[R] contributed packages and downloads questions

[Duncan Murdoch]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:09 -0400, "Hanna Craig" <jcraig at vbi.vt.edu>
wrote :

>Hello,
>
>I am trying to download two library files: multiv and e1071 to do principal
>components analysis. I was able to unzip the folders to my R directory, but
>when I type library(multiv) in the console I get an error message: Error in
>testRversion(descfields) : This package has not been installed properly
> See the Note in ?library
>So, it seems that I am not downloading these two library files properly.
>Where can I find the library files (I cannot find my way back to them for
>some reason) and how do I download them? Thanks!

The easiest way to install a package in Windows (which I assume you're
using, since you're talking about zip files) is to use the "Packages |
Install packages from CRAN" menu entry.  That'll work for both of
those packages.

For future reference, if you want to install a package from a zip
file, you should use the "Packages | Install package from local zip
file" menu entry.

Duncan Murdoch