[R-sig-Geo] Problems with loading the "mgcv" package

[Edzer Pebesma]

In general, before you post questions of this kind to the list, it makes
sense to see if the packages load on your platform in a clean session,
e.g. started with R --vanilla. (Or, anyhow, without automatically
loading a data base or Rprofile type modified local configurations).
Then you know where to search!
--
Edzer

Tomislav Hengl wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Thanks for your reply (and apologies for a delay - it was night time in Europe).
>
> I am running Windows XP, R version 2.9.0. I have just reinstalled spatstat with dependencies:
>
>   
>> install.packages("spatstat", dependencies=TRUE)
>>     
>
> Then I tried:
>
>   
>> library(spatstat)
>>     
>
> and I get the same error:
>
>   
>> Loading required package: mgcv
>> Error in formatDL(nm, txt, indent = max(nchar(nm, "w")) + 3) :
>>     
> ...
>
> then I tried to re-install the mgcv package but this gives me an error:
>
>   
>> Warning: cannot remove prior installation of package 'mgcv'
>>     
> *this is version 1.5-5
>
> When I look under my \library\mgcv\
>
> I can still see a dll file which can not be removed.
>
> Maybe there is a problem that I am using a customized Rprofile? My Rprofile is available at:
>
> http://spatial-analyst.net/scripts/Rprofile.site
>
>
> Thanx!
>
> Tom Hengl
> http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/t.hengl/
>
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dylan Beaudette [mailto:debeaudette at ucdavis.edu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:40 PM
>> To: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Cc: Hengl, T.
>> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Problems with loading the "mgcv" package
>>
>> works for me:
>>
>> library(spatstat)
>> sessionInfo()
>>
>> Loading required package: mgcv
>> This is mgcv  1.5-5 . For overview type `help("mgcv-package")'.
>> Loading required package: gpclib
>> General Polygon Clipper Library for R (version 1.4-4)
>>         Type 'class ? gpc.poly' for help
>>
>> Loading required package: deldir
>> deldir 0.0-8
>>
>> spatstat 1.15-3
>>
>>
>> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
>> i686-pc-linux-gnu
>>
>> locale:
>> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-
>> 8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=e
>> n_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] spatstat_1.15-3 deldir_0.0-8    gpclib_1.4-4    mgcv_1.5-5
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] grid_2.9.0      lattice_0.17-25 nlme_3.1-92
>>
>> On Wednesday 10 June 2009, Marcelino de la Cruz wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> I can load sptastat and mgcv without problem (see below).
>>>
>>> Could you please send us information about your environment?
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Marcelino
>>>
>>>  > library(spatstat)
>>>
>>> Loading required package: mgcv
>>> This is mgcv  1.5-5 . For overview type `help("mgcv-package")'.
>>> Loading required package: gpclib
>>> General Polygon Clipper Library for R (version 1.4-3)
>>>          Type 'class ? gpc.poly' for help
>>> Loading required package: deldir
>>> deldir 0.0-8
>>>
>>> spatstat 1.15-3
>>> Type 'help(spatstat)' for information
>>>
>>>  > sessionInfo()
>>>
>>> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
>>> i386-pc-mingw32
>>>
>>> locale:
>>> LC_COLLATE=Spanish_Spain.1252;LC_CTYPE=Spanish_Spain.1252;LC_MONETARY=Spani
>>> sh_Spain.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Spanish_Spain.1252
>>>
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>
>>> other attached packages:
>>> [1] spatstat_1.15-3 deldir_0.0-8    gpclib_1.4-3    mgcv_1.5-5
>>>
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] grid_2.9.0      lattice_0.17-22 nlme_3.1-90     tools_2.9.0
>>>
>>> At 16:40 10/06/2009, Hengl, T. wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am having problems with loading the mgcv package, which is used by
>>>> the spatstat package. I did not have similar problems with the
>>>> latest version of the spatstat, so I imagine that the problem could
>>>> lay with the mgcv package (new parameters).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> library(spatstat)
>>>>>           
>>>> Loading required package: mgcv
>>>> Error in formatDL(nm, txt, indent = max(nchar(nm, "w")) + 3) :
>>>>   incorrect values of 'indent' and 'width'
>>>> Error : .onAttach failed in 'attachNamespace'
>>>> Error: package 'mgcv' could not be loaded
>>>>
>>>> How could we fix this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> T. Hengl
>>>> http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/t.hengl/
>>>>
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>>> Depto. Biologia Vegetal
>>> EUIT Agricola
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>>
>> --
>> Dylan Beaudette
>> Soil Resource Laboratory
>> http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/
>> University of California at Davis
>> 530.754.7341
>>     
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