[R] car package dependencies

[Torsten Hothorn]

> Martin Wegmann <baliola at riseup.net> wrote:
> > I tried to install the "car" package but I can't solve the
> > dependencies. car needs grid, lattice and dr but when I
> > try to install grid I get this error
> > prompt:
> >
> > wz3x64:/home/oggi/R/software/contrib # rpm -i R-car-1.0.R3-1.i386.rpm
> > error: failed dependencies:
> >         R-grid is needed by R-car-1.0.R3-1
> >         R-lattice is needed by R-car-1.0.R3-1
> > [...]
> >
> > how do I solve this problem? thanks in advance, cheers Martin
>
>
> Why would you want to use rpm?
>
> See ?install.packages
>

that does not need to work. `install.packages' in a pre-compiled
distribution of R (for Unix) cannot safely assume that compilers /
translators / linkers / shared libraries needed for building a
package are available (at runtime) in the places determined at
compile time. Missing `f2c' or `-lreadline' produce a lot of "cannot
install package xyz" threads on this list...

Torsten

> and (at least) pages 7-8 of "R Installation and
> Administration"
>
> --
> Philippe
>
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