Thanks a lot for your help! Obviously I've tried to load it before by using the install.packages function but it didn't work. This is what I got> install.packages("mvtnorm")trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 12485 bytes opened URL downloaded 12Kb Warning message: No package "mvtnorm" on CRAN. in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,>I do not get what I am doing wrong...
With R-1.9.0 Windows binary downloaded from CRAN, I get:> install.packages("mvtnorm")trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 17545 bytes opened URL downloaded 17Kb trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/mvtnorm_0.6-6.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 205955 bytes opened URL downloaded 201Kb package 'mvtnorm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked Delete downloaded files (y/N)? y updating HTML package descriptions One thing to try is to add the --internet2 option to the Rgui.exe command in the shortcut. See the R for Windows FAQ. HTH, Andy> From: Jose A. Andres > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > Obviously I've tried to load it before by using the install.packages > function but it didn't work. This is what I got > > > > install.packages("mvtnorm") > trying URL > `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/PACKAGES' > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 12485 bytes > opened URL > downloaded 12Kb > > Warning message: > No package "mvtnorm" on CRAN. in: download.packages(pkgs, > destdir = tmpd, > available = available, > > > > I do not get what I am doing wrong... > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:40:16AM -0400, Jose A. Andres wrote:> Thanks a lot for your help! > > Obviously I've tried to load it before by using the install.packages > function but it didn't work. This is what I got > > > > install.packages("mvtnorm") > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/PACKAGES'^^^ [...] Try upgrading to R 1.9.0 first (it seems as if 'mvtnorm' is missing in 1.7) -- G??ran Brostr??m tel: +46 90 786 5223 Department of Statistics fax: +46 90 786 6614 Ume?? University http://www.stat.umu.se/egna/gb/ SE-90187 Ume??, Sweden e-mail: gb at stat.umu.se
"Jose A. Andres" wrote:> > Thanks a lot for your help! > > Obviously I've tried to load it before by using the install.packages > function but it didn't work. This is what I got > > > install.packages("mvtnorm") > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/PACKAGES' > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 12485 bytes > opened URL > downloaded 12Kb > > Warning message: > No package "mvtnorm" on CRAN. in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, > available = available, > > > > I do not get what I am doing wrong...Your R version is rather outdated (you haven't told us the version number, nor your OS). There is only an outdated version of mvtnorm (0.6-3) that passed the checks for R-1.7.x. You can get that outdated one from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/last/mvtnorm_0.6-3.zip. I'd suggest to upgrade to R-1.9.0. Uwe Ligges