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
| >
|
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