R SIG Debian - Aug 2009 - Installing R Packages on ubuntus

Hello,
Please I am a learner. My operating system is ubuntus and I am trying to
install raster package from R-forge site. I entered sudo apt-get install
r-base-dev on the command line and that worked fine. I then typed R at the
command line so as to run R. Inside R, I typed >
install.packages("raster",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
so as to install the package, but no luck. Below is the error message:

Warning in install.packages("raster", repos
"http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
:
  argument 'lib' is missing: using
'/home/ogbos/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8'
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/src/contrib<http://r-forge.r-project.org/src/contrib>
Warning message:
In install.packages("raster", repos
"http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
:
  package ‘raster’ is not available


Where did I mess things up?

Could you also please tell me how to run R as root.

Your kind help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ogbos

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Hello,

On 8/27/09, ogbos okike <ogbos.okike at gmail.com>
wrote:
>  command line so as to run R. Inside R, I typed >
> 
install.packages("raster",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
>  so as to install the package, but no luck. Below is the error message:
>
If you're running an amd64 Ubuntu Jackalope (something you didn't
quite specify), the following might work. Add
deb http://debian.cran.r-project.org/cran2deb/debian-amd64/ testing/

in
/etc/apt/sources.list

These binaries are built for Debian testing, but they seem to be
compatible with Jackalope. Reload Synaptic, and install
r-cran-<whatever>.
Liviu

Ogbos,

This is a tricky install since you need some ubuntu packages and R 
packages from different locations (cran and R-forge).  Also note that 
there was an error in your install.packages command.  This is what I 
used on my 64bit jaunty machine.

sudo apt-get install gdal-bin libgdal1-dev
sudo R
# Following commands in R
install.packages("sp")
install.packages("rgdal")
install.packages("raster",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")

I can't grantee raster works, but this installed the packages and I was 
able to load the library.

Hope this helps,
Michael


ogbos okike wrote:
> Hello,
> Please I am a learner. My operating system is ubuntus and I am trying to
> install raster package from R-forge site. I entered sudo apt-get install
> r-base-dev on the command line and that worked fine. I then typed R at the
> command line so as to run R. Inside R, I typed >
>
install.packages("raster",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
> so as to install the package, but no luck. Below is the error message:
> 
> Warning in install.packages("raster", repos >
"http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
> :
>   argument 'lib' is missing: using
> '/home/ogbos/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8'
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/src/contrib<http://r-forge.r-project.org/src/contrib>
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("raster", repos >
"http://R-Forge.R-project.org<http://r-forge.r-project.org/>")
> :
>   package ?raster? is not available
> 
> 
> Where did I mess things up?
> 
> Could you also please tell me how to run R as root.
> 
> Your kind help will be much appreciated.
> Thanks
> Ogbos
> 
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