Is there an upgrate of the vcd library (visualisation of categorical data) for the latest R version? Trying to download it from CRAN I get URL /data/WWW/ftp/pub/R/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/vcd_0.1-3.4.zip was not found on this server. googling it, I found it for instance on http://www.sourcekeg.co.uk/cran/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/ but trying to install it gave me the message> library(vcd)Error in library(vcd) : 'vcd' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0? last modification date was 14-Nov-2004 Thanks Anne ---------------------------------------------------- Anne Piotet Tel: +41 79 359 83 32 (mobile) Email: anne.piotet@m-td.com --------------------------------------------------- M-TD Modelling and Technology Development PSE-C CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41 21 693 83 98 Fax: +41 21 646 41 33 -------------------------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Anne wrote:> Is there an upgrate of the vcd library (visualisation of categorical data) for the latest R version?Obviously, the most recent version appeared on CRAN on 14-Nov-2004.> Trying to download it from CRAN I get > > URL /data/WWW/ftp/pub/R/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/vcd_0.1-3.4.zip was not found on this server.The URL in the links got temporarily corrupted on CRAN. Just type install.packages("vcd") within R, or go "manually" to CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/> googling it, I found it for instance on > http://www.sourcekeg.co.uk/cran/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/Obviously, this was a binary package compiled fort R-1.9.x.> but trying to install it gave me the message > >>library(vcd) > > Error in library(vcd) : 'vcd' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?Yes, it was compiled under R-1.9.x, hence you cannot use it in R-2.x.y. Uwe Ligges> > last modification date was 14-Nov-2004 > > > Thanks Anne > ---------------------------------------------------- > Anne Piotet > Tel: +41 79 359 83 32 (mobile) > Email: anne.piotet at m-td.com > --------------------------------------------------- > M-TD Modelling and Technology Development > PSE-C > CH-1015 Lausanne > Switzerland > Tel: +41 21 693 83 98 > Fax: +41 21 646 41 33 > -------------------------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>>>> "Anne" == Anne Piotet <anne.piotet at urbanet.ch> >>>>> on Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:39:56 +0100 writes:Anne> Is there an upgrate of the vcd library it's a *PACKAGE*, not a "library" ... Anne> (visualisation of categorical data) for the latest R version? Anne> Trying to download it from CRAN I get Anne> URL Anne> /data/WWW/ftp/pub/R/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/vcd_0.1-3.4.zip Anne> was not found on this server. Yes, there's a big "problem" on all CRAN mirrors, that all these links are broken. Unfortunately today is holiday in the country the CRAN webmasters live. Anne> googling it, I found it for instance on Anne> http://www.sourcekeg.co.uk/cran/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/ and the "1.9" tells you that this was done for R versions 1.9.x, not version 2.0.0 and upwards Anne> but trying to install it gave me the message >> library(vcd) Anne> Error in library(vcd) : 'vcd' is not a valid package ------- see, a "package" Anne> -- installed < 2.0.0? I agree this is a bit misleading for people who install *binary* packages (as you do when you install a zip file). In your case, the error message should have meant "package built in R version < 2.0.0 ?" (which of course it has been). You need to get a windows-binary version of the package that was built with an R version >= 2.0.0 {by waiting a bit, till the CRAN links are fixed up} or then learn how to build it yourself from the *source* of the vcd package, which is a file vcd_<vers>.tar.gz Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich