Bug in versioned install (was: (fwd) R-1.7.0 : Problem with Downloading "dse") (PR#2827)
The reason dse won't install is because of the new versioned install code. It assumes that it's dealing with a plain package, and doesn't handle bundles properly. Robert, could you look at that? A workaround is as follows. After the install.packages call fails with this message
Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection In addition: Warning message: cannot open file `dse/DESCRIPTION'
you are left with a temporary directory in $RHOME/library named something like $RHOME/library/file14752 (the number at the end will vary). This directory will contain subdirectories dse1, dse2, setRNG, and tframe. If you move those four subdirectories up a level to $RHOME/library, then dse will work. Duncan Murdoch