[R] Problem with R-2.1.0: install.packages() doesn't work
Liaw, Andy
andy_liaw at merck.com
Fri Apr 22 19:13:12 CEST 2005
> From: 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 is outdated.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.
But section 5.1 of R-admin still has:
<quote>
Alternatively, packages can be downloaded and installed from within R. First
set the option CRAN to your nearest CRAN mirror, for example
> options(CRAN = "http://cran.us.r-project.org/")
(You can also supply this as the repos argument.)
</quote>
This should probably be updated, too...
Cheers,
Andy
>
> >>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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