[R] About installing the lubridate package

[Bert Gunter]

Please go to:

http://cran.r-project.org/

and start reading. In particular, how to download packages and other software.

-- Bert


Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
and sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )


On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:18 AM, lily li <chocold12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Bert. This website is comprehensive. So for any kind of packages in
> the future, can I just download from this website? I did a search from
> google before.
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> I just installed the Mavericks binary on my OSX Sierra without problems:
>>
>> install.packages("lubridate",
>> repos='https://cran.revolutionanalytics.com')
>>
>> A google search would have found this essentially instantly!
>>
>> As for native R functions for parsing dates: of course!
>>
>> ?strptime
>>
>> Again, a google search would have found this (e.g. on "parse dates in
>> R"). Please make a minimal effort to search before posting such "where
>> do I find" queries here.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bert
>>
>>
>> Bert Gunter
>>
>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>> and sticking things into it."
>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:45 AM, lily li <chocold12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi R users,
>> >
>> > I'd like to ask that where to find the 'lubridate' package for Mac
>> > Sierra?
>> > I downloaded one version for OS X Mavericks binaries, but it does not
>> > work.
>> >
>> > The error message is as below:
>> >> install.packages("~/Downloads/lubridate_1.6.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL,
>> >> type
>> > = "source")
>> > ERROR: dependency ‘stringr’ is not available for package ‘lubridate’
>> > * removing
>> >
>> > ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/lubridate’
>> > Warning in install.packages :
>> >   installation of package
>> > ‘/Users/qinghuan/Downloads/lubridate_1.6.0.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit
>> > status
>> >
>> > How to install the proper package? Thanks for your help.
>> >
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