[R] car package dependencies

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Martin Wegmann <baliola at riseup.net> writes:

> Hello, 
> 
> I tried to install the "car" package but I can't solve the dependencies. car 
> needs grid, lattice and dr but when I try to install grid I get this error 
> prompt:
> 
> wz3x64:/home/oggi/R/software/contrib # rpm -i R-car-1.0.R3-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         R-grid is needed by R-car-1.0.R3-1
>         R-lattice is needed by R-car-1.0.R3-1
> wz3x64:/home/oggi/R/software/contrib # rpm -i R-grid-0.7.R4-1.i386.rpm
> file /usr/lib/R/library/grid/DESCRIPTION from install of R-grid-0.7.R4-1 
> conflicts with file from package R-base-1.7.0-1
> wz3x64:/home/oggi/R/software/contrib # rpm -i R-lattice-0.7.R11-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         R-grid is needed by R-lattice-0.7.R11-1
> wz3x64:/home/oggi/R/software/contrib #
> 
> how do I solve this problem? thanks in advance, cheers Martin

Which system are we talking about?? Linux, obviously, but which
distribution packages things up like that?

Normally, grid/lattice are part of the base installation of R, being
in the group of recommended packages. This wasn't always so, but it
has been that way since R 1.6.0. I would suspect that you have some
sort of version skew and that your car/grid/lattice RPMs relate to an
older version of R (or the person who built the RPMs failed to notice
the dependency changes). 

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