WOW neat! but... 1/ I tried install.packages("tseries", lib) on a machine which didn't have a fortran compiler and I happened to notice the error message fly by, but install.packages() mostly gave the appearance that everything suceeded, and the library was available. Is there a way to give a more obvious report (maybe even remove the library) in the event of failure. (It does work great on my other machine with g77.) 2/ Wishlist: Could lib have a default like R_HOME/library (if I own it) and otherwise something like ~/Rlibs? Paul Gilbert -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._