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Sorry, gmail seemed to have made an attachment out of my first attempted post. Trying again: ------------------------------ At the encouragement of many at UseR, I'm trying to build my first real package. I have no C/Fortran code, just plain old R code, so it should be rocket science. On a Linux box, I used package.skeleton() to create a basic package containing just one "hello

At the encouragement of many at UseR, I'm trying to build my first real package. I have no C/Fortran code, just plain old R code, so it should be rocket science. On a Linux box, I used package.skeleton() to create a basic package containing just one "hello world" type of function. I edited the DESCRIPTION file, changin the package name appropriately. I edited the hello.Rd file.

Recently I tried to install a package in R version 1.8.1 for Windows. First I un".tar.gz"ed it and ".zip"ed it back in to be able to use the option Install package(s) from local zip files... Unfortunately tis error message appeared: Error in unpackPkg(pkgs[i], pkgnames[i], lib, installWithVers) : Malformed bundle DESCRIPTION file, no Contains field It's

After entering ?library(rpart)?, I tried to plot an existing rpart tree, and got this error message: Error: couldn't find function "plot.rpart". However, ??plot.rpart? does bring up the help for the function. The same things occur for text.rpart, although print(my.tree) does work. So, I tried to re-install rpart using Packages | Install from CRAN, but then I get this

Full_Name: michael cole Version: 1.9.1 OS: Windows Submission from: (NULL) (80.219.153.13) When trying to install lattice graphics... I receieve the following: trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/lattice_0.9-16.zip' Content type `application/zip' length 496618 bytes opened URL downloaded 484Kb package 'lattice' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums

Hi, I have installed R 1.9.0 under Windows XP. When I used "Packages->Install Package(s) from CRAN..." to install the package 'gregmisc', I got this message: > local({a <- CRAN.packages() + install.packages(select.list(a[,1],,TRUE), .libPaths()[1], available=a)}) trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain;

Hi, I'm trying to get this library working under R2.10.0. I downloaded it and installed it from zip file. i get the following output. > library(hgu133a2.db) Error in library(hgu133a2.db) : there is no package called 'hgu133a2.db' > utils:::menuInstallLocal() package 'hgu133a2.db' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > library(hgu133a2.db) Loading required

Dear Forum, I have R version 3.0.0 installed and need to install RQuantLib pacakge. I tried to install it from CRAN Mirror and I couldn't load it. I had saved the package i zip format and tried to install it locally but I am getting following error. > utils:::menuInstallLocal() Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) :  

Hello, I just downloaded the MareyMap: an R-based tool and followed the instructions: Option1: Click "Packages-Install package(s) from local zip files", it showed the followed error messages: > utils:::menuInstallLocal() Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkgname, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Type")) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning

Hello, I'm trying to install the package metRology from SourceForge. I save the zip file metRology_0.9-06.tar.gz to my Windows 7 machine, and try to install the package using the RGUI: Packages > Install packages from local zip files > metRology_0.9-06.tar.gz. There's no .zip extension, but R seems to go to work on the installation with a couple warning messages and one error.

Hi R-devels, would it be possible to enhance either promptPackage() or the default indexing mechanism for packages so that -- if it exists -- (the contents of) file <pkgname>-package.Rd is sorted first in * the .dvi / .pdf documentation file * the .chm documentation file * the package 00index.html documentation file ? So far I found the following "hand-made" solution

I realize that others have struggled with this issue...i.e. http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/R/help/05/01/9826.html i am on os.x 10.4 w/ R2.2, and am (perhaps foolishly) also on this quest... i would like to be able to install downloaded source (tar.gz'd) files from within an R session, and have it work in a X-platform way..i am often not connected to the internet and have libraries

Dear R users, I have a Fortran code that I would like to compile and call from R later. I have never worked with Fortran before. Does anyone know the steps to create Fortran DLLs for R on a Windows PC. Is anyone aware of a manual (or does anyone know how to) that explains: - What tools and software I need to download for that - How to set the paths in my PC - What

Hi R-devels, in "Writing R extensions" as well as in the help to .onAttach(), you mention that one could use this function to issue a start-up message/banner for the package. My little wish for Easter: a 'quietly'-type argument for .onAttach() / .First.lib() which is passed through by functions require() and library() respectively, and by means of which one could optionally

Dear all, i was working under R 1.6.2 but i wanted to install bioconductor under WinXP, and because R 1.7.1 contains the TclTk package and automatic installation of bioconductor packages, so i install it. Everything is fine except this message which appear after the installation of packages. "> local({a<- CRAN.packages(CRAN=getOption("BIOC")) +

From: Prof Brian Ripley > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Peter Ruckdeschel wrote: > > > Hi R-devels, > > > > in "Writing R extensions" as well as in the help > > to .onAttach(), you mention that one could > > use this function to issue a start-up message/banner > > for the package. > > > > My little wish for Easter: > > > > a

A development note: In the function "install.packages", it would be helpful to those of us who have atypical installations and install manually from ZIP files to have pkgnames <- sub("\\.zip$", "", pkgnames) replaced with pkgnames <- sub("\\.zip$", "", pkgnames, ignore.case = TRUE) because the contributed zipfiles are ZIPfiles. The

A development note: In the function "install.packages", it would be helpful to those of us who have atypical installations and install manually from ZIP files to have pkgnames <- sub("\\.zip$", "", pkgnames) replaced with pkgnames <- sub("\\.zip$", "", pkgnames, ignore.case = TRUE) because the contributed zipfiles are ZIPfiles. The

I have done some printf profiling and found that supermin's calls to dpkg for individual packages are quite expensive. Here are some patches that gather all information on demand where possible. On my Debian/unstable-based workstation at home, preparing a minimal appliance using $ ./supermin --use-installed --prepare bash -o supermin.d now takes ~3.5s (previously ~15s). Turning that

Uwe and Brian, Thanks for your attention to this one. We currently have the following array of atypical situations in our corporate installation: (1) Central install directory, where I neither have nor can reasonably want Administrator priviledges; (2) IT staff willing to maintain R officially but wants to leave *contributed* packages to user groups if at all possible; (3) Direct access from R