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

[Emma Hsueh]

I turned the startup script back on and tried installing stringr. It went
smoothly. Seems like the ghosts are gone. No clue how the corruption
happened though.

Thanks to both of you! Happy Halloween :D

Best,
Emma

Boris Steipe <boris.steipe at utoronto.ca> 於 2015年10月30日 星期五寫道：

> Emma - do installations still work after you switch the startup script
> back on that I suggested you comment out? I'm specifically asking about
> loading plot3D...
>
> As far as I'm concerned "it worked" would mean: you can load plot3D and
> magrittr through the startup script and then R is just fine and you can
> install e.g. stringr from CRAN. Is that so?
>
> Lets make sure the ghosts aren't coming back - it's not quite Halloween
> yet.
> :-)
>
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2015, at 12:19 AM, Emma Hsueh <ehsueh1993 at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > 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 <javascript:;>> 於 2015年10月29日
> 星期四寫道：
> >
> >
> > 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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