installing package 'rqpd' (Regression quantiles for panel data) on windows

On 01/08/2014 14:31, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

On 01/08/2014 7:48 AM, Roy Sasson wrote:

hello R community,
i am trying to install rqpd package on windows, using the following
command:

install.packages("rqpd",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")

however, i get the following message:

Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.15
Warning message:
package ?rqpd? is not available (for R version 2.15.1)

i have tried using different versions of R (newer and older), but with no
luck.

I have also checked out the following thread -
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/installing-package-rqpd-Regression-quantiles-for-panel-data-td4668594.html


but it is not so clear how this problem was resolved eventually.

would appreciate any assistance

You don't say what platform you're working on. On Windows, there is no

Actually he did, but he did not give the 'an a minimum' information
asked for in the posting guide.

binary for rqpd, but you can get the source. This appears to be an
R-forge bug, because it will build from source without error. You should
report this to R-forge. In the meantime, use type="source" when you do
the install. You shouldn't need any special tools to do this, since it's
a pure R package, no compiled code.

Not an R-Forge bug as his R is too old: R-Forge only builds binary
packages for current R.  As the posting guide asked, update R before
posting ....

See also (as per the posting guide):

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#How-can-I-get-a-binary-version-of-a-package_003f
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#No-binary-packages-appear-to-be-available-for-my-version-of-R

Duncan Murdoch