On Oct 3, 2012, at 12:42 PM, kkarr wrote: > Hi, > I am having trouble installing a previous version of a package, and multiple > version of the package in R 2.12 or 2.15. I have download the tar.gz > packages from the CRAN archive, and created an folder holding all the files. > > install.packages("changepoint_0.3.tar.gz", > lib="~/Rtools/dir/of/pkgs/", > repos=NULL, > dependencies=FALSE, > contriburl="~/Rtools/dir/of/pkgs/changepoint_0.3.tar.gz", > installWithVers= TRUE)
The tilde in the path makes me think this is a Mac OS question, and if so should have been explicitly stated, but the warning seems strange. Do you actually have a copy of "changepoint_0.3.tar.gz" in that location? What does this return: list.files( path = "~/Rtools/dir/of/pkgs/") You should also remember that type="mac.binary" is the default for install.packages on a Mac (if that is what we are dealing with) and that you would need type ="source" if installing on older versions of R. There is a binary version of pkg:changepoint at CRAN. S why not: install.packages("changepoint") and just let the magic take hold? -- David. > > > I have received several different errors, depending on which version of R I > am using > Version 2.12: > warning: unable to access index for repository > 'lib = "~/Documents/Rtools/dir/of/pkgs/"' is not writable > > > Thanks for any thought. > Cheers > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Failed-installWithVers-from-local-tar-gz-tp4644937.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ 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.