[R] R 2.12.0 for Windows: error when loading (some) packages

[Renaud Lancelot]

Thank you. I have read the CHANGES file as well as the FAQ, indeed. I
have uninstalled R, removed the remaining directories and reinstalled
the new version. I have also run

update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)

Everything works fine except for the recommended package lattice:

> library(lattice)
Error: package 'lattice' is not installed for 'arch=i386'

Did I do something wrong? I'd be interested to know if others met the
same problem.


2010/10/18 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
> This is the very first item in the CHANGES file for 2.12.0 ....
>
> How to upgrade your R is an FAQ,
> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#What_0027s-the-best-way-to-upgrade_003f
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Renaud Lancelot wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have installed the latest version of R 2.12.0 available on CRAN
>> (http://cran.r-project.org). When I try to load the recommended
>> package lattice:
>>
>>> library(lattice)
>>
>> Error: package 'lattice' is not installed for 'arch=i386'
>>
>> I am running Rgui using
>> C:\R\R-2.12.0\bin\i386\Rgui.exe --vanilla
>>
>>> sessionInfo()
>>
>> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
>> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=French_France.1252  LC_CTYPE=French_France.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=French_France.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=French_France.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> By the way, I met the same error when trying to load many contributed
>> packages which were installed in a separate library
>>
>>> .libPaths()
>>
>> [1] "C:/R/RLIBS"            "C:/R/R-2.12.0/library"
>>
>> I had to reinstall them from CRAN.
>>
>> --
>> Renaud Lancelot
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-- 
Renaud Lancelot
EDEN Project, coordinator
http://www.eden-fp6project.net/

UMR CIRAD-INRA "Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes"
Joint research unit "Control of emerging and exotic animal diseases"

CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet TA A-DIR / B
F34398 Montpellier
http://umr-cmaee.cirad.fr/

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