[R-SIG-Mac] Problem with packages after update to R 2.6

[Michael Kubovy]

On Oct 5, 2007, at 7:16 AM, Sean Davis wrote:

> Michael Kubovy wrote:
>> Dear R-Mac people,
>>
>> After successfully updating R and JGR on
>> Hardware Overview:
>>
>>    Model Name:	Mac Pro
>>    Model Identifier:	MacPro1,1
>>    Processor Name:	Dual-Core Intel Xeon
>>
>> System Software Overview:
>>
>>    System Version:	Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2232)
>>    Kernel Version:	Darwin 8.10.1
>>
>> I followed Ripley's advice to
>>  > update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
>>
>> I then realized that I did not have any of the packages beyond  
>> the  default. So I ran
>>  > install.packages  
>> ('car','Hmisc','doBy','lme4','gmodels','gplots','gdata')
>> Warning in install.packages("car", "Hmisc", "doBy", "lme4",   
>> "gmodels", "gplots",  :
>>    'lib = "Hmisc"' is not writable
>> Would you like to create a personal library
>> '~/R/i386-apple-darwin8.10.1-library/2.6'
>> to install packages into?  (y/n) y
>> Error in available[, "Bundle"] : incorrect number of dimensions
>>  > install.packages  
>> ('car','Hmisc','doBy','lme4','gmodels','gplots','gdata')
>> Warning in install.packages("car", "Hmisc", "doBy", "lme4",   
>> "gmodels", "gplots",  :
>>    'lib = "Hmisc"' is not writable
>> Error in install.packages("car", "Hmisc", "doBy", "lme4",  
>> "gmodels",  "gplots",  :
>>    unable to install packages
>>
>
> Try making the list of packages into a character vector:
>
> install.packages(c 
> ('car','Hmisc','doBy','lme4','gmodels','gplots','gdata'))
>
> Does that work for you?

Good point. My error.

But there are packages that won't install even if I install them one  
by one. Hmisc is an example.

More importantly:

1. what caused R's amnesia about all of my non-default packages upon  
upgrade?

2. why didn't
update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
work?
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