Re: [R] Problems installing/updating packages in Linux

2009-02-08 Thread Paul Heinrich Dietrich
Thanks for the replies, they are helping. I downloaded the recommended manual, and I'm sure that will help too. When I installed R, I did not (previously) obtain the R-2.8.1.tar.gz, but tried to follow some instructions I found elsewhere online (which apparently weren't right). I did have the

Re: [R] Problems installing/updating packages in Linux

2009-02-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote: Hi all, I feel very comfortable with R in Windows, and am trying to switch over to Linux. I have R 2.8.1 on Linux and it works great (so far), except for I suspect you didn't install it in any of the ways described in the R-admin manual. An

Re: [R] Problems installing/updating packages in Linux

2009-02-07 Thread Stefan Grosse
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:12:09 -0800 (PST) Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote: PHD> I feel very comfortable with R in Windows, and am trying to switch PHD> over to Linux. I have R 2.8.1 on Linux and it works great (so PHD> far), except for instalilng/updating packages. For example, using PHD> Emacs with