peter denisevich
2001-Feb-06 05:08 UTC
Fwd: Re: [R] RWin 1.2.1: Can't access sample datasets, e.g. MASS
[I had intended to CC: this to r-help when I replied to Prof. Lumley...]>Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 17:00:43 -0800 >To: Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu> >From: peter denisevich <pdenis2 at home.com> >Subject: Re: [R] RWin 1.2.1: Can't access sample datasets, e.g. MASS > >Many thanks, >I generated a correct filelist using (ugh) DOS's dir and then awk. You >are correct, though, it's just MASS that's affected. I was (in my >confusion) trying to load some .R scripts as data() for some other packages. > >-peter > >At 04:43 PM 2/5/01 -0800, you wrote: >>On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, peter denisevich wrote: >> >> > I'm pretty sure I'll feel like [more of] an idiot but... >> > Using Rgui working in a fresh, blank directory. >> > >> > >> > > require(MASS) >> > Loading required package: MASS >> > [1] TRUE >> > > data(cabbages) >> > Warning message: >> > ======> Data set `cabbages' not found in: data(cabbages) <====>><snip> >> > >> > Same result for any other dataset. >> >>I get this for MASS only, not for other packages >> >> >> > All packages were installed in RW1021/library/<pkg>, some by manual >> > download/rinst some by install.packages(). >> > >> > Note that after installation, the library/MASS/data directory contained >> > ONLY RData.zip, so I unzipped it; the same for the other data (and R-ex) >> > directories in the tree. Is this new behavior? >> >>Yes, RData.zip is deliberate. It saves space (particularly with a FAT16 >>disk, where little files are very inefficient). In general, if the >>installer puts it there you should leave it there. >> >>However, there does seem to be a bug in the packaging of the current MASS >>version. The data/filelist file, which is supposed to give the contents of >>RData.zip actually has the contents of the data/ directory. >>As a workaround If you edit this file to list the contents of RData.zip >>(or just the files you want to load), data() will work. >> >> -thomas >> >>Thomas Lumley Asst. Professor, Biostatistics >>tlumley at u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._