[R] MASS loading error

[Uwe Ligges]

Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Hello again.
> 
> I did the update and it worked well, except for one thing:  the Rcmdr
> doesn't work anymore.
> 
> Has that come up before please?


Not that I know. But what does "doesn't work anymore" mean precisely?

Uwe


> Thank you for all of your help.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Erin
> 
> 
> 
>  Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
>>
>> Erin Hodgess wrote:
>>> 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
>>> ==================================================
>>> 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
>>> ==================================================
>>> 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.
>> Erin,
>>
>> the MASS you have installed in one of your current libraries needs R <=
>> 2.9.2 (perhaps in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library ?)
>>
>> Please run
>>  update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)
>> and packages in your library will be updated.
>>
>> If the one in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library can't be updated, because you do
>> not have write permissions there, please remove it from the library path.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Could that be the problem, please?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Erin
>>>
>>>
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