[R] Error in installing packages

[Gabor Grothendieck]

If the warning bothers you then look at:

.libPaths()

and if you want to install to the second library, say, then do:

install.packages("some.package", lib = .libPaths()[2])

Regarding your Ubuntu problem, another possibility is to try
AndLinux which is a coLinux-based Ubuntu system that sits right on top
of Windows
and presumably makes use of the Windows drivers, which if correct
would avoid that
problem.  I tried it a 1.5 years ago and initially thought it was
working ok but after a while
found it too flaky and junked it; however, by now it may be usable.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Lazarus Mramba
<LMramba at kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org> wrote:
> Dear R Users;
>
> I am an R user who has recently bought a new laptop;Toshiba Satellite
> U405 running on both Windows Vista and Ubuntu.
>
> I have problems on the wondows vista when installing packages. The
> argument 'lib' is missing.  How do i solve this problem?
>
>
> Illustration:
>
>> install.packages("epicalc")
> Warning in install.packages("epicalc") :
>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
> 'C:\Users\lazurus\Documents/R/win-library/2.7'
>
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.za.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.7/epicalc_2.7.1.2.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 629215 bytes (614 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 614 Kb
>
> package 'epicalc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>
> C:\Users\lazurus\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpMrOxin\downloaded_packages
> updating HTML package descriptions
>
> ## problem 2 is about downloading R without internet connection
> I have failed to get internet working under ubuntu for both wireless
> LAN and Ethernet cable and therefore i cannot download R from the net.
> Both wireless and ethernet are not detected at all leave alone
> connecting to the internet. I am using Atheros AR5007EG wireless network
> adapter, Marvel Yukon 88E8040T PCI-E Fat Ethernrt Controller.
> Internet works fine under the windows Vista system but not on the
> Ubuntu side
> Anyhelp will be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Lazarus Mramba
> Junior Statistician
> P.O Box 986, 80108,
> Kilifi, Kenya
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