[R] Problem with installing "genetics" package

myrmail at earthlink.net
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:21:45 -0000

I have tried to install the "genetics" package and am getting and
error.
The log is below. For information, I am using R 2.10.1 on the Windows
XP operating system. The mirror site I'm using is Michigan Technological
University.

Your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Murray M Cooper, PhD
Richland Statistics
9800 North 24th St
Richland, MI, USA 49083

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Log from attempted install:

> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
also installing the dependencies ?combinat?, ?gdata?, ?gtools?, ?mvtnorm?

trying URL
'http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/combinat_0.0-7.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 25623 bytes (25 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 25 Kb

trying URL
'http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/gdata_2.7.1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 817994 bytes (798 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 798 Kb

trying URL
'http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/gtools_2.6.1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 91801 bytes (89 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 89 Kb

trying URL
'http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/mvtnorm_0.9-9.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 202656 bytes (197 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 197 Kb

trying URL
'http://cran.mtu.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/genetics_1.3.4.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 303230 bytes (296 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 296 Kb

package 'combinat' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'gdata' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
Error in normalizePath(path) :
  path[1]="C:\Program Files\R\R-2.10.1\library/gdata": The system
cannot find the file specified
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