[Rd] task view errors

[Uwe Ligges]

Paul Gilbert wrote:

> I am getting several errors about Windows only packages when I use task 
> views.  Is this suppose to be a Windows-centric utility?

Paul,

not at all, but the 3 packages mentioned below only work under Windows, 
because they depend on software such as DCOM, OpenBUGS and MIM, all of 
them available for Windows only.


> Also, I am sure there must be a simple way to tell which packages are in 
> a view, but I haven't found it. If there isn't, it would be nice to have.

For example:
   available.views()[[1]]

Best,
Uwe



> Paul Gilbert
> _______
> 
> install.views(c(
>  "Multivariate", "Econometrics", "Finance", "gR", "Bayesian",
>  "SocialSciences"),
>   repos = "http://cran.at.r-project.org")
> 
> * Installing *source* package 'rcom' ...
> Package 'rcom' can only be installed/used under Windows.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rcom'
> ** Removing 
> '/home/paul/toolchain/R/Linux-2.6.7-mm6/R-2.3.0/site-library/rcom'
> * Installing *source* package 'BRugs' ...
> Package 'BRugs' currently only works under Windows.\nIt is supposed to 
> work under Linux in future releases.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'BRugs'
> ** Removing 
> '/home/paul/toolchain/R/Linux-2.6.7-mm6/R-2.3.0/site-library/BRugs'
> * Installing *source* package 'mimR' ...
> Package 'mimR' can only be installed/used under Windows.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'mimR'
> ** Removing 
> '/home/paul/toolchain/R/Linux-2.6.7-mm6/R-2.3.0/site-library/mimR'
> 
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