Can't install.packages() from local repo in 2.15.2

For binary installs, the function also checks for the availability of a source package on the same repository, and reports if the source package has a later version, or is available but no binary version is.

Warning in install.packages : package ?anRpackage? is not available (for R version 2.15.2)

Warning in install.packages : package 'anRpackage' is not available in the source tree

Your subject line isn't truthful. At the very least you are talking  
about binary packages on Windows using a file:// repository ('local'  
does not usually mean that, and is specified by NULL).
 
I think you have not understood the NEWS item: most likely you do not  
have a parallel source repository.
 
* For a Windows or Mac OS X binary package install,
install.packages() will check if a source package is available on
the same repositories, and report if it is a later version or
there is a source package but no binary package available.
 
This check can be suppressed: see the help page.
 
I guess you did not do so. Try
options(install.packages.check.source = FALSE)
which works for me.
 
You could also specify contriburl, as you have a partial repository.
 
 
 
On 02/11/2012 09:28, Imanuel Costigan wrote:

Hi guys
 
I think there's a high chance this is a bug. But I can't rule out that I can be blamed for this. I've posted this to bugzilla (#15092). Then I read that I probably should have posted it to R-develop first. Sorry for doing this in the wrong order.
 
I've set up a local repo on my local drive (happens to be mapped to L:/). It has the following structure (as per http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Setting-up-a-package-repository):
 
L:/R/bin/windows/contrib/
2.11/
2.12/
2.13/
2.14/
2.15/
L:/R/src/contrib
 
I created a bare bones package (`anRpackage`) using `package.skeleton`. I cleaned it up and added a basic function, checked it and built it from command line using `R CMD INSTALL --build .`. That generates `anRpackage_1.0.zip` with no errors. Note:
 
```
$ R CMD INSTALL --build --version
R add-on package installer: 2.15.2 (r61015)
```
 
I have Rtools 2.16 installed (as this is for R >2.15.1 to R 2.16.x). I have also followed the instructions here: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#The-Windows-toolset
 
I copy that to L:/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.15 (for example), run `tools::write_PACKAGES()` in that directory. That successfully generates the packages file. I also run `tools::write_PACKAGES()` in L:/R/src/contrib to generate an empty PACKAGES file.
 
I have the following in my .Rprofile (among other things):
 
```
.First <- function ()
{
options( repos = c(CRAN = "http://cran.csiro.au/",
LREPO = "file:///L:/R/"))
}
```
 
I run `install.packages("anRpackage") and I get the following error:
 
```
Installing package(s) into ?C:/Program Files/R/R-2.15.2/library?
(as ?lib? is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages : package ?anRpackage? is not available (for R version 2.15.2)
```
 
Same issue on another Windows machine.
 
However, if I run `install.packages("L:/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.15/anRpackage_1.0.zip", repos=NULL)`, it installs successfully.
 
I do not have this problem in R 2.15.1.
 
NB: If I provide full file path to install.packages and set repos=NULL, and then check the package's DESCRIPTION file in the help, I see this at the bottom:
 
`Built: R 2.15.2; ; 2012-11-01 00:22:07 UTC; windows`
 
(when I've built package using 2.15.2 obviously)
 
Thanks.
 

 
 
 
 
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