R SIG Debian - Dec 2012 - package ‘Design’ is not available (for R version 2.15.2)

Dear all,

i have re-installed Debian on my computer and for some reason I cannot install
some packages anymore using the install.package command from the R console. Some
packages I can, and some I cannot (Design for instance)

this is what I get:
> install.packages('Design')
Installing package(s) into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
Warning message:
package ‘Design’ is not available (for R version 2.15.2) 



Any idea why and how to sort the problem?

Thanks,

 
David Biau
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Dear David,

I'm afraid it's not a Debian problem, but instead a Design problem. As
you
can see here [1]: "Package ?Design? was removed from the CRAN
repository."
As a matter of fact, it has been replaced, many years ago, by the package 
'rms'. See changes here [2]. Was it the only package with problem? If
yes,
problem solved :)

Best,
Mathieu.


[1] http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Design/index.html

[2] http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/Rrms


Le 13/12/2012 16:31, Biau David a ?crit :
>
> Dear all,
>
> i have re-installed Debian on my computer and for some reason I cannot
install some packages anymore using the install.package command from the R
console. Some packages I can, and some I cannot (Design for instance)
>
> this is what I get:
>
>> install.packages('Design')
> Installing package(s) into ?/usr/local/lib/R/site-library?
> (as ?lib? is unspecified)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Warning message:
> package ?Design? is not available (for R version 2.15.2)
>
>
>
> Any idea why and how to sort the problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> David Biau
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>
>
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On 13 December 2012 at 21:31, Biau David wrote:
| 
| Dear all,
| 
| i have re-installed Debian on my computer and for some reason I cannot install
some packages anymore using the install.package command from the R console. Some
packages I can, and some I cannot (Design for instance)
| 
| this is what I get:
| 
| > install.packages('Design')
| Installing package(s) into ?/usr/local/lib/R/site-library?
| (as ?lib? is unspecified)
| --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
| Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
| Warning message:
| package ?Design? is not available (for R version 2.15.2) 
| 
| 
| 
| Any idea why and how to sort the problem?

Please see:   

       http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Design/index.html

which is standard boilerplate for removed packages.  In this case, either one 
of

	sudo apt-get install r-cran-rms

or

        install.packages("rms")

will do the trick as Frank Harrell's "rms" package replaced his
"Design"
package several years ago.

Hth,  Dirk

| 
| Thanks,
| 
| ?
| David Biau
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| 
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