[R] R-2.0.1 reinstall non-CRAN pkg

[Anthony Westerling]

Thank you Uwe

That was indeed the problem.  I revised the depends line and removed  
the old built line, and then rebuilt the package.  Now it is recognized  
as valid.

Thanks

Tony

On Nov 27, 2004, at 7:54 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> Anthony Westerling wrote:
>> Yes.  It is looking the correct directory.  Note that the package is   
>> installed without errors.  The problem is that, even after being  
>> newly  reinstalled, it is still not recognized as a valid package for  
>> R-2.0
>> Tony
>> On Nov 26, 2004, at 9:08 PM, Liaw, Andy wrote:
>>> Have you checked where R is looking for that package (.libPaths()   
>>> would tell
>>> you), and whether that's where you've installed it?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>> From: Anthony Westerling
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to upgrade to R-2.0.1 from R-1.9 on a Mac running
>>>> OS X 10.3.
>>>>
>>>> I have some simple packages I wrote myself that have to be
>>>> reinstalled
>>>> to be recognized as valid packages.  I have been using them
>>>> for a while
>>>> on earlier versions of R, so didn't expect to have any problems.
>>>>
>>>> I am probably going about this the wrong way?  I simply used
>>>>
>>>> R CMD build mypkgdir
>>>>
>>>> and then
>>>>
>>>> R CMD install mypkgdir.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> the package installs without any error messages.
>>>>
>>>> however, library(mypkgname) still generates spiteful
>>>>
>>>>     Error in library(mypkgname) : 'mypkgname' is not a
>>>> valid package --
>>>> installed < 2.0.0?
>
> So it is not packaged correctly, and thinks it has been installed  
> under R < 2.0.0.
> Please check the DESCRIPTION file carefully and rebuild the package,  
> after that installating is should work.
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>>>> messages.
>>>>
>>>> My apologies if answers to this kind of question have already been
>>>> posted.  I have looked over the archived r-help threads for the last
>>>> couple of months.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Anthony Westerling
>>>>
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