[R] Installation problems with R.classes bundle

[Henrik Bengtsson]

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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Prof 
> Brian Ripley
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:28 PM
> To: Michael Griffiths
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Installation problems with R.classes bundle
> 
> 
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Michael Griffiths wrote:
> 
> > Firstly hi to everyone on the list,
> > 
> > I am new to this list ans also R so please forgive the 
> simplicity of 
> > my questions over the next few months.
> > 
> > I have version R 1.9.1 and want to perform z-scoring for a 
> > benchmarking procedure. I have tried to install Henrik Bengtsson's 
> > R.classes bundle (http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.classes). I have 
> > downloaded the .zip file and placed the relevant folders in 
> my working 
> > directory (C:\programs\R\rw1091\library). These include R.audio, 
> > R.basic and R.oo.
> > 
> > The instrauctions on the website then say to:
> > 
> > Verify by loading the R.oo package, e.g. library(R.oo). I 
> have tried 
> > this and all I keep getting os the following error message:
> > 
> > > library(R.oo)
> > Error in firstlib(which.lib.loc, package) : 
> >         couldn't find function "lazyLoad"
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > package R.oo was built under R version 2.0.0 
> > Error in library(R.oo) : .First.lib failed
> > > 
> > 
> > Does anyone have any clues as to what I have done wrong?
> 
> You appear to have downloaded the wrong copy, despite rather clear 
> instructions on that site. To wit,
> 
> To install on *R v1.9.1 or earlier on Windows*, call
> 
> install.packages("R.classes", 
> contriburl="http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R190")
> 
> Although it also says
> 
> Since the Windows is a binary distribution written in 100% R 
> it can also 
> installed by extracting the archive files into the library/ 
> directory of 
> your R installation, i.e. ${R_HOME}/library/ such that the 
> directories 
> library/R.oo/, library/R.graphics/ etc are created.
> 
> which is incorrect as the `100% R' is transformed in 
> version-specific ways 
> (and one does hope it has help files ...).

You are right. I have removed that part from the page.

Thanks for pointing it out.

/Henrik

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