[Rd] errors in loading packages (PR#9839)

[Uwe Ligges]

Gregory Warnes wrote:
> Another way of answering the question:  The gmodels and gregmisc  
> package both depend on the gtools package.  Either install that  
> first, or tell R to install all dependencies.  From the command line:
> 
> 	install.packages(..., depends=TRUE)

... and dependencies are installed automatically in recent version of R, 
so one reason more for a quick update!

Uwe Ligges


> or the equivalent checkbox in the UI.
> 
> -G
> 
> On Aug 10, 2007, at 1:02AM , Ken Beath wrote:
> 
>> On 10/08/2007, at 5:14 AM, peterwickham at mac.com wrote:
>>
>>> Full_Name: Peter Wickham
>>> Version: 2.4.1
>>> OS: Mac 10.4.10
>>> Submission from: (NULL) (209.59.87.136)
>>>
>>>
>>> Attempted to load "gdata" and "gregmisc" packages after using
>>> installing via
>>> Package Installer in R. Both load attempts resulted in the
>>> following message:
>>> "Error in loadNamespace(i[[1]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths())) :  there
>>> is no package
>>> called 'gtools'". There is no mention of failure in the Mac OSX
>>> check summary
>>> for packages. Another package "waveslim" installed and loaded
>>> properly (apart
>>> from the R topic "AR1").
>> Either use the installer to download gtools etc or check the Install
>> Dependencies box and they will all be automatically downloaded.
>>
>>> I might also mention that I am still using R 2.4.1 tather than R
>>> 2.5.1 as I
>>> received warning messages in red
>>>  R[244] and R[451] "tossing reply message sequence 1 on" when
>>> downloading the
>>> latest version of R.
>>>
>>>
>> This isn't a problem, it still works, there might be a development
>> version where it is fixed. For Mac related problems there is a
>> special list at https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac Check
>> the archives for discussion of this problem.
>>
>> Ken
>>
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