[R-sig-ME] lme4 binary for OSX

[Federico Calboli]

Dear Thierry,

thank you for letting me know.  I though this link

http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/3.0/

on the lme4 page meant it was, but that's not the case then.

BW

F


On 9 Apr 2013, at 13:21, "ONKELINX, Thierry" <Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be> wrote:

> Dear Federico,
> 
> It seems that R-forge isn't yet updated to R 3.0.0. Hence the packages are not available for R 3.0.0
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Thierry
> 
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: r-sig-mixed-models-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-mixed-models-bounces at r-project.org] Namens Federico Calboli
> Verzonden: dinsdag 9 april 2013 12:46
> Aan: <r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org> list
> CC: Simon Urbanek; Hans-Jörg Bibiko
> Onderwerp: [R-sig-ME] lme4 binary for OSX
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I tried to use the package manager in the GUI to connect to http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos, but I get:
> 
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos/bin/macosx/contrib/3.0
> 
> I noticed that there is a binary here:
> 
> http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/3.0/
> 
> (i.e. the GUI package manager is not resolving the right address I presume).
> 
> Hence I have two questions.  Does the R-forge lme4 page need a tweak?  Is that binary the latest and greatest, safe to use with R 3.0.0 on a 64-bit mac running OS 10.8.3?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> F
> 
> PS I CC'd Simon and Hans-Jörg in case the problem is not on the r-forge page but on how the GUI resolves the address.
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