[R] Help package pls.pcr

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: luciana
> 
> Hello! 
> I need help to use the package pls.pcr in R. 
> 
> I installed R in an IRIX 6.5, using the version of R 0.64.1 from 
> sgifreeware(I didn't get to install the newest version using 
> make).  I 
> need to use the package pls.pcr and when I give the command: 
>  
> # R
> 
> R : Copyright 1999, The R Development Core Team
> Version 0.64.1  (May 8, 1999)

For starter, try upgrading R to a version from this century.  The version
you have seems very strange:  AFAICR by 1999 R version is already close to
1.0.0.

Also, pls.pcr has been superceded by the pls package on CRAN.

Andy
 
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>  >
>  > library (pls.pcr)
> Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error on line 291
>  
> 
> 
> I installed the package with the command,
>  R CMD INSTALL pls.pcr
> Installing package `pls.pcr' ...
>  R
>  data
>  help
> ../TITLE - No such file or directory
>  >>> Building/Updating help pages for package `pls.pcr'
>      Formats: text html latex example
>   pcr.model                                 html    latex
>   plot.mvr                          text    html    latex   example
>   predict.mvr                       text    html    latex   example
>   sensory                           text    html    latex
>   simpls                            text    html    latex   example
>   summary.mvr                       text    html    latex   example
>  DONE (pls.pcr)
> 
> DONE (INSTALL)
> 
> What is happening he? Can I help myself? 
> 
> thank you
> 
> Luciana
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