Dear, I'm trying to install the Hmisc tar.gz package from R command line. This is what I'm doing > install.packages("./Hmisc_3.6-1.tar.gz", + lib="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.11/Resources/library/" , + repos=NULL, + dependencies=TRUE) And this is the error that R gives: > require(Hmisc) Loading required package: Hmisc Error in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, : 'Hmisc' is not a valid installed package I'm using R 2.11 on a MacOS X 10.6.3. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance! Francesco <http: pasteur.crg.es="" portal="" page="" portal="" internet=""/> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Francesco, First three points: 1.) Please do not post general questions about R functionality (e.g. proper use of install.packages) to the BioC mailing list. If everybody followed suit, the general R questions would drown out the BioC specific questions. 2.) Hmisc is not a BioC package. 3.) Your subject heading is not descriptive enough, nor does it match the body of your message (Hmisc 3.7.0 vs Hmisc 3.6-1) To answer your question, you need to specify type = "source" when installing a source package. install.packages("Hmisc_3.6-1.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") Cheers, Patrick On 4/27/10 11:07 AM, Francesco Mancuso wrote: > Dear, > I'm trying to install the Hmisc tar.gz package from R command line. > > This is what I'm doing > > install.packages("./Hmisc_3.6-1.tar.gz", > + > lib="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.11/Resources/library /", > + repos=NULL, > + dependencies=TRUE) > > And this is the error that R gives: > > require(Hmisc) > Loading required package: Hmisc > Error in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, > logical.return = TRUE, : > 'Hmisc' is not a valid installed package > > > I'm using R 2.11 on a MacOS X 10.6.3. > > Any suggestion? > > Thanks in advance! > Francesco > <http: pasteur.crg.es="" portal="" page="" portal="" internet=""/> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

(r-help question?) You're installing from the source and you forgot to tell install.packages that. You were expected to do: install.packages("Hmisc_3.6-1.tar.gz", repos=NULL, lib=<your lib="">, type="source") this will require you to have XCode installed + gfortran. Maybe it is just easier to use: install.packages("Hmisc", dep=TRUE) and let R do it for you (it'll download the binary, which is supposed to 'just work'). b On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Francesco Mancuso <francesco.mancuso at="" crg.es=""> wrote: > > Dear, > I'm trying to install the Hmisc tar.gz package from R command line. > > This is what I'm doing > ?> install.packages("./Hmisc_3.6-1.tar.gz", > + > lib="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.11/Resources/library /", > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?repos=NULL, > + ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?dependencies=TRUE) > > And this is the error that R gives: > ?> require(Hmisc) > Loading required package: Hmisc > Error in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, > logical.return = TRUE, ?: > ? 'Hmisc' is not a valid installed package > > > I'm using R 2.11 on a MacOS X 10.6.3. > > Any suggestion? > > Thanks in advance! > Francesco > <http: pasteur.crg.es="" portal="" page="" portal="" internet=""/> > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >