[R-SIG-Mac] Package Manager/Installer

[Simon Urbanek]

On Oct 20, 2008, at 13:34 , Mollie Brooks wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> I've also had problems with the Package manager. I haven't figured  
> out how to use packages that I've downloaded directly from the cran  
> website.
>
> I found another way of doing it instead: in the R Package Installer,  
> choose CRAN (sources). Then click "Get List". You can install  
> packages from the list (with location set to "At system level").  
> Then they load just fine using the load() function in the command  
> window.
>
> I hope this helps. If someone else knows of another way to install  
> downloaded packages, I would be interested to learn because it has  
> caused me some frustration.

Can you be more specific, please? Neither of you has described a  
problem with the packages - the Package Manager is there primarily to  
browse the documentation, not install packages... If you have problem  
installing packages, please tell us exactly what you're doing and what  
errors you get ...

Cheers,
Simon


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>> From: David Kaplan <dkaplan at education.wisc.edu>
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>> Greetings,
>> My apologies if this is a very simple question.  I downloaded and  
>> installed a couple of packages today.  In the package manager in R  
>> for Mac (version 2.7.2), I find that when I try to load the  
>> package, I can't.  The load button never clicks on.  Why is that?   
>> As an example, I'm trying to use Ryacas.  Thanks in advance,
>> David
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