[R] Dep setting for install of packages...

[Brian Lunergan]

Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> dependencies = NA is only identical to dependencies = FALSE if
>   .libPaths()
> has multiple components.  If it has a single component then its the
> same as dependencies = c("Depends", "Imports").   Read the
> dependencies= entry on the ?install.packages page.  Also read
> ?.libPaths

Ok, ran .libPaths() and got:

 > .libPaths()
[1] "C:/R-2.7.0/library"
 >

That, as I understand the notes, is a valid path entry of > 1 character. 
What am I missing about this? I already know, using the install.packages 
example below, that explicitly stating dep = TRUE sends R off on a hunt for 
the dependencies of a particular package during installation. What I would 
like to know and understand is whether that is the only way to do so since 
dep = TRUE has been turned off for the Install package(s) menu option or is 
there a 'tweak' of the menu possible to turn the ability back on without 
having to recompile the whole blessed program??


> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Brian Lunergan <ff809 at ncf.ca> wrote:
>> Evening again folks:
>>
>> Bear with me while crow is consumed. I had asserted that 2.7.2 had dep = NA
>> while prior installations had it turned on. Incorrect on my part. Dumped
>> that version and stepped back two iterations to 2.7.0. Tried it with that
>> one and the setting is indeed off for installing by menu. My apologies for
>> the lack of information in my original post and for what has clearly turned
>> out to be a misconception on my part.
>>
>> My question now... Is there a modification I can make to turn dep back on
>> when using the menu without recompiling, or is install.packages() the only
>> way to install and have the program chase the needed dependencies for a
>> package?
>>
>> BTW, here is a more detailed look at the current run with 2.7.0.
>>
>> R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
>> i386-pc-mingw32
>>
>> locale:
>> LC_COLLATE=English_Canada.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_Canada.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_Canada.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_Canada.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_2.7.0
>>
>> OS is Windows XP SP2
>>
>> Chose Ontario, Canada using Packages>Set CRAN mirror
>>
>> Chose ctv using Packages>Install package(s). ctv was all that was pulled in.
>>
>> Retried using install.packages("ctv", dep = TRUE) at the prompt and pulled
>> in XML and ctv.


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Brian Lunergan
Nepean, Ontario
Canada


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