I agree: much nicer to say what went wrong than to say "there is no package"
And many people will not know what R's paths are.
Why not add in a hint about what to do, like: "try running
install.packages("xyz") "
t
> ggrothendieck
> Many beginners are advanced but just don't know R. Its bett
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> Le jeudi 27 octobre 2011 à 13:45 -0400, Gabor Grothendieck a écrit :
>> Perhaps it could report where it looked and couldn't find it:
>>
>> There is no package called 'xyz' in "C:/R/win-library/2.13" and
>> "C:/R/R-2.13.2/library"
> I t
Le jeudi 27 octobre 2011 à 13:45 -0400, Gabor Grothendieck a écrit :
> Perhaps it could report where it looked and couldn't find it:
>
> There is no package called 'xyz' in "C:/R/win-library/2.13" and
> "C:/R/R-2.13.2/library"
I think it would be even more scary for beginners, and advanced users
p
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:46 AM, ONKELINX, Thierry
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>
> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>
> I noticed on several occasions that this puzzles beginners. Therefore I
> suggest to change
On 10/26/11 5:49 AM, "Milan Bouchet-Valat" wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 09:46 +, ONKELINX, Thierry a écrit :
>
>> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error:
>>
>> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz'
>>
>> I noticed on several occasions tha
