Running on Windows 7, R 2.15.2, I have been unable to get the 
development version of lme4 working.  I'd appreciate any assistance.

Following the instructions at http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/

 1.

    install.packages("lme4",repos="http://r-forge.r-project.org")
    Installing package(s) into 'c:/Users/rdboylan/Documents/R/R-2.15.2/site-library'
    (as 'lib' is unspecified)
    Warning message:
    package 'lme4' is not available (for R version 2.15.2)

 2.

    install.packages("lme4",repos="http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos")
    Installing package(s) into 'c:/Users/rdboylan/Documents/R/R-2.15.2/site-library'
    (as 'lib' is unspecified)
    Warning: dependencies 'minqa', 'Rcpp', 'RcppEigen' are not available

       There is a binary version available (and will be installed) but the
       source version is later:
                 binary        source
    lme4 0.999902344-0 0.999902345-0

    Warning: dependencies 'minqa', 'Rcpp', 'RcppEigen' are not available
    trying URL 'http://lme4.r-forge.r-project.org/repos/bin/windows/contrib/2.15/lme4_0.999902344-0.zip'
    Content type 'application/zip' length 2027695 bytes (1.9 Mb)
    opened URL
    downloaded 1.9 Mb

    package 'lme4' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
    Warning: cannot remove prior installation of package 'lme4
    # I had installed the one from CRAN, but detached and unloaded it before attempting installation
    # Do I need to manually delete the existing install?

 3. Then I tried to get the dependencies listed above from CRAN. This
    mostly worked, but

    package 'minga' is not available (for R version 2.15.2)

 4. The end result:

    > library(lme4)
    Error in library(lme4) : there is no package called 'lme4'

    Despite the message in 2, it appears lme4 was mostly removed, but
    there is still a dll there.  I thought detach  unload was supposed
    to take care of that.

My guess is exiting ESS and deleting the installed lme4 files will fix 
some of the problems, but it looks as if one required package, minga, is 
unavailable.

Ross

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