R help - Jul 2009 - install package from CRAN

Hi,

I have a very basic question about install packages from CRAN on unix. I
only installed on Windows before. Should I use the command install.package?
The error message I got is
syntax error near unexpected token `"mvtnorm"'
Is it because I didn't set the path? Which path should I specify?

Thanks,

Cindy

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On Jul 28, 2009, at 8:15 PM, cindy Guo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very basic question about install packages from CRAN on  
> unix. I
> only installed on Windows before. Should I use the command  
> install.package?
> The error message I got is
> syntax error near unexpected token `"mvtnorm"'
> Is it because I didn't set the path? Which path should I specify?

You should use install.packages (note the last "s")... how did you  
call that function to get that error you are showing us?

It looks like you're trying to install the 'mvtnorm' package, and  
you'd do so like this:

install.packages('mvtnorm')

Is that what you did?
  -steve

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Cindy,

On 28 July 2009 at 17:15, cindy Guo wrote:
| I have a very basic question about install packages from CRAN on unix. I
| only installed on Windows before. Should I use the command install.package?
| The error message I got is
| syntax error near unexpected token `"mvtnorm"'
| Is it because I didn't set the path? Which path should I specify?

a)  You use install.packages() only from __inside R__. As you got an error
    from bash, you must have done this from the command prompt.

b)  At the command prompt, use 'R CMD INSTALL mvtnorm' instead.

In either case, you need proper permissions to install in global directories,
so if you can run this, try either 'sudo R' to start R so that
'install.packages("mvtnorm")' will succeed, or use 'sudo R
CMD INSTALL
mvtnorm.

Also, if you are on Debian / Ubuntu, you can do 
      sudo apt-get install r-cran-mvtnorm
as we provide a prebuild version.

Dirk

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