[R] Is R BOOT package available for 2.15.1 version for Mac OS?

[Marc Schwartz]

On Jul 6, 2012, at 10:46 AM, SergeyHC wrote:

> Hi everyone!
> 
> I am trying to install boot package in order to do bootstrap analysis with
> R. I am trying to use the following command:
> 
> 
> install.packages("/var/folders/++/++53BE++6+0++4RjPqRgNE+-lHI/-Tmp-//Rtmpvmc3aE/downloaded_packages")
> 
> But get the following message:
> 
> package
> ‘/var/folders/++/++53BE++6+0++4RjPqRgNE+-lHI/-Tmp-//Rtmpvmc3aE/downloaded_packages’
> is not available (for R version 2.15.1) 
> 
> Is it really not available, or I am not doing something right.
> Thanks!
> Sergey


I suspect some confusion on your part Sergey. 'boot' is part of the standard R installation as a "recommended" package.

All you need to do is either:

  library(boot)

or 

  require(boot)

Regards,

Marc Schwartz