install.packages("plotrix") I also tried using the source package R CMD INSTALL plotrix_3.2-3.tar.gz both of them seemed to stall at installing help indices. I cancelled after about 45 minutes of waiting. I tried to load the library incase the functions were loaded. But > library(plotrix) Error in library(plotrix) : there is no package called 'plotrix' Any knowledge about the status of this package or such errors would be great. Alison

sessionInfo() would be helpful. Sean On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM, alison waller <alison.waller at="" embl.de=""> wrote: > install.packages("plotrix") > > I also tried using the source package > R CMD INSTALL plotrix_3.2-3.tar.gz > > both of them seemed to stall at installing help indices. > I cancelled after about 45 minutes of waiting. > > I tried to load the library incase the functions were loaded. ?But >> library(plotrix) > Error in library(plotrix) : there is no package called 'plotrix' > > Any knowledge about the status of this package or such errors would be > great. > > Alison > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

The plotrix package isn't a Bioconductor package. You should be asking either the maintainer, or posting on R-help. Best, Jim On 8/15/2011 12:01 PM, alison waller wrote: > install.packages("plotrix") > > I also tried using the source package > R CMD INSTALL plotrix_3.2-3.tar.gz > > both of them seemed to stall at installing help indices. > I cancelled after about 45 minutes of waiting. > > I tried to load the library incase the functions were loaded. But >> library(plotrix) > Error in library(plotrix) : there is no package called 'plotrix' > > Any knowledge about the status of this package or such errors would be > great. > > Alison > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor -- James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Douglas Lab University of Michigan Department of Human Genetics 5912 Buhl 1241 E. Catherine St. Ann Arbor MI 48109-5618 734-615-7826 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues