[R] Packages under windows

[Kim Horn]

The problem was the old version of R not being compatible
with the newer Windows-NT package binaries.

Loading the new version of R and it all worked fine. 

Thanks
Kim

On Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:10 PM, Prof Brian D Ripley [SMTP:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 1999, Kim Horn wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I just downloaded the NT version of R and cannot
> > find anything concrete on loading packages.
> > There is alot on how to do it under Unix.
> > The windows FAQ briefly mentions it but
> > does not explain it.
> 
> From the README:
> 
> Binaries for many packages are available at
> CRAN/bin/windows/windows-NT/contrib. These are zip files which should
> be unpacked in rw0641\library. They are then available for use. You
> can also use the installer rwinst.exe to selectively unpack the zip
> files.
> 
> > I have donwloaded windows binaries of the package
> > "clust.zip" and unzipped it into my
> > 
> >      c:\rw0632\library
> >  
> > directory... So I have
> > 
> >        c:\rw0632\library\cluster
> 
> So you followed the instructions, which are mentioned briefly because they
> are brief!
> 
> > Now what do I do ?
> 
> Find your R documentation and read it!  Use of libraries is not a
> Windows-specific issue, and I think you are confusing installing libraries
> (and that is what is in the FAQs) and loading them.
> 
> > library(cluster)
> 
> will make this available for use.  See ?library for more details, or
> read a good book on S/S-PLUS, as R works in exactly the same way.
> 
> However, please don't use such an old version of R for Windows: we are
> on rw0641 now. In particular, the `windows binaries' are mainly for
> rw0640/1 only: I hope you downloaded from the obselete rw063x section.
> 
> -- 
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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