[R-sig-Geo] sp for R V2.1.0

[Roger Bivand]

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Edzer J. Pebesma wrote:

> David Forrest wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Does the install.packages('sp') on my R V2.1.0 (Debian Stable) report:
> >
> >     no package 'sp' at the repositories in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir
> >     = tmpd, available = available
> >
> > ... because sp from CRAN depends on "R (>= 2.4.0), methods" ?
> >
> > The machine is a production server, and I'd like to not mix the 
> > Debian releases on it if I can avoid it.  Its using some rusty old 
> > scripts with library(maps) on it.
> >
> > Would you advise a separate R 2.4.0 + install for using sp on these 
> > machines?
> >   
> Dave,
> 
> library(maps) does not require sp. If you want to use sp, it doesn't
> sound rusty to me. Alternatively, you could try to find sp sources that
> were there when R was 2.1.0 (were they of any use back then?), perhaps
> in some CRAN area that I couldn't find, or wait until Debian Etch
> becomes stable, it has R 2.4.0. The general R attitude seems to be to
> keep up with R release, don't expect backports of current packages.

There is a binary Windows build of 0.8-4 on CRAN for 2.1.*, so maybe try:

http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/S/sp_0.8-4.tar.gz

or earlier in the same archive location.

Roger

> 
> Hth,
> --
> Edzer
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