I've already found the solution myself: the package "odfWeave" depends on package "XML" to configure the package "XML" the libxml2-devel package in ubuntu is needed.
You get that with typing in the console: sudo apt-get install libxml2-devel j.k wrote: > > Hello togheter, > I've installed R with this instruction: > http://edtechdev.blogspot.com/2009/03/r-in-ubuntu-intrepid.html > > After that I tried to install odfWeave with this: >> install.packages("odfWeave") > > Then there came this warning: > > Warnung in install.packages("odfWeave") : > Argument 'lib' missing: use > '/home/johannes/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8' > > and later this error occours: > > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'XML' > > and at last there is this information: > > Warning in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, > lib.loc = lib.loc) : > there is no package called 'XML' > Error: package 'XML' could not be loaded > Execution halted > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'odfWeave' > ** Removing '/home/johannes/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8/odfWeave' > > Any Ideas, whats the problem here? > My system is Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex 32bit > My R system is 2.81 > > Thanks in advance > Johannes > > > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Install-odfWeave-on-Ubuntu-8.10-Intrepid-Ibex-tp22998388p22998651.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.