Dear R users, Up to now, I only used precompiled packages. As I am working on vegetation ecology, I would be interested in using a package not stored by CRAN called labdsv_0.9-1.tar.gz and developped by Dave Roberts at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (unfortunately I did not find any corresponding .zip file). Although I tried to follow the proposed guidelines to install such a file in R, I did not succeed. I installed the library tools, the Perl and the MinGW softwares, but I feel all this stuff is useless in my case (my knowledge in informatic in so poor that I am reduced to "intuitions"!) I know this is probably one of the most FAQ, but I did not find the answer to my problem on the R-CRAN web site. Thank you in advance! Have a good day. Frédéric Archaux (PhD, Engineer) ===========================Biodiversity and Forest Management Team CEMAGREF Domaine des Barres F-45290 Nogent-sur-Vernisson FRANCE [[alternate HTML version deleted]]
Archaux Frederic wrote:> Dear R users, > > Up to now, I only used precompiled packages. As I am working on vegetation > ecology, I would be interested in using a package not stored by CRAN called > labdsv_0.9-1.tar.gz and developped by Dave Roberts at the National Center > for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (unfortunately I did not find any > corresponding .zip file). > > Although I tried to follow the proposed guidelines to install such a file > in R, I did not succeed. I installed the library tools, the Perl and the > MinGW softwares, but I feel all this stuff is useless in my case (my > knowledge in informatic in so poor that I am reduced to "intuitions"!) > > I know this is probably one of the most FAQ, but I did not find the answer > to my problem on the R-CRAN web site. Thank you in advance! > > Have a good day.Thanks. Well, you tell us about the existance of an R package with a specific name, which you cannot compile using the given instructions. So, what answer do you expect? Possible causes: - the package depends on anything not available on your system (or not found by the package) - the package is incompatible with your version of R - you have misinterpreted the instructions - you have not followed the isntrructions exactly - ... Please tell us *relevant* facts, we cannot help without information! In an attack of kindness I (and Google) found labdsv.nr.usu.edu/splus_R/labdsv_0.9-1.tar.gz That package is not a complete R package! It's missing its DESCRIPTION file (and others)! You might want to contact the author / maintainer or fix that package yourself. Uwe Ligges> Fr?d?ric Archaux (PhD, Engineer) > ===========================> Biodiversity and Forest Management Team > CEMAGREF > Domaine des Barres > F-45290 Nogent-sur-Vernisson > FRANCE >
On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 10:46, Archaux Frederic wrote:> Up to now, I only used precompiled packages. As I am working on vegetation > ecology, I would be interested in using a package not stored by CRAN called > labdsv_0.9-1.tar.gz and developped by Dave Roberts at the National Center > for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (unfortunately I did not find any > corresponding .zip file). > > Although I tried to follow the proposed guidelines to install such a file > in R, I did not succeed. I installed the library tools, the Perl and the > MinGW softwares, but I feel all this stuff is useless in my case (my > knowledge in informatic in so poor that I am reduced to "intuitions"!) > > I know this is probably one of the most FAQ, but I did not find the answer > to my problem on the R-CRAN web site. Thank you in advance!Fr?d?ric, Dave Roberts is not yet quite finished up with his package -- it is labelled as a zero version for a reason. He wrote to me that it won't compile in Windows yet, for an unknown reason. He said that he got to edit the FORTRAN files to compile them in Windows (they work in Linux). However, he had still some other problems and so you got to dyn.load the resulting dll into R, which, but in Dave's words "That concept is completely foreign to windows people of course, so it's pretty much useless." It may be that you have to wait until Dave Roberts lectures on these methods again, since then he may have to finish up the package. cheers, jari oksanen -- Jari Oksanen -- Dept Biology, Univ Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland Ph. +358 8 5531526, cell +358 40 5136529, fax +358 8 5531061 email jari.oksanen at oulu.fi, homepage cc.oulu.fi/~jarioksa