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

[Uwe Ligges]

Roger D. Peng wrote:

> What happens if you don't set the 'CRAN' option via 'options()' first 
> and just run 'install.packages()'?

Should be the same as long as no CRAN mirror has been choosen and X11 is 
not accessible (see my other message). The code needs to be a bit more 
defensive here - or present a better error message.

Uwe Ligges


> -roger
> 
> 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/")
>>> install.packages("rgenoud")
>>
>>
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Error in inherits(x, "factor") : Object "res" not found
>>
>>
>> Scott Waichler
>> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
>> scott.waichler at pnl.gov
>>
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