[R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1

[John Kane]

Okay l see what you mean. I had already installed XML after adding libxsm12-dev when I responded to you.  Yes it probably would have been easier kyour way.

Thanks

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: edd at debian.org
> Sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:14:48 -0500
> To: jrkrideau at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] package XML does not load in R 2.15.1
> 
> 
> On 21 July 2012 at 09:00, John Kane wrote:
> | I am makingmy life too complicated?
> |
> | I must be misunderstanding something
> |
> | john at john-K53U:~$ dpkg -s r-cran-xml
> | Package `r-cran-xml' is not installed and no info is available.
> | Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
> | and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
> 
> "dpkg -s" reports the status of __installed packages__ so you are little
> circular here.  It only reports that you don't have it installed.
> 
> Try to search for packages via e.g.  "apt-cache search r-cran-"
> 
> | Should I be installing this rather than the XML package (which seems to
> be installed.
> 
> Well as you failed to install from source on your own, installing a
> ready-made binary would seem easier to me, but it is your call.
> 
> Dirk
> 
> --
> Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com

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