R help - Apr 2005 - Problem with R-2.1.0: install.packages() doesn't work

I installed R-2.1.0 from source on a Linux box running Red Hat
Enterprise Linux WS release 4 but install.packages() wouldn't work (see
below).  When I install R-2.0.1 from RPM on the same system, everything
is fine.

Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
. . . 
> options(CRAN = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/")
> install.packages("rgenoud")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not
found
>
Scott Waichler
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
scott.waichler at pnl.gov

What happens if you don't set the 'CRAN' option via
'options()'
first and just run 'install.packages()'?

-roger

Waichler, Scott R wrote:
> I installed R-2.1.0 from source on a Linux box running Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux WS release 4 but install.packages() wouldn't work (see
> below).  When I install R-2.0.1 from RPM on the same system, everything
> is fine.
> 
> Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> . . . 
> 
>>options(CRAN = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/")
>>install.packages("rgenoud")
> 
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not found
> 
> 
> Scott Waichler
> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
> scott.waichler at pnl.gov
> 
> ______________________________________________
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Waichler, Scott R wrote:
> I installed R-2.1.0 from source on a Linux box running Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux WS release 4 but install.packages() wouldn't work (see
> below).  When I install R-2.0.1 from RPM on the same system, everything
> is fine.
> 
> Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> . . . 
> 
>>options(CRAN = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/")
options(CRAN = ...) is outdated. See ?options.

>>install.packages("rgenoud")
> 
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not found

Quite probably you have no X11 connection to this machine.
R tries to ask you which CRAN mirror you are going to choose, and it 
fails to present the tcltk window.
You might want to call
   chooseCRANmirror(graphics=FALSE)
and
   setRepositories(graphics=FALSE)
prior to install.packages().

Uwe Ligges





> 
> Scott Waichler
> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
> scott.waichler at pnl.gov
> 
> ______________________________________________
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> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
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> From: Uwe Ligges
> 
> Waichler, Scott R wrote:
> 
> > I installed R-2.1.0 from source on a Linux box running Red Hat
> > Enterprise Linux WS release 4 but install.packages() 
> wouldn't work (see
> > below).  When I install R-2.0.1 from RPM on the same 
> system, everything
> > is fine.
> > 
> > Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> > . . . 
> > 
> >>options(CRAN = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/")
> 
> options(CRAN = ...) is outdated. See ?options.
But section 5.1 of R-admin still has:

<quote>
Alternatively, packages can be downloaded and installed from within R. First
set the option CRAN to your nearest CRAN mirror, for example 

     > options(CRAN = "http://cran.us.r-project.org/")

(You can also supply this as the repos argument.) 
</quote>

This should probably be updated, too...

Cheers,
Andy
 
> 
> >>install.packages("rgenoud")
> > 
> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not
found
> 
> 
> Quite probably you have no X11 connection to this machine.
> R tries to ask you which CRAN mirror you are going to choose, and it 
> fails to present the tcltk window.
> You might want to call
>    chooseCRANmirror(graphics=FALSE)
> and
>    setRepositories(graphics=FALSE)
> prior to install.packages().
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Scott Waichler
> > Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
> > scott.waichler at pnl.gov
> > 
> > ______________________________________________
> > 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
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________
> 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
> 
> 
>