Re: [R] Understanding contents of packages

2013-04-11 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Fisher Dennis wrote: > Colleagues > > During the transition to R3.0.0 (OS X), one of the packages that I used -- > SASxport -- did not work until I used the "type=source" option in > install.packages. > > This led to an adventure: > 1. I downloaded the

Re: [R] Understanding contents of packages

2013-04-11 Thread Berend Hasselman
On 11-04-2013, at 20:34, Fisher Dennis wrote: > Colleagues > > During the transition to R3.0.0 (OS X), one of the packages that I used -- > SASxport -- did not work until I used the "type=source" option in > install.packages. > See below. There is a binary version available. > This led

Re: [R] Understanding contents of packages

2013-04-11 Thread Ista Zahn
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Fisher Dennis wrote: > to learn how to use .C() Have you read the manual? http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#System-and-foreign-language-interfaces Best, Ista > Dennis Fisher MD > P < (The "P Less Than" Company) > Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753

Re: [R] Understanding contents of packages

2013-04-11 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Dennis, Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of this exercise? Best, Ista On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Fisher Dennis wrote: > Colleagues > > During the transition to R3.0.0 (OS X), one of the packages that I used -- > SASxport -- did not work until I used the "type=source" option in >

[R] Understanding contents of packages

2013-04-11 Thread Fisher Dennis
Colleagues During the transition to R3.0.0 (OS X), one of the packages that I used -- SASxport -- did not work until I used the "type=source" option in install.packages. This led to an adventure: 1. I downloaded the package source:SASxport_1.2.4.tar.gz 2. in the