[R] install.packages() can't find install.packages() ?

[Emma Hsueh]

Hi Rolf,

Looks like it is indeed the Halloween ghosts!
I did what you said and it worked. Thank you!
Do you know how the .RData might have gotten corrupted?

Thanks again,
Emma

Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> 於 2015年10月29日 星期四寫道：

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> Have you tried this after starting R in a "clean" workspace?
> Or perhaps after starting R --vanilla?
>
> It sounds to me like something is corrupted in your install.packages()
> function --- or possible somewhere else --- which could be induced by
> having some ghosts lurking about in .RData.
>
> (After all, it is getting close to Hallowe'en. :-) )
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf
>
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> On 30/10/15 14:17, Boris Steipe wrote:
>
>> We are seeing the following problem when trying to install magrittr on
>> Ubuntu 14.04
>>
>>
>> install.packages("magrittr")
>>
>>
>> Installing package into ‘/home/ehsueh/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0’
>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> trying URL 'http://lib.ugent.be/CRAN/src/contrib/magrittr_1.5.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 200504 bytes (195 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 195 Kb
>>
>>
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>> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) :
>>    could not find function "install.packages"
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE,
>> logical.return = TRUE,  :
>>    there is no package called ‘magrittr’
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't understand why install.packages() executes, then can't find
>> install.packages().
>> I also don't understand why R gives us the startup message at that point.
>>
>> Installation of other packages fails as well.
>> Installation of magrittr my Mac works without issues.
>>
>> Version info below.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Boris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> =============================================
>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>>
>> locale:
>>   [1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>>   [3] LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8
>>   [5] LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8
>>   [7] LC_PAPER=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
>>   [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] plot3D_1.0-2
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] misc3d_0.8-4 tcltk_3.0.2  tools_3.0.2
>>
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