I did a little more poking -- the DESCRIPTION file includes dependencies that cannot be resolved (mva and modreg no longer exist) and the data folder includes .RData images with RDX1 so a deprecated save format. the authors have some updating to do, and it has nothing to do with bioconductor. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Sean Davis <seandavi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM, katrien michiels > <katrien.michiels@ugent.be>wrote: > > > dear Bioconductors, > > > > Although I managed to teach myself some R (a while ago), I am still a > > novice in Bioconductor... I am trying to experiment a bit with the > > smida-package, but I don't even get is properly installed on my system. > > I downloaded the current version form > > http://www.math.rug.nl/~ernst/book/smida.html<http: www.math.rug.="" nl="" %7eernst="" book="" smida.html=""> > <http: www.math.rug.nl="" %7eernst="" book="" smida.html="">and installed it (in R > 2.9) after installing the lars package, which it > > needs to operate properly. > > When I try to load the package, it keeps asking me for package mva, which > > doesn't exist anymore, because it has been replaced -together with > modreg- > > by the stats package: > > > > Loading required package: mva > > Error: package 'mva' could not be loaded > > In addition: Warning message: > > In library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, lib.loc = > > lib.loc) : > > there is no package called 'mva' > > > > When I try to look at e.g. data(skin) of data(breast) or any other > command > > I find in the manual, R is not able to find any of those. > > > > Can someone please show me the trick to get smida up and working? > > > > Hi, Katrien. Smida is not a bioconductor package, so this isn't really the > right place to ask. However, a quick glance at the home page has this > message: > > The smida library depends on several other libraries (MASS, lars, class, > > cluster, mva, modreg [in R1.9 the package stats replaces both mva and > > modreg]) for its smooth operation. These libraries and R itself can > either > > be downloaded below or directly from the R-webpage: > > > So, all those libraries need to be installed. If you have further > problems, > you might want to email the authors. > > Sean > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > -- Vincent Carey, PhD Biostatistics, Channing Lab 617 525 2265 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]