[R] how to install spatstat

[Uwe Ligges]

On 19.01.2010 03:42, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> On 19/01/2010, at 11:24 AM, Senlin Liang wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to install spatstat using:
>> install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
>> "./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8")
>>
>> but got the following msg:
>>
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> <here i selected one mirror, and tried several mirrors)
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
>> "./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8") :
>> package ‘spatstat’ is not available
>>
>>
>> any idea why i am getting this error?
>
> The error message is puzzling; spatstat is certainly available.


Perhaps the PAKAGES file was rewritten in the second you tried to 
install - or you are using a corrupted mirror.

Hence please tell us which mirror you are using in which OS with which 
version of R.

Best,
Uwe Ligges




> However you should be getting a ***warning*** message about being
> unable to ``rename'' <stuff>/spatstat.
>
> The somewhat mysterious cause of such warnings is that it is
> necessary to supply an *absolute* pathname for ``lib'' rather
> than a relative pathname as you have done. I was flummoxed by
> this for decades; very recently Simon Urbanek (thank you again
> Simon) pointed out to me the error of my ways.
>
> Try something like:
>
> xlib <- paste(getwd(),"/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8",sep="/")
> install.packages("spatstat",dependencies=TRUE,lib=xlib)
>
> and see how you go.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
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