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

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Its showing you the install.packages command that
the menu invokes.  You can keep pressing Enter
to step through that and you can try entering the
same command from your R console to verify its
operation.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Brian Lunergan <ff809 at ncf.ca> wrote:
> Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>>
>> Your .libPaths() has a single component.  The number
>> of characters in it is not relevant so it should be bringing
>> in the dependenies.  Suggest you try this:
>>
>> debug(utils:::menuInstallPkgs)
>>
>> and try using the menu now and see what
>> comes up.
>
>> chooseCRANmirror()
>> debug(utils:::menuInstallPkgs)
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> debugging in: utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> debug: {
>    install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = NA,
>        type = type)
> }
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> Cursor waiting quietly at that prompt, but nothing else happened after
> entering the debug command and clicking the menu option.
>
> Keep in mind I am not a programmer and this sort of deep dive into the inner
> workings of a software tool I make use of is way outside my range of
> experience.
>
> Was there a next step I should have made, or is this what was supposed to
> happen? No list of packages appeared. The program simply paused waiting for
> something else to be done by the human looking at the screen.
>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Brian Lunergan <ff809 at ncf.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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