R help - Dec 2008 - bayesm package not downloading via any mirror or repository

I am a pretty new R user, I am running the latest linux version on xandros,
updated with some extra debian packages, and I also run the latest windows
version, but prefer linux.

I am having trouble downloading "bayesm", it won't do it all from
any of the
sites on the web, I resorted to this one,
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/r-cran-bayesm. and got slightly
further, but I think it is still not recognising a mirror. THis is my error
message:
> install.packages("bayesm")
Warning in install.packages("bayesm") : argument 'lib' is
missing: using
/usr/local/lib/R/site-library
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
Warning in download.packages(unique(pkgs), destdir = tmpd, available available, 
:
         no package 'bayesm' at the repositories

The package is certainly there.

It could be my version of linux, I know.

All I want to do is sample from a dirichlet prior, so I want rdirichlet and
ddirichlet commands basically. If anyone can help or suggest an alternate
package that would be great.

E
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ekwaters wrote:
> I am a pretty new R user, I am running the latest linux version on xandros,
> updated with some extra debian packages, and I also run the latest windows
> version, but prefer linux.
> 
> I am having trouble downloading "bayesm", it won't do it all
from any of the
> sites on the web, I resorted to this one,
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/r-cran-bayesm.
If you use install.packages() note that you are downloading a source 
package from a CRAN mirror rather than from some debian mirror.

Uwe Ligges


  and got slightly
> further, but I think it is still not recognising a mirror. THis is my error
> message:
> 
>> install.packages("bayesm")
> Warning in install.packages("bayesm") : argument 'lib' is
missing: using
> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Warning in download.packages(unique(pkgs), destdir = tmpd, available >
available,  :
>          no package 'bayesm' at the repositories
> 
> The package is certainly there.
> 
> It could be my version of linux, I know.
> 
> All I want to do is sample from a dirichlet prior, so I want rdirichlet and
> ddirichlet commands basically. If anyone can help or suggest an alternate
> package that would be great.
> 
> E