Does all work for me with the latest release of R (2.2.1) and ctv
(0.3-1) on Windows NT 4.0 SP6.
Hence: Which version of R, which version of ctv, and which OS do you use?
Uwe Ligges
Mark Andersen wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I am just beginning to use R, after several years of using S-Plus (with
> mixed success). I saw a recommendation on another mailing list for the
> Environmetrics and Spatial Task Views, as a good way for a new user to get
> started actually using R. The Task Views page at CRAN says:
>
> "To automatically install these views, the ctv package needs to be
> installed, e.g., via
> install.packages("ctv")and then the views can be installed via
install.views
> (after loading ctv), e.g.,
> install.views("Econometrics")"
>
> I have installed "ctv" and I'm assuming that "loading
ctv" means entering
>
>
>
>
>>library("ctv")
>
>
>
>
> If I then enter
>
>
>
>
>>install.views("Environmetrics")
>
>
>
>
> I get the error message
>
>
>
> "Warning message:
>
> CRAN task view Environmetrics not available in:
> install.views("Environmetrics")"
>
> If I then go up to the Packages menu and Set CRAN Mirror to, for example,
> USA (CA 2) and again enter
>
>
>>install.views("Environmetrics")
>
>
> I now get the error message
>
> "Error in install.packages(pkgs, CRAN = views[[i]]$repository,
dependencies
> = dependencies, :
>
> unused argument(s) (CRAN ...)"
>
>
>
> Entering "CRAN.views" in the R GUI does indeed give a complete
list of task
> view names, topics, maintainers, and repositories. Selecting different CRAN
> mirrors produces the same error messages as above, as does attempting to
> install a different task view.
>
>
>
> I have searched the R-help mailing list archive and found several postings
> announcing the availability of task views, but not on how to install them.
I
> have searched the pdf manuals, and found no instances of "task
view". I have
> also searched the FAQs. The help for "install.views" basically
repeats the
> information on the CRAN site, providing information on using the function,
> but not on actually installing task views. The example in the article on
> task views in the May 2005 issue of R News uses the "lib = "
argument, which
> is not mentioned in the help for "install.views". It appears that
the
> instructions at CRAN for installing task views are missing at least one
> step. Can anyone point me to a reliable set of instructions for installing
> (not to mention actually using) a task view? Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark C. Andersen
>
>
>
> Dr. Mark C. Andersen
>
> Associate Professor
>
> Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
>
> New Mexico State University
>
> Las Cruces NM 88003-0003
>
> phone: 505-646-8034
>
> fax: 505-646-1281
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