[R] rgenoud for multiple chips: does a more recent special version of "snow" exist?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 03.02.2011 22:06, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
> Just a small correction: the package "snow" does install. But once I
> try to load it:
> library(snow),
> I get an error:
> Error: package 'snow' was built before R 2.10.0: please re-install it
> Dimitri
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Dimitri Liakhovitski
> <dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Dear everyone,
>>
>> I am trying to run rgenoud on several chips simultaneusly. I used the
>> instructions provided on Jasjeet Sekhon's Homepage
>> (http://sekhon.berkeley.edu/rgenoud/multiple_cpus.html).
>>
>> However, I have the newer version of R (R 2.12) installed - for a
>> 64-bit machine. So, when I tried to install the special version of
>> "snow" from a zip file provided by Jasjeet on his page, R did not
>> allow me to install it (from a zip file) because it was created before
>> R 2.10.
>>
>> Does anyone know if a more updated special version of "snow" exists -
>> that could be used on R 2.12?

Yes, type

update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)

and it will update to your R version from your favourite CRAN mirror.

Best,
Uwe Ligges




>> Or maybe there is another way of running rgenoud on several chips
>> simultaneously?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>> Ninah Consulting
>> www.ninah.com
>>
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