[R-sig-Debian] Problem loading Matrix package in Ubuntu R 2.8.0

[Niall Bolger]

Dear Dirk:

Thanks for the cogent advice. I'm new to this and will bear it in mind  
in future.

Thanks again to everyone who replied to my query.

Niall Bolger

On Dec 5, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

>
> Niall,
>
> On 5 December 2008 at 16:00, Niall Bolger wrote:
> | Dear Michael:
> |
> | Your suggestion worked. I used install.packages("Matrix"), picked  
> a mirror
> | in Zurich, Switzerland, and after a lot of copying and organizing, R
> | reported having a working version of Matrix.  My version is now  
> 0.999375-16,
> | not 0.999375-3. By the way, the old mirror I was using was  
> stat.cmu.edu.
>
> Good, but there are still a couple of problems:
>
> a) you never told us which architecture (x86 or amd64) you use
>
> b) you never told us which Ubuntu release you are using
>
> c) you misunderstood what Michael suggestion: CRAN has _binary .deb_  
> packages
> you install via apt.get, not from inside R using install.packages()
>
> That's all moot for now as your immediate issue has been resolved,  
> but keep
> in mind that a) and b) help us in helping you.
>
> Lastly, I think the CMU mirror is often sick. I use the US one
>  deb http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu intrepid/
> which resolves to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in  
> Seattle.
>
> Cheers, Dirk
>
> -- 
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