I'd like to update MASS from version 7.2-11 to version 7-2.19. I am running R 2.0.1 on ubuntu, that installs MASS with the package r-cran-vr. I have tried doing update.packages(), and I get a list of packages that I could update, but none is called MASS. I have tried the following too, right after launching emacs, but to no avail. <QUOTE>> update.packages("MASS")trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 65650 bytes opened URL =================================================downloaded 64Kb Error in old.packages(lib.loc = lib.loc, contriburl = contriburl, method = method, : no installed.packages for (invalid?) lib.loc=MASS </QUOTE> I have the package installed in /usr/lib/R/library/MASS. I can do <QUOTE>> library(MASS) > search()[1] ".GlobalEnv" "package:MASS" "package:methods" [4] "package:stats" "package:graphics" "package:grDevices" [7] "package:utils" "package:datasets" "Autoloads" [10] "package:base" </QUOTE> How could I update the package? Thanks, -- Ram??n Casero Ca??as web: http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~rcasero/
Ram??n Casero Ca??as wrote:> I'd like to update MASS from version 7.2-11 to version 7-2.19. I am > running R 2.0.1 on ubuntu, that installs MASS with the package r-cran-vr. >My installed version of MASS, 7-2.20, has version requirement R>= 2.1.0, so you will need to update R first. Kjetil> I have tried doing update.packages(), and I get a list of packages that > I could update, but none is called MASS. > > I have tried the following too, right after launching emacs, but to no > avail. > > <QUOTE> >> update.packages("MASS") > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES' > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 65650 bytes > opened URL > =================================================> downloaded 64Kb > > Error in old.packages(lib.loc = lib.loc, contriburl = contriburl, method > = method, : > no installed.packages for (invalid?) lib.loc=MASS > </QUOTE> > > > I have the package installed in /usr/lib/R/library/MASS. I can do > > <QUOTE> >> library(MASS) >> search() > [1] ".GlobalEnv" "package:MASS" "package:methods" > [4] "package:stats" "package:graphics" "package:grDevices" > [7] "package:utils" "package:datasets" "Autoloads" > [10] "package:base" > </QUOTE> > > > How could I update the package? > > Thanks, >--
On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Ram?n Casero Ca?as wrote:> I'd like to update MASS from version 7.2-11 to version 7-2.19. I am > running R 2.0.1 on ubuntu, that installs MASS with the package r-cran-vr.First, MASS is part of VR, so it is VR you update. Second, please do *READ THE HELP PAGE*. The first argument of update.packages() is not a package name. Third, check the CRAN information, here at http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Descriptions/VR.html and note Depends: R (>= 2.1.0), graphics, stats ^^^^^ and no VR update is currently available for your version of R. Your R is seriously only of date. You might want to wait a week and then install 2.2.0.> I have tried doing update.packages(), and I get a list of packages that > I could update, but none is called MASS. > > I have tried the following too, right after launching emacs, but to no > avail. > > <QUOTE> >> update.packages("MASS") > trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES' > Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 65650 bytes > opened URL > =================================================> downloaded 64Kb > > Error in old.packages(lib.loc = lib.loc, contriburl = contriburl, method > = method, : > no installed.packages for (invalid?) lib.loc=MASS > </QUOTE> > > > I have the package installed in /usr/lib/R/library/MASS. I can do > > <QUOTE> >> library(MASS) >> search() > [1] ".GlobalEnv" "package:MASS" "package:methods" > [4] "package:stats" "package:graphics" "package:grDevices" > [7] "package:utils" "package:datasets" "Autoloads" > [10] "package:base" > </QUOTE> > > > How could I update the package? > > Thanks, > > -- > Ram?n Casero Ca?as > > web: http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~rcasero/ > > ______________________________________________ > 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 >-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595