[R] package rgl not installing on Mac OS X

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 14/05/2012 6:12 PM, Brenda McCowan wrote:
> This is what I am getting:
>
>> install.packages("rgl")
> Installing package(s) into Œ/Users/brenda/Library/R/2.15/library¹
> (as Œlib¹ is unspecified)
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.15/rgl_0.92.880.t
> gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 10757858 bytes (10.3 Mb)
> opened URL
> =
> downloaded 411 Kb
>
> rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf: Truncated tar archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
>
> The downloaded binary packages are in
>
> /var/folders/YG/YGlE8Mx6HHKHOY6P5UdzNU+++TM/-Tmp-//RtmpambK9X/downloaded_pac
> kages
> Warning messages:
> 1: In download.file(url, destfile, method, mode = "wb", ...) :
>    downloaded length 421070 != reported length 10757858
> 2: 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 1

Sure looks like a download error.  I'd try again, or try a different 
mirror if you get the same error.

You could also try getting it from R-forge.r-project.org; it has a very 
slightly newer version (0.92.881) than CRAN.

Duncan Murdoch

>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brenda
>
>
>
> On 5/14/12 3:01 PM, "Steve Lianoglou"<mailinglist.honeypot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Did you simply try:
>>
>> install.packages("adehabitat")
>>
>> or, if that doesn't work, maybe:
>>
>> install.packages("adehabitat", type="source")
>>
>> Or change your cran mirror?
>>
>> -steve
>>
>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Kristi Glover
>> <kristi.glover at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi R- User,I tried to load package adehabitat for R version 2.15.0. But,  I
>>> got error. even I download and save in local drive and tried to install from
>>> the local file. but still i got the following errors
>>>   install.packages("adehabitat", repos='C:/adehabitat_1.8.10.tgz')
>>>
>>>
>>> package Œadehabitat¹ is not available (for R version 2.15.0)
>>>
>>>> install.packages("adehabitat",
>>>> repos='http://cran.skazkaforyou.com/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.15/adehabit
>>>> at_1.8.10.tgz')
>>> Warning: unable to access index for repository
>>> http://cran.skazkaforyou.com/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.15/adehabitat_1.8.1
>>> 0.tgz/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.15
>>> Warning message:
>>> package Œadehabitat¹ is not available (for R version 2.15.0)
>>> I need to install it as I have been using a script that has used this package
>>> too besides other packages.
>>> Would any one help me how I can install the package on Mac OS X?
>>> cheers,
>>> KG
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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