[R] MASS loading error

[Erin Hodgess]

Dear R People:

I just installed R-2.10.0 on Karmic Koala Ubuntu, via the sudo apt-get
install r-base, etc.

However, when I try to install an Rcmdr Plugin package, I get the following:

> install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual",depen=TRUE)
Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) :
  argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = 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/2.10'
to install packages into?  (y/n) y
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
also installing the dependency ‘qcc’

trying URL 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/qcc_2.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 163556 bytes (159 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 159 Kb

trying URL 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/RcmdrPlugin.qual_0.4.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3545 bytes
opened URL
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downloaded 3545 bytes

* installing *source* package ‘qcc’ ...
** R
** data
** demo
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices ...
* DONE (qcc)
* installing *source* package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’ ...
** R
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
Warning: package 'Rcmdr' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
not work correctly
Loading required package: tcltk
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
The Commander GUI is launched only in interactive sessions

Attaching package: 'Rcmdr'


	The following object(s) are masked from package:tcltk :

	 tclvalue

Warning: package 'rgl' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
not work correctly
Warning: package 'abind' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
not work correctly
Error : This is R 2.10.0, package 'MASS' needs <= 2.9.2
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’
* removing ‘/home/erin/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.10/RcmdrPlugin.qual’

The downloaded packages are in
	‘/tmp/RtmpioC2DR/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) :
  installation of package 'RcmdrPlugin.qual' had non-zero exit status
>

The line that looks particularly strange is the 'MASS needs <= 2.9.2.

Could that be the problem, please?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Sincerely,
Erin


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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com