[R] MASS loading error

[Erin Hodgess]

The Rcmdr menu does not appear.

However, I tried an experiment: I downloaded the R-2.10.0.tar.gz file
and installed via ./configure, make, and all was well for Rcmdr.

Thanks,
Erin


2009/11/23 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
>
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>



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