Thanks Ben Successfully installed. On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Ben Bolker <bol...@ufl.edu> wrote: > > > > Eamonn O'Brien wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I am new to R and I'm looking to perform some method comparison >> analysis and would be grateful for some help regarding package >> installation. >> There is a package 'MethComp' that I want to use >> (http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~bxc/MethComp/Courses/Sthm.2007/.) >> Unfortunately I am unable to install it. I have tried numerous >> approaches but to no avail. this is the first time I have tried to >> install a package 'outside' of R. My operating system is Windows XP. >> >> Here's one attempt that does not work: >> >> where="http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~bxc/MethComp/Archive/?C=M;O=D"; >> >> install.packages("MethComp_0.4.1.tar.gz",contriburl=where) >> >> Warning messages: >> 1: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : >> Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed! >> 2: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! >> 3: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' <head> ...' is >> malformed! >> 4: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : >> Line starting ' <title>Index of /~ ...' is malformed! >> 5: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' </head> ...' is >> malformed! >> 6: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' <body> ...' is >> malformed! >> 7: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : >> Line starting '<h1>Index of /~bxc/M ...' is malformed! >> 8: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : >> Line starting '<pre> "/icon ...' is malformed! > 9: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<hr </pre> ...' is > malformed! >> 10: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : >> Line starting '<address>Apache/2.0. ...' is malformed! >> 11: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '</body></html> ...' >> is malformed! >> > > Download MethComp_0.1.19.zip from the web site > (assuming you are using Windows) and use the "Install > local packages" option under the File (?) menu > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Help-required-to-install-package-from-a-website-tp21000979p21001109.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. >
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