[R] Re:MASS installation

[Achim Zeileis]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:16:03 +0100 (CET) Vito Ricci wrote:

> Dear Angela,
> 
> to install MASS package you can choose installing from
> CRAN.
> Go to menu Packages--> Install package(s) from CRAN;

This is under Windows... Angela hasn't told us the OS she's using,
though.

> appears a window (Select) select MASS; in this way

The chances of finding MASS there are rather low. You might be able to
see the VR bundle though.

> MASS will be downloaded - you need to be connected
> with Internet, preferibly ADSL, it'll be faster;
> look in Packages-->Load package appears a window
> (Select) see in MASS has been already installed and it

It is a recommended package and should therefore be part of every binary
distribution. In short: it is almost surely installed on Angela's
machine.
Z

> needs only to be loaded. Choose MASS and it'll be
> loaded. Alternatively from command line type:
> 
> library(MASS)
> 
> Regards
> Vito
> 
> 
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> Good evening,
> I need to fit experimental distributions by
> theoretical ones. I know 
> that it is possible in the package MASS but I don't
> know how to install 
> it. Can you help me?
> Thank you, Angela
> 
> =====
> Diventare costruttori di soluzioni
> Became solutions' constructors
> 
> "The business of the statistician is to catalyze 
> the scientific learning process."  
> George E. P. Box
> 
> Top 10 reasons to become a Statistician
> 
>      1. Deviation is considered normal
>      2. We feel complete and sufficient
>      3. We are 'mean' lovers
>      4. Statisticians do it discretely and continuously
>      5. We are right 95% of the time
>      6. We can legally comment on someone's posterior distribution
>      7. We may not be normal, but we are transformable
>      8. We never have to say we are certain
>      9. We are honestly significantly different
>     10. No one wants our jobs
> 
> 
> Visitate il portale http://www.modugno.it/
> e in particolare la sezione su Palese 
> http://www.modugno.it/archivio/palese/
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide!
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>