[R] error reading file DESCRIPTION

[Sarah Goslee]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:42 PM, William Morgan <WMORGAN at wooster.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After downloading imview from SourceForge.net <http://sourceforge.net/projects/imview/?source=directory>,
> I get the following error and warning when trying to install this package:

That would be because it isn't an R package. That's the source code
for stand-alone image processing software.

>> install.packages("~/Downloads/imview-src-1.0.1.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source")
> Error: error reading file '/var/folders/57/76qlq1g9607g8nm3pv7txydw0000gp/T//Rtmp9Xr791/R.INSTALL4b47344defc/imview-1.0.1/DESCRIPTION'
> Warning in install.packages :
>   installation of package ‘/Users/wmorgan/Downloads/imview-src-1.0.1.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status
>
> Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> P.S. I’m using R Studio, on a Mac Airbook with OS 10.10.4.
>
>
> William R. Morgan, Ph.D.
> Theron L. Peterson and Dorothy R. Peterson Professor of Biology
> The College of Wooster
> Department of Biology
> 931 College Mall
> Wooster, OH 44691
> 330-263-2379
> wmorgan at wooster.edu
>
>

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Sarah Goslee
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