[R] Installing spdep

[Roger D. Peng]

maptools is a CRAN package.  You need to install that first (using 
install.packages() for example).

-roger

Suzanne E. Blatt wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying to install the package 'spdep' and get the following error message when I invoke library(spdep) at the R prompt:
> 
> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), keep.source)
>     There is no package called 'maptools'
> Error in library(spdep) : package/namespace load failed
> 
> I get this if I try to install 'on the fly' AND if I download directly from the download mirror (http://probability.ca/cran/) and then install inside my terminal (in superuser of course).
> 
> Any thoughts on where I can get 'maptools' or why it can't seem to locate it if it is indeed on my machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Suzanne
> 
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