[R-SIG-Mac] lme4 package for Mac not available

[Simon Urbanek]

On Jun 24, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Gisela Böhm wrote:

> Dear R-Mac people,
> 
> I am using R on a Mac, and would need the lme4 package. I saw on the help-list that it has been unavailable for reasons I do not understand.

It fails "make check". CRAN is not distributing binaries of packages that fail checks since it may deliver incorrect results. You can still install it from sources install.packages("lme4",type='source') if you want to use it anyway (see R for Mac FAQ for the necessary tools).


> Is there  a chance that lme4 will be available soon again for the Mac?
> 

They will be available when lme4 is fixed to pass the checks. Given that the issue is there for over a year I would not hold my breath.

Cheers,
Simon