[R] package Spcmdr

Duncan Murdoch murdoch at stats.uwo.ca
Wed Sep 14 02:19:15 CEST 2005


Larry Layne wrote:
>>That sounds like you have a messed up your R_HOME/library directory.
>>There's apparently a subdirectory called Spcmdr, with a file named
>>DESCRIPTION in it, but it's not a correctly installed R package.  No idea
>>how it would have got there.
> 
> 
> Yes there is and now I remember putting it there, although there is no such 
> package. Sorry for wasting your time with my confusion.

Generally if you're writing your own package, it's a good idea to do it 
in a directory separate from R, then use "Rcmd install <pkg>" to install 
it.  If it's missing something it won't install, and you'll avoid 
problems like this.

Duncan Murdoch




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