lmramba at gmail.com
2009-Oct-10 03:25 UTC
[Rd] installing any package fails using 'install.packages()' (PR#13993)
Dear all, I installed my R-2.9.2 on my ubuntu version 9.04 successfully using the command sudo apt-get install r-base-dev The problem is that I cannot install any package. See my details below:> install.packages("epicalc")Warning in install.packages("epicalc") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed!> > install.packages("lattice")Warning in install.packages("lattice") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed!> > sessionInfo()R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) i486-pc-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tcltk_2.9.2 tools_2.9.2>[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dirk Eddelbuettel
2009-Oct-10 13:46 UTC
[Rd] installing any package fails using 'install.packages()' (PR#13993)
On 10 October 2009 at 05:25, lmramba at gmail.com wrote: | Dear all, | I installed my R-2.9.2 on my ubuntu version 9.04 successfully using the | command | | sudo apt-get install r-base-dev | | The problem is that I cannot install any package. Huh? This has _nothing_ to do with the error below. | See my details below: | | | | > install.packages("epicalc") | Warning in install.packages("epicalc") : | argument 'lib' is missing: using | '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' This is suspicuous. If you used the Ubuntu package, it would use /usr/local/lib/R/site-library by default. So if you have a locally built version *you* need to figure out what you broke there. | --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- | Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done | Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! | > | > install.packages("lattice") | Warning in install.packages("lattice") : | argument 'lib' is missing: using | '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' | Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! No idea but you busted there. But it looks suspiciously like a local error on your end. Set an explicit argument for the repos, e.g. via ~/.Rprofile options("repos"="http://cran.us.r-project.org") ## US mirror (as I am in the US, adapt accordingly for a close mirror for you) to avoid the tcl/tk query. That, again, works like a charm here on Ubuntu 9.10: R> install.packages("epicalc") Warning in install.packages("epicalc") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library' trying URL 'http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/contrib/epicalc_2.9.2.5.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 201849 bytes (197 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 197 Kb * Installing *source* package ?epicalc? ... ** R ** data ** demo ** preparing package for lazy loading Loading required package: splines ** help *** installing help indices >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'epicalc' Formats: text html latex example ANCdata text html latex [...] use text html latex example zap text html latex example ** building package indices ... * DONE (epicalc) The downloaded packages are in ?/tmp/RtmpydkfiZ/downloaded_packages? R> If you install into /usr/local/lib/R/site-library, I recommend making that directory's group mode one of the ones you have and set it to group-write. I typically make myself member of group 'staff' (or 'admin'). Again, in sum: not a bug in R and you just created extra work for R Core to maintain the bug database. Dirk | > sessionInfo() | R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) | i486-pc-linux-gnu | | locale: | LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C | | attached base packages: | [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base | | loaded via a namespace (and not attached): | [1] tcltk_2.9.2 tools_2.9.2 | > | | [[alternative HTML version deleted]] | | ______________________________________________ | R-devel at r-project.org mailing list | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
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