[R] Package not on CRAN mirrow - what now?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 10.06.2010 12:28, markwebb at afrihost.co.za wrote:
> Package arulesSequences isn't on CRAN for automatic package install.
> I downloaded a *.tar.qz version because no *.zip for Windows offered.
> Why is this?

Because the DESCRIPTION file and hence the web page of the package at
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/arulesSequences/index.html
tell us
OS_type: unix
that means the author declared this package does only work on unix like 
systems.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





> I expanded *.tar.qz in ~R/R-2.11.0/library/arulesSequences
> I then assumed that R would list it in the packages list but it doesn't.
> What am I doing wrong ?
> Regards
>
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