[R] issue with graph package in using RBGL -‘'graph' is not a valid installed package’"

[joe j]

Thank you very much Dan, Uwe and Duncan. First suggestion by Dan
itself worked so I didn't have to try the other ones. But those
suggestions and comments are of much value and are appreciated.

Regards,
Joe

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Duncan Murdoch
<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/05/2011 10:51 AM, joe j wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to run the function "lambdaSets" using the package "RBGL".
>> This package uses another package "graph" which has been removed from
>> the CRAN repository, but is available at the archive
>> (http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/graph/).
>>
>> I installed the package from the R menu at "install packages from
>> local zip files" (after downloading the "graph_1.30.0.tar.gz" file,
>> unzipping it and making it a zip file; gz is not recognized by R.). I
>> get no warning here so I assumed installation went well. However, when
>> I type "require(RBGL)" I get the error message that: "Failed with
>> error:  ‘'graph' is not a valid installed package’".
>
> Installing a package is not that simple.  R does various processing when
> taking the source tar.gz file and producing the binary image that it puts in
> the .zip.  You would need to run
>
> R CMD INSTALL graph_1.30.0.tar.gz
>
> to do the install, but you probably don't have the tools installed to get
> this to work.
>
> However, graph is available on the Bioconductor web site, so if you select
> "BioC software" as a repository selection, the regular menu entry for
> installing packages should work.  I just tested it on Windows, which I
> assume you're using (since other platforms don't use .zip).
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>> I am using R version 2.12.2 (2011-2-25). I am a new user so your
>> advice would be of great help.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Joe
>>
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