R help - May 2013 - Package unpacks (successfully and MD5 sums checked" but will not load "not a valid package"

> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
package ?surv2sample? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums
checked
> library(surv2sample)
Error in library(surv2sample) : 
  ?surv2sample? is not a valid installed package

Furthermore, if I go through "Packages->Load package" from the top
bar
surv2sample isn't in the list.  It is, however in the directory that the
library() function uses and its contents look similar to the other, working
packages.  One odd thing is that I had to download the package .zip and
install locally since it doesn't show up in the GUI package list even with
all repositories selected.  I can't imagine why it won't load given that
everything else seems to work properly.

Any ideas?



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On 28-05-2013, at 22:41, dbertin <dbertin at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> package ?surv2sample? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> library(surv2sample)
> Error in library(surv2sample) : 
>  ?surv2sample? is not a valid installed package
> 
> Furthermore, if I go through "Packages->Load package" from the
top bar
> surv2sample isn't in the list.  It is, however in the directory that
the
> library() function uses and its contents look similar to the other, working
> packages.  One odd thing is that I had to download the package .zip and
> install locally since it doesn't show up in the GUI package list even
with
> all repositories selected.  I can't imagine why it won't load given
that
> everything else seems to work properly.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
That package has been archived
(http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/surv2sample/).
Only a source .tar.gz is available.

AFAICS it needs to be modified to work with R >= 3.0.0.
As it is now it can't be installed and doesn't pass R CMD check.
It needs to be fixed.
You could try to contact the original author.

Berend