[R] MASS loading error

[Erin Hodgess]

Hello again.

I did the update and it worked well, except for one thing:  the Rcmdr
doesn't work anymore.

Has that come up before please?

Thank you for all of your help.

Sincerely,
Erin



 Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
>
>
> Erin Hodgess wrote:
>>
>> Dear R People:
>>
>> I just installed R-2.10.0 on Karmic Koala Ubuntu, via the sudo apt-get
>> install r-base, etc.
>>
>> However, when I try to install an Rcmdr Plugin package, I get the
>> following:
>>
>>> install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual",depen=TRUE)
>>
>> Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) :
>>  argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
>> Warning in install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) :
>>  'lib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable
>> Would you like to create a personal library
>> '~/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.10'
>> to install packages into?  (y/n) y
>> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>> also installing the dependency ‘qcc’
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/qcc_2.0.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 163556 bytes (159 Kb)
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 159 Kb
>>
>> trying URL
>> 'http://cran.opensourceresources.org/src/contrib/RcmdrPlugin.qual_0.4.0.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3545 bytes
>> opened URL
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 3545 bytes
>>
>> * installing *source* package ‘qcc’ ...
>> ** R
>> ** data
>> ** demo
>> ** inst
>> ** preparing package for lazy loading
>> ** help
>> *** installing help indices
>> ** building package indices ...
>> * DONE (qcc)
>> * installing *source* package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’ ...
>> ** R
>> ** inst
>> ** preparing package for lazy loading
>> Warning: package 'Rcmdr' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
>> not work correctly
>> Loading required package: tcltk
>> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>> The Commander GUI is launched only in interactive sessions
>>
>> Attaching package: 'Rcmdr'
>>
>>
>>        The following object(s) are masked from package:tcltk :
>>
>>         tclvalue
>>
>> Warning: package 'rgl' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
>> not work correctly
>> Warning: package 'abind' was built under R version 2.8.1 and help may
>> not work correctly
>> Error : This is R 2.10.0, package 'MASS' needs <= 2.9.2
>> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘RcmdrPlugin.qual’
>> * removing ‘/home/erin/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.10/RcmdrPlugin.qual’
>>
>> The downloaded packages are in
>>        ‘/tmp/RtmpioC2DR/downloaded_packages’
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("RcmdrPlugin.qual", depen = TRUE) :
>>  installation of package 'RcmdrPlugin.qual' had non-zero exit status
>>
>> The line that looks particularly strange is the 'MASS needs <= 2.9.2.
>
> Erin,
>
> the MASS you have installed in one of your current libraries needs R <=
> 2.9.2 (perhaps in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library ?)
>
> Please run
>  update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)
> and packages in your library will be updated.
>
> If the one in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library can't be updated, because you do
> not have write permissions there, please remove it from the library path.
>
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>
>
>> Could that be the problem, please?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Erin
>>
>>
>



-- 
Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com