[R] repositories for 2.11 & 2.12

[Uwe Ligges]

On 07.03.2012 18:31, Miklós Emri wrote:
> On 03/07/2012 04:58 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>> On 07/03/2012 15:45, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>> On 12-03-07 7:59 AM, Miklós Emri wrote:
>>>> Dear experts,
>>>>
>>>> I have to install ggplot2 packages for R 2.11 and 2.12 but this is
>>>> available for 2.14 only.
>>>> My question: are there urls for previous R version which can be use in
>>>> install.packages ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Generally old copies of source packages are stored on CRAN, but not old
>>> binaries. So you'll need to figure out which versions of ggplot2 you
>>> want, and install them yourself.
>>
>> Actually, binaries are usually there, e.g.
>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.11/ggplot2_0.8.9.zip .
> ok, thanks.
>>
>> And I would expect install.packages() in the appropriate version of R
>> to find these.
> No, unfortunately it does not find it:
>
>  > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.12.2 (2011-02-25)
>
>  > install.packages( "ggplot2" )
> Installing package(s) into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> Warning message:
> In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
> package ‘ggplot2’ is not available
>
>
>>
>> Which does say explicitly that 'R 2.11 and R 2.12' do not exist and
>> that we only support current R (read R >= 2.14.2 at present).
>>
> I know that the 2.14 is the most recent version, and the ggplot2
> requirement >=2.14, but I have no permission to upgrade the R in our
> linux system, so I was looking for an url, which help me to install
> ggplot2 and its dependencies in a simple way for R version 2.12.2.
> Now I see that I have to download and install all required packages
> manually.


Get an old version from the archives on CRAN.

Uwe Ligges



>
> Thanks for suggestions
> Miklos
>
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