If you are using the windows version, installing packages can be done easily from the prompt in the R work space by the following statement:

install.packages("name_of_package", dep=TRUE)

the part of dep=TRUE is to allow associated dependencies of packages tp be installed along side. This saves you the task of installing each dependency package seperately.

Enjoy!

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--- On Wed, 11/12/08, b g <shakespeare_1040@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: b g <shakespeare_1040@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [R] read SAS file
To: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk
Cc: r-help@r-project.org, patrick.richardson@vai.org
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:51 AM

Another question.  I want to install some of the user packages but it's not
clear from the documentation how to specify the directory in which to place
them. I need some help with this problem-how do I direct the install to the
proper place? Should I set up a directory under my R directory (my preference)
or elsewhere? Should I place all downloaded packages into the same directory or
specify separate directories for each package? And will I need to specify some
environment variable when using the package?


> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:57 +0100
> From: P.Dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk
> To: shakespeare_1040@hotmail.com
> CC: patrick.richardson@vai.org; r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] read SAS file
> 
> b g wrote:
>> Figured out the problem reading the file. Csv files must be ftp'd
as ascii and xpt files as binary. However, both strategies result in the first
few columns being omitted. I'd like to check which variables are on the
file, much like proc contents in SAS, but I can't find the command to do
this in the documentation. How is this done?> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:35:28
+0100> From: P.Dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk> To:
shakespeare_1040@hotmail.com> CC: patrick.richardson@vai.org;
r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] read SAS file>> b g
wrote:>> I must have this file in the wrong directory. I can see it and
it's> spelled correctly in my command (including case) but I
get:>>>>> library(foreign)>
read.xport("cft2008R")>> Error in lookup.xport(file)>>>
:> unable to open file: 'No such file or directory'> There are
several> subdirectories under C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.0\ .
Should it be in one> of those?>> If it is a .xpt file, then you likely
need "cft2008R.xpt".>> --> O__ 
> ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B> c/ /'_ --- Dept.
of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K> (*) \(*) -- University of
Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918> ~~~~~~~~~~ -
(p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907> 
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> 
> (please see if you can do something about the lack of line wrap.....)
> 
> Did you try lookup.xport()?
> 
> -- 
> O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B
> c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K
> (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918
> ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907
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