[R] Update problem? Rcmdr disappears, won't re-open

[John Fox]

Dear Brian,

R for Windows FAQ item 2.8
<http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#What_0027s-the-best-
way-to-upgrade_003f> describes how to upgrade R. What you did seems similar
to one of the suggestions there, so I'm not sure why it didn't work. You
might try uninstalling R 2.10.1, removing all of the packages in the
library, reinstalling R 2.10.1, and then installing the Rcmdr and all of its
dependencies via install.packages("Rcmdr", dependencies=TRUE), followed by
reinstalling RcmdrPlugin.IPSUR and whatever else you want. With a fast
Internet connection, that shouldn't take more than, say, a half hour.

One other thing: It appears to me that you're using the development version
of the car package from R-Forge rather than the current version on CRAN.
That won't work at present with the Rcmdr package, though it shouldn't
produce the error that report.

I hope this helps,
 John

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> Subject: [R] Update problem? Rcmdr disappears, won't re-open
> 
> 
> WinXP, R 2.10.1
> 
> I just updated R, and now have trouble. Perhaps it was the method I used
to
> keep all the packages.
> 
> I copied all the new packages from 2.10.1 back into the 2.10.0 folder,
then
> copied them and all the others I've previously added from the 2.10.0
folder
> and pasted them back into 2.10.1's appropriate folder.
> 
> Is this the source of my troubles?
> 
> I am trying unsuccessfully to open RcmdrPlugin.IPSUR from within Rcmdr,
via
> the pulldown tools menu.
> It insists I restart Rcmdr, which I let happen, then Rcmdr doesn't
restart,
> and then I can not restart it using R's package loading function either.
> 
> Please excuse the vast amount of text, below - I don't know what is and
> isn't relevant.
> 
> Brian
>
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> 
> > update.packages(ask='graphics')
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> > update.packages(ask='graphics')
> > update.packages(ask='graphics')
> > utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> trying URL
>
'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/HH_2.
1
> -32.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 626388 bytes (611 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 611 Kb
> 
> package 'HH' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> 
> The downloaded packages are in
>         C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local
> Settings\Temp\RtmpI1Oqkp\downloaded_packages
> > utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> trying URL
>
'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.10/Rcmdr
_
> 1.5-4.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 2294413 bytes (2.2 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 2.2 Mb
> 
> package 'Rcmdr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> 
> The downloaded packages are in
>         C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local
> Settings\Temp\RtmpI1Oqkp\downloaded_packages
> > local({pkg <- select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE)))
> + if(nchar(pkg)) library(pkg, character.only=TRUE)})
> Loading required package: tcltk
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Loading required package: car
> Loading required package: MASS
> Loading required package: nnet
> Loading required package: leaps
> Loading required package: survival
> Loading required package: splines
> 
> Rcmdr Version 1.5-4
> 
> 
> Attaching package: 'Rcmdr'
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:tcltk :
> 
>          tclvalue
> 
> Error in closeCommander(ask = FALSE) : object 'response' not found
> > local({pkg <- select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE)))
> + if(nchar(pkg)) library(pkg, character.only=TRUE)})
> > library(Rcmdr)
> > quit(Rcmdr)
> Error in quit(Rcmdr) : object 'Rcmdr' not found
> > library(Rcmdr)
> > q(Rcmdr)
> Error in q(Rcmdr) : object 'Rcmdr' not found
> > ls()
> character(0)
> > local({pkg <- select.list(sort(.packages(all.available = TRUE)))
> + if(nchar(pkg)) library(pkg, character.only=TRUE)})
> > >
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