R help - May 2009 - dependency ‘Matrix’ is not available when installing Rcmdr

R 2.8.1
Windows XP
Any suggestions for addressing the problem listed below, obtained when
installing Rcmdr
The downloaded packages are in
        C:\Documents and Settings\jsorkin\Local
Settings\Temp\RtmpaxlG6g\downloaded_packages
updating HTML package descriptions
Warning message:
dependency ?Matrix? is not available

Thanks,
John 

John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics
University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology
Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 North Greene Street
GRECC (BT/18/GR)
Baltimore, MD 21201-1524
(Phone) 410-605-7119
(Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing)

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Argh, it disappeared. Probably a bug in my scripts that removed the old 
version of Matrix from the Windows binary repository for R-2.8.x (new 
versions of Matrix won't pass checks under the outdated version of R).
I will compile an old version tomorrow and make it available again.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for the report.

If you upgrade to R-2.9.0 you won't see this problem and you can also 
get a newer version of Matrix.

Uwe Ligges


John Sorkin wrote:
> R 2.8.1
> Windows XP
> Any suggestions for addressing the problem listed below, obtained when
> installing Rcmdr
> The downloaded packages are in
>         C:\Documents and Settings\jsorkin\Local
> Settings\Temp\RtmpaxlG6g\downloaded_packages
> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> dependency ?Matrix? is not available
> 
> Thanks,
> John 
> 
> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics
> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology
> Baltimore VA Medical Center
> 10 North Greene Street
> GRECC (BT/18/GR)
> Baltimore, MD 21201-1524
> (Phone) 410-605-7119
> (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing)
> 
> Confidentiality Statement:
> This email message, including any attachments, is for th...{{dropped:6}}
> 
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