[R] zip package

[Peter Dalgaard]

Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> Sara Mouro wrote:
> 
> > 	Dear all
> > 
> > 	I can not understand how to install the package lpsolve_1.1.9.zip
> > 
> > 	I have read the FAQ and the help pages carefully, but it still not
> > clear for me.
> > 
> > 	I have tried the following (and obtained the respective error
> > messages):
> > 
> > 	
> > 
> >>install.packages("c:/ProgramFiles/R/rw2011/library/lpSolve_1.1.9",destdir="
> > 
> > c:/ProgramFiles/R/rw2011/library/lpSolve")
> > 	Mensagem de aviso:
> > 			no package 'c:/Program
> > Files/R/rw2011/library/lpSolve_1.1.9' at the repositories in:
> > download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  
> > 
> > 	
> > 
> >>install.packages("lpSolve_1.1.9",destdir="c:/ProgramFiles/R/rw2011/library/
> > 
> > lpSolve")
> > 	Erro em download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available =
> > available,  : 
> > 	        'destdir' is not a directory
> > 
> > 	>install.packages("lpSolve_1.1.9",destdir=NULL)
> > 	Mensagem de aviso:
> > 			no package 'lpSolve_1.1.9' at the repositories in:
> > download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  
> > 
> > 	Could you please tell me how to do that or when can I find a simple
> > example of that kind of installation?
> > 
> > 	Thank you so much and sorry for such basic question.
> > 
> > 	Sara Mouro
> > 
> > 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 
> 
> For example in the help pages, the manuals, the FAQ, and some R News 
> article in the R Help Desk.
> 
> Anyway, you simply want to say
>     install.packages("lpSolve")
> to get a copy installed from CRAN or
>    install.packages("C:/Path/to/Zip/File/Package_Version.zip", repos = NULL)
> 
> to install a binary package you already got on your harddisk.
> 
> Uwe Ligges

Or maybe use the user-friendly menu entry "Install package from local
ZIP file" in the Packages menu??


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