[R-SIG-Mac] Package Manager/Installer

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Simon Urbanek wrote:

>
> 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.

It's not clear if these are source or binary packages.

>> 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 
> ...

It seems likely that

install.packages("<path/to/downloaded/file>", repos=NULL)

is what Mollie is looking for (works for source or binary packages, but 
for source packages you currently need to add 'type="source"').  If you 
want to use a GUI to choose a file, perhaps

install.packages(file.choose(), repos=NULL)

>
> 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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>> Mollie E. Brooks
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>> Department of Zoology
>> University of Florida
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