[R] Installing Task Views

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try  install.views("Environmetrics",rep="http://www.cran.r-project.org")

2006/1/8, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>:
> Does all work for me with the latest release of R (2.2.1) and ctv
> (0.3-1) on Windows NT 4.0 SP6.
>
> Hence: Which version of R, which version of ctv, and which OS do you use?
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
> Mark Andersen wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am just beginning to use R, after several years of using S-Plus (with
> > mixed success). I saw a recommendation on another mailing list for the
> > Environmetrics and Spatial Task Views, as a good way for a new user to get
> > started actually using R. The Task Views page at CRAN says:
> >
> > "To automatically install these views, the ctv package needs to be
> > installed, e.g., via
> > install.packages("ctv")and then the views can be installed via install.views
> > (after loading ctv), e.g.,
> > install.views("Econometrics")"
> >
> > I have installed "ctv" and I'm assuming that "loading ctv" means entering
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>library("ctv")
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If I then enter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>install.views("Environmetrics")
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I get the error message
> >
> >
> >
> > "Warning message:
> >
> > CRAN task view Environmetrics not available in:
> > install.views("Environmetrics")"
> >
> > If I then go up to the Packages menu and Set CRAN Mirror to, for example,
> > USA (CA 2) and again enter
> >
> >
> >>install.views("Environmetrics")
> >
> >
> > I now get the error message
> >
> > "Error in install.packages(pkgs, CRAN = views[[i]]$repository, dependencies
> > = dependencies,  :
> >
> >         unused argument(s) (CRAN ...)"
> >
> >
> >
> > Entering "CRAN.views" in the R GUI does indeed give a complete list of task
> > view names, topics, maintainers, and repositories. Selecting different CRAN
> > mirrors produces the same error messages as above, as does attempting to
> > install a different task view.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have searched the R-help mailing list archive and found several postings
> > announcing the availability of task views, but not on how to install them. I
> > have searched the pdf manuals, and found no instances of "task view". I have
> > also searched the FAQs. The help for "install.views" basically repeats the
> > information on the CRAN site, providing information on using the function,
> > but not on actually installing task views. The example in the article on
> > task views in the May 2005 issue of R News uses the "lib = " argument, which
> > is not mentioned in the help for "install.views". It appears that the
> > instructions at CRAN for installing task views are missing at least one
> > step. Can anyone point me to a reliable set of instructions for installing
> > (not to mention actually using) a task view? Many thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark C. Andersen
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Mark C. Andersen
> >
> > Associate Professor
> >
> > Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
> >
> > New Mexico State University
> >
> > Las Cruces NM 88003-0003
> >
> > phone: 505-646-8034
> >
> > fax: 505-646-1281
> >
> >
> >
> >
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