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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Andrew Choens <andy.cho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to learn how to use the reshape package. The reshape package is
> not included in the Ubuntu repositories, so I attempted to install
> reshape with:
>
> install.packages("reshape")
>
> This is what I got for output:
>
> Warning in install.packages("reshape") :
> argument 'lib' is missing: using
> '/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/src/contrib/reshape_0.8.2.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 38137 bytes (37 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 37 Kb
>
> * Installing *source* package 'reshape' ...
> ** R
> ** data
> ** moving datasets to lazyload DB
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Loading required package: plyr
> Warning in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return =
> TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc) :
> there is no package called 'plyr'
> Error: package 'plyr' could not be loaded
> Execution halted
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'reshape'
> ** Removing '/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7/reshape'
>
> The downloaded packages are in
> /tmp/RtmpMZhsTp/downloaded_packages
> Warning messages:
> 1: In install.packages("reshape") : dependency 'plyr' is not
> available
> 2: In install.packages("reshape") :
> installation of package 'reshape' had non-zero exit status
>
> I tried this, using several different mirrors, hoping that the problem
> was isolated to the PA mirrors. But, no matter which mirror I use, I get
> the same error. My central problem appears to be an inability to install
> plyr.
>
> > install.packages("plyr")
> Warning in install.packages("plyr") :
> argument 'lib' is missing: using
> '/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("plyr") : package 'plyr' is not available
>
>
> Again, the mirror does not matter. I can not install plyr. I am pretty
> confident that my syntax is correct, but I do not understand why I can
> not install plyr. I don't think the problem is related to my connection,
> since this computer is able to surf the Internet and send email (such as
> this one). When I googled for problems installing plyr, I got a zillion
> instructions on how to install the XXXX player.
>
> Ideas are appreciated.
>
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