[R] Error: R could not find "listDescription"

[Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Goslee
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:10 PM
> To: Jack Bryan
> Cc: r help
> Subject: Re: [R] Error: R could not find "listDescription"
> 
> The website given no longer exists.
> 
> The usual first approach is to contact the author of the books to ask
> if there's a new location.
> 
> You could also try installing fPortfolio directly from CRAN:
> install.packages("fPortfolio")
> 
> Sarah
> 
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Jack Bryan <dtustudy68 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I am trying to run R 2.15.2 on Win 7.
> >
> > I am trying to run some example R code of the book :Portfolio
> Optimization
> > with R/Rmetrics
> >
> > fPortfolio package is included in ebookPortfolio.
> >
> > From the book, I was told that :
> >
> > To install all packages required for the examples of this ebook we
> > recommendthat you install the bundle package ebookPortfolio.
> > This can be done with the following commands in the R environment. If
> there
> > is no binary package for your operating system, you can install the
> package
> > from source with the argument type = "source".
> >
> >> install.packages("ebookPortfolio",repos =
> >> c("http://pkg.rmetrics.org","http://cran.r-project.org"),type =
> >> getOption("pkgType"))
> >
> > I got :
> > Warning: unable to access index for repository
> > http://pkg.rmetrics.org/src/contribWarning: package ‘ebookPortfolio’
> is not
> > available (for R version 2.15.2)Warning: unable to access index for
> > repository http://pkg.rmetrics.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.15
> > Is this an error ?
> >
> > I am a new user of R.
> >
> > How to handle it ? How to install ebookPortfolio package ?
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:46:53 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [R] Error: R could not find "listDescription"
> >> From: sarah.goslee at gmail.com
> >> To: dtustudy68 at hotmail.com
> >> CC: r-help at r-project.org
> >>
> >> Where did you get the document that tells you to use that code? Does
> >> it also tell you to load particular packages?
> >>
> >> www.rseek.org turns up a listDescription() function in the fBasics
> >> package, but that isn't necessarily the one you need for whatever
> >> application you're pursuing.
> >>
> >> Sarah
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jack Bryan <dtustudy68 at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I am running R on Win 7.
> >> >
> >> > I got error for > listDescription(fPortfolio)
> >> >
> >> > Error: could not find function "listDescription"
> >> >
> >> > What do I need to install for solving this ?
> >> >
> >> > Any help will be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >>
> 
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org


The website/URL below explains how to install the Rmetrics software from your local CRAN repository.

https://wiki.rmetrics.org/install_rmetrics

It seemed to work ok for me.



Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA 98504-5204