[R] Package installation failed

Uwe Ligges
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:22:26 -0000

Odette Gaston wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am currently having the problem with using R 2.8.1 that I cannot install
> some of packages from CRAN or local drive and somebody may be able to help
> me.
> ex) faraway package and lme4 package. I have downloaded them in my hard
> drive as local, but still R was unable to find the package (message showed
> up as no such file). I could download most packages, but not all what I
> want. I showed my PC to R experts around and nobody had ideas. I've
> re-installed newest R and updated packages hundred times, but still same
> message came up.

So, what is the error message when you try, e.g.
  install.packages("lme4") ?

Uwe Ligges



> My working environment is:
> OS: XP
> Windows
> R2.8.1
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks a lot,
> Odette
>
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