I recently tried to install the latest version of spatstat, from CRAN,
using the install.packages() function. It proceeded to install version
1.17-5 of spatstat, although the current version is 1.18-4.
Checking the CRAN mirror that I used (New Zealand) via Firefox, I found
that version 1.18-4 is indeed present on CRAN. I was able to download
and install version 1.18-4 ``manually'' without difficulty.
At first I thought that there must be something wrong with the NZ mirror,
but after some prompting from the maintainer of this mirror, I tried
others (Australia and Austria --- these being the first two on the list).
Same thing happened.
So the fault is not in our mirrors but in ourselves. Something wrong
with my system, or with the command I issued. But what?
The command:
install.packages("spatstat",lib="/Users/rturner/Temp")
# The ``Temp'' directory having been created for purposes of
experimentation.
The screen output from this command is:
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.10/spatstat_1.17-5.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 4067414 bytes (3.9 Mb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 3.9 Mb
>
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>
> /var/folders/jf/jf8dJjGFE9i5Pjz0czKmhE+++TQ/-Tmp-//RtmpSpZagy/downloaded_packages
My system:
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
i386-apple-darwin8.11.1
locale:
[1] en_NZ.UTF-8/en_NZ.UTF-8/C/C/en_NZ.UTF-8/en_NZ.UTF-8
attached base packages:
[1] datasets utils stats graphics grDevices methods base
other attached packages:
[1] misc_0.0-12 fortunes_1.3-7 MASS_7.3-5
Would up-dating to R 2.11.0 help? Why should that be necessary?
Where/how is install.packages() finding the out-of-date version?
Any insight appreciated.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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