R running on my MacPro under OS X 10.6.8 no longer installs packages. I
would greatly appreciate help in sorting this out.
Typically I get the messages like:
> install.packages("party")
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.13
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package party is not available (for R version 2.13.1)
The repository URL mentioned in the first warning indicates leopard, not
snow leopard, the name for OS X 10.6.8. Is this an issue? If so, what to
do?
The second message seems to indicate that I might need a different version
of R. If so, which? How to preserve the existing version while checking
out the new version?
And version seems to indicate darwin9.8.0. Any idea why?
> version
_
platform x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0
arch x86_64
os darwin9.8.0
system x86_64, darwin9.8.0
status
major 2
minor 13.1
year 2011
month 07
day 08
svn rev 56322
language R
version.string R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
Otherwise R is currently functioning fine. I really don't want to screw
that up. If there is a fix without installing a new version, I would like
to try that first.
I've never updated to a newer version, and it's been a while since I
installed on a mac, so step-by-step instructions are needed.
Thanks,
Carlisle
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