[R] Problem with R-2.1.0: install.packages() doesn't work

[Uwe Ligges]

Waichler, Scott R wrote:

> I installed R-2.1.0 from source on a Linux box running Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux WS release 4 but install.packages() wouldn't work (see
> below).  When I install R-2.0.1 from RPM on the same system, everything
> is fine.
> 
> Version 2.1.0  (2005-04-18), ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> . . . 
> 
>>options(CRAN = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/")

options(CRAN = ...) is outdated. See ?options.


>>install.packages("rgenoud")
> 
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not found


Quite probably you have no X11 connection to this machine.
R tries to ask you which CRAN mirror you are going to choose, and it 
fails to present the tcltk window.
You might want to call
   chooseCRANmirror(graphics=FALSE)
and
   setRepositories(graphics=FALSE)
prior to install.packages().

Uwe Ligges






> 
> Scott Waichler
> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
> scott.waichler at pnl.gov
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