[R] Problem with install.packages(); getting out-of-date version.

[Duncan Murdoch]

Rolf Turner wrote:
> I recently tried to install the latest version of spatstat, from CRAN,
> using the install.packages() function.  It proceeded to install version
> 1.17-5 of spatstat, although the current version is 1.18-4.
>   

One reason this could happen is that the package depends on an R version 
newer than you've got. (2.11.0 is current, you tried 2.10.1.) That 
doesn't appear to be the case now, but maybe it was when you tried?  I'd 
try again, try a different mirror, etc.

Duncan Murdoch
> Checking the CRAN mirror that I used (New Zealand) via Firefox, I found
> that version 1.18-4 is indeed present on CRAN.  I was able to download
> and install version 1.18-4 ``manually'' without difficulty.
>
> At first I thought that there must be something wrong with the NZ mirror,
> but after some prompting from the maintainer of this mirror, I tried
> others (Australia and Austria --- these being the first two on the list).
> Same thing happened.
>
> So the fault is not in our mirrors but in ourselves.  Something wrong
> with my system, or with the command I issued.  But what?
>
> The command:
>
> 	install.packages("spatstat",lib="/Users/rturner/Temp")
> 	# The ``Temp'' directory having been created for purposes of experimentation.
>
> The screen output from this command is:
>
>   
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>> trying URL 'http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/bin/macosx/universal/contrib/2.10/spatstat_1.17-5.tgz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 4067414 bytes (3.9 Mb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 3.9 Mb
>>
>>
>> The downloaded packages are in
>> 	/var/folders/jf/jf8dJjGFE9i5Pjz0czKmhE+++TQ/-Tmp-//RtmpSpZagy/downloaded_packages
>>     
>
>
> My system:
>
>   
>> sessionInfo()
>>     
> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14) 
> i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 
>
> locale:
> [1] en_NZ.UTF-8/en_NZ.UTF-8/C/C/en_NZ.UTF-8/en_NZ.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] datasets  utils     stats     graphics  grDevices methods   base     
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] misc_0.0-12    fortunes_1.3-7 MASS_7.3-5    
>
>
> Would up-dating to R 2.11.0 help?  Why should that be necessary?
>
> Where/how is install.packages() finding the out-of-date version?
>
> Any insight appreciated.
>
> 	cheers,
>
> 		Rolf Turner
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