Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Joshua Wiley wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM, David Winsemius wrote: On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: Hi Michael, The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";, type =

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Michael Friendly
Thanks to all who replied to this. I do have the Windows tool set, and none of these packages required fancy stuff, or contained compiled code, so install.packages(..., type="source") was an effective one-time solution. Still, David has, I think, found the source of the problem I encountered:

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Ista Zahn
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Joshua Wiley wrote: > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM, David Winsemius > wrote: >> >> On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael, >>> The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with >>> >>> install.packages("p3d", repos="htt

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Joshua Wiley
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM, David Winsemius wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with >> >> install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";, type = >> "source") >> >> You'll need

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread David Winsemius
On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Ista Zahn wrote: Hi Michael, The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";, type = "source") You'll need install some prerequisite software first (if you've not already done so). S

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread David Winsemius
On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Michael Friendly wrote: [Env: Win XP] I've just upgraded from R 2.12.2 to R 2.13.1. As part of my upgrade process, I typically install some in-development packages from R-Forge that are not on cran. But for the first time, it doesn't work. e.g., install.pack

Re: [R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Michael, The easiest thing to do is just install the source package with install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";, type = "source") You'll need install some prerequisite software first (if you've not already done so). See http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#

[R] R 2.13.1 can't find package binaries on R-Forge

2011-07-31 Thread Michael Friendly
[Env: Win XP] I've just upgraded from R 2.12.2 to R 2.13.1. As part of my upgrade process, I typically install some in-development packages from R-Forge that are not on cran. But for the first time, it doesn't work. e.g., > install.packages("p3d", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org";) trying