[R-SIG-Mac] Error when installing gtools package

[David Winsemius]

On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Helene Frigstad wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having difficulties installing the gtools pacakge. I am using  
> R64 on Mac OS X version 10.6.2. I allready have gtools in my package  
> manager, but cannot load it:
>
> library (gplots)
> Loading required package: gtools
> Error: package 'gtools' could not be loaded
> In addition: Warning message:
> In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE,  
> lib.loc = lib.loc) :
> there is no package called 'gtools'
>
> when I try to install again I get:

Did you include a requirement that dependencies be installed as well?  
(And why didn't you "try" to install gtools? That was the problem  
package.)

You could trash both of them and then repeat the installation of  
gtools with dependencies required. By default they would be in:
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.10/Resources/library

-- 
David


>
> trying URL 'http://cran.ii.uib.no/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.10/gplots_2.7.4.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 331160 bytes (323 Kb)
> opened URL
> ==================================================
> downloaded 323 Kb
>
> tar: Failed to set default locale
>
> The downloaded packages are in
> 	/var/folders/Ov/OvnH9wwWGcOwAVTHGCBZ6++++TI/-Tmp-//Rtmphruf6C/ 
> downloaded_packages
>
> is there anyone who knows how I can solve this? I need to produce  
> some plots with CI before monday, so any help is very much  
> appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Helene Frigstad
> Phd student in Chemical Oceanography
> University of Bergen
> Norway
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT