[R] problems with .svg

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Mag. Ferri Leberl wrote:

> The program does not open the interface again to select am mirror.
> Neither works
>
> install.packages("RSvgDevice", dependencies = TRUE,
> repos="http://cran.r-project.org",contriburl="http://cran.r-project.org")
>
> the feedback here is
>
> Warnung in install.packages("RSvgDevice", dependencies = TRUE, repos =
> "http://cran.r-project.org",  :
>         argument 'lib' is missing: using
> '/home/nemo/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.5'
> Warnung: unable to access index for repository http://cran.r-project.org
> Warning message:
> package ‘RSvgDevice’ is not available in: install.packages("RSvgDevice",
> dependencies = TRUE, repos = "http://cran.r-project.org",
>
> What is going wrong?

You incorrectly specified contriburl: you only need repos, and giving 
contriburl incorrectly is the reason for the message you got.

I suspect chooseCRAN mirror() failed because the CRAN master was 
inaccessible: it has been from here on and off all day.  In which case you 
will need to select a different mirror.

> Yours, Leberl
>
>
>
> Am Sonntag, den 20.01.2008, 16:34 +0100 schrieb Gabor Csardi:
>
>> Yes, try another mirror. Austria should work. Or go to
>> http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html
>> and download the package directly and install it via
>>
>> R CMD INSTALL <package_file>
>>
>> You might need to give the '-l' options for where to install to.
>>
>> G.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 03:49:22PM +0100, Mag. Ferri Leberl wrote:
>>> Thank you so far.
>>> install.packages("RSvgDevice", dependencies = TRUE)
>>>
>>> returns
>>>
>>> Warnung in install.packages("RSvgDevice", dependencies = TRUE) :
>>>          argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
>>> Warnung in install.packages("RSvgDevice", dependencies = TRUE) :
>>>          'lib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable
>>> Would you like to create a personal library
>>> '~/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.5'
>>> to install packages into?  (y/n) y
>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>>> Warning message:
>>> package ‘RSvgDevice’ is not available in: install.packages("RSvgDevice",
>>> dependencies = TRUE)
>>>
>>> When asked I chose for the Bamberg-mirror.
>>> Can you recognize a mistake? Should I chose for a different mirror?
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>> Yours, Mag. Ferri Leberl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Montag, den 14.01.2008, 19:21 +0100 schrieb Gabor Csardi:
>>>
>>>     Are you sure this is an R problem? I guess it is not, but
>>>     rather a pstoedit problem.
>>>
>>>     You can use the RSVGDevice package, or the Cairo package to
>>>     export your graphics directly into SVG from R.
>>>
>>>     Gabor
>>>
>>>     On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 07:10:13PM +0100, Mag. Ferri Leberl wrote:
>>>    > Dear everybody!
>>>    > I am making a graph in R and employ pstoedit to expot the .pdf-output
>>>    > to .svg.
>>>    > When I open the .svg with firefox I get the .svg-code shown wit the
>>>    > following header:
>>>    > "Mit dieser XML-Datei sind anscheinend keine Style-Informationen
>>>    > verknüpft. Nachfolgend wird die Baum-Ansicht des Dokuments angezeigt."
>>>    > Which information should how be included?
>>>    > Thank you in advance.
>>>    > Yours,
>>>    > Mag. Ferri Leberl
>>>    >
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