mirrors, right? But I've
> been waiting for over ten min, the prompt disappeared as well so I suppose
> it is still running.
> What's the problem??
>
> Thanks,
> Chenwei
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:08 PM, R. Michael Weylandt <
> michael.weyla...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Install.packages needs a quoted argument -- the error message suggests
>> that its looking for a variable named `car` and not finding it -- in
>> fact, most functions taking package names do, but library() allows
>> some trickery, which is convenient, but occasionally leads to mishaps
>> like this.
>>
>> install.packages("car")
>>
>> should work.
>>
>> Best,
>> Michael
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Chenwei Gao <ga...@umich.edu> wrote:
>> > I got this error when I tried to install the package in order to use the
>> > "logit"(logit transformation) function on linux.
>> >
>> >> install.packages(car)
>> > Error in install.packages(car) : object 'car' not found
>> >
>> > I was using the Terminal in my macbook accessing the server in the lab.
>> I
>> > could successfully using library(car) to install this package use R.app
>> GUI
>> > in my laptop, after loading MASS package.
>> >
>> >> library(MASS)
>> >
>> >> library(car)
>> > Can someone told me why I cannot install the car package on linux and
>> how
>> > to solve this problem???
>> >
>> > Thanks a million!!
>> > Chenwei
>> >
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>
>
> --
>
> Chenwei Gao
>
> Master of Public Health Candidate, 2013
>
> Department of Epidemiology
>
> University of Michigan School of Public Health
>
> Phone: (734) 604-8791
>
>
>
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Chenwei Gao
Master of Public Health Candidate, 2013
Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Phone: (734) 604-8791
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