[R] nls for R version 3.3.2

[David Winsemius]

> On Nov 29, 2016, at 12:30 AM, Troels Ring <tring at gvdnet.dk> wrote:
> 
> Dear friends - updated to R 3.3.2 - tried to install nls - got this sad response
> 
> package ‘nls’ is not available (as a binary package for R version 3.3.2)
> 
> I'm on windows 7

I don't see an `nls` package on CRAN. Perhaps it has been replaced by nls2. On the other hand, you may be looking for the functions `nls` in the stats package. (Hard to tell from the available information.)

packageDescription('nls2')

Package: nls2
Version: 0.2
Date: 2013-03-07
Title: Non-linear regression with brute force
Author: G. Grothendieck
Maintainer: G. Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
Description: Adds brute force and multiple starting values to nls.
Depends: proto
Suggests: nlstools
License: GPL-2
BugReports: http://groups.google.com/group/sqldf
URL: http://nls2.googlecode.com


> 
> Did I do something wrong? Will a binary appear eventually? Would I have to make it myself?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Troels Ring
> 
> Aalborg, Denmark
> 
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David Winsemius
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