[R] packages install dependencies

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17.04.2012 10:57, mail.bioinfo at fr.netgrs.com wrote:
> Hi Uwe
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> Thanks for your answer.
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> I tried to install the packages "marginalmodelplots_0.4.2.tar.gz" from a local repository "/home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/" using your suggestion (i.e. install.packages(...., contriburl="/home/joel/RPacks"))
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> I paste below the command
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> install.packages("/home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/marginalmodelplots_0.4.2.tar.gz", repos=NULL, dependencies= TRUE, type="source", contriburl="/home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/")
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> Warning: unable to access index for repository /home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/
> Warning message: In install.packages("/home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/marginalmodelplots_0.4.2.tar.gz",  :
>    package â/home/bioadm/install/R_packages/120416/marginalmodelplots_0.4.2.tar.gzâ is not available


Then you do not have a repository. Its defintiion is that it contains a 
PACKAGES file which it obviously does not contain.

Nevertheless, you can create a PACKAGE file via function 
write_PACKAGES() in package tools.

Uwe Ligges



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> For info this package depends of the "locfit" package.
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> What should I do ?
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> Thanks in advance
>
> Joël Masciocchi
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
> Envoyé : lundi 16 avril 2012 19:06
> À :<FRsr BioInfo
> Cc : r-help at r-project.org
> Objet : Re: [R] packages install dependencies
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> On 16.04.2012 15:41, mail.bioinfo at fr.netgrs.com wrote:
>> Hello R-Members
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>> I have to install several R packages on a Unix server which doesn't have internet connection.
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>> I downloaded some packages manually and I installed it from source using the command R CMD INSTALL and it's work but in some cases I can't install the package because of the dependencies.
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>> So I download all the R packages into a directory for example /home/joel/RPacks.
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>> Is it possible to configure the R commands (i.e. CMD INSTALL command or install.packages() function) in order that R looks for dependencies in my repository.
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> install.packages(...., contriburl="/home/joel/RPacks")
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> Uwe Ligges
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Best Regards - Cordialement,
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>> Joël
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