Thanks. I got it right now.

The reason is that I am using a 2.8.1 version of R, which seems causing
trouble with the installation.

After I updated my R to 2.10.x, everything works great now.

best,
senlin

2010/1/19 Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>

>
>
> On 19.01.2010 03:42, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
>>
>> On 19/01/2010, at 11:24 AM, Senlin Liang wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried to install spatstat using:
>>> install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
>>> "./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8")
>>>
>>> but got the following msg:
>>>
>>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>>> <here i selected one mirror, and tried several mirrors)
>>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>>> Warning message:
>>> In install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
>>> "./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8") :
>>> package ‘spatstat’ is not available
>>>
>>>
>>> any idea why i am getting this error?
>>>
>>
>> The error message is puzzling; spatstat is certainly available.
>>
>
>
> Perhaps the PAKAGES file was rewritten in the second you tried to install -
> or you are using a corrupted mirror.
>
> Hence please tell us which mirror you are using in which OS with which
> version of R.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>
>  However you should be getting a ***warning*** message about being
>> unable to ``rename'' <stuff>/spatstat.
>>
>> The somewhat mysterious cause of such warnings is that it is
>> necessary to supply an *absolute* pathname for ``lib'' rather
>> than a relative pathname as you have done. I was flummoxed by
>> this for decades; very recently Simon Urbanek (thank you again
>> Simon) pointed out to me the error of my ways.
>>
>> Try something like:
>>
>> xlib <- paste(getwd(),"/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8",sep="/")
>> install.packages("spatstat",dependencies=TRUE,lib=xlib)
>>
>> and see how you go.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rolf Turner
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