[R] install.packages() can't find install.packages() ?

Boris Steipe boris.steipe at utoronto.ca
Fri Oct 30 02:17:43 CET 2015


We are seeing the following problem when trying to install magrittr on Ubuntu 14.04


install.packages("magrittr")


Installing package into ‘/home/ehsueh/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.0’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
trying URL 'http://lib.ugent.be/CRAN/src/contrib/magrittr_1.5.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 200504 bytes (195 Kb)
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 195 Kb


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Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : 
  could not find function "install.packages"
In addition: Warning message:
In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE,  :
  there is no package called ‘magrittr’




I don't understand why install.packages() executes, then can't find install.packages().
I also don't understand why R gives us the startup message at that point.

Installation of other packages fails as well.
Installation of magrittr my Mac works without issues.

Version info below.

Thanks!
Boris




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R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C              
 [3] LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8    
 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C            
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] plot3D_1.0-2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] misc3d_0.8-4 tcltk_3.0.2  tools_3.0.2


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