Cary Miller
2004-Dec-28 21:37 UTC
[R] error installing 2.0.1 '.install_package_description'
Dear R, I am attempting to install 2.0.1 on a Debian system and getting an error that appeared for people installing 2.0.0. Warning message: package seems to be using lazy loading already in: makeLazyLoading("tools") Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable ".install_package_description" was not found Execution halted platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status major 1 minor 9.0 ????? Thanks //=\ Cary Miller //=\ \=// Center for Computational Pharmacology \=// //=\ University of Colorado Health Sciences Center //=\ \=// http://compbio.uchsc.edu/Hunter_lab/Miller \=// //=\ (303) 724-0263 //=\
Dirk Eddelbuettel
2004-Dec-29 00:03 UTC
[R] error installing 2.0.1 '.install_package_description'
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 02:37:03PM -0700, Cary Miller wrote:> Dear R, > I am attempting to install 2.0.1 on a Debian system and getting an error > that appeared for people installing 2.0.0. > > Warning message: > package seems to be using lazy loading already in: > makeLazyLoading("tools") > Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable > ".install_package_description" was not found > Execution haltedCould you please tell us with more precision -- what you were trying to install, and -- how you were attempting it? The error message is non-informative. Dirk> > > platform i686-pc-linux-gnu > arch i686 > os linux-gnu > system i686, linux-gnu > status > major 1 > minor 9.0 > > > ????? > Thanks > > //=\ Cary Miller //=\ > \=// Center for Computational Pharmacology \=// > //=\ University of Colorado Health Sciences Center //=\ > \=// http://compbio.uchsc.edu/Hunter_lab/Miller \=// > //=\ (303) 724-0263 //=\ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html-- If you don't go with R now, you will someday. -- David Kane on r-sig-finance, 30 Nov 2004