how to install spatstat

On 19/01/2010, at 11:24 AM, Senlin Liang wrote:

Hi,

I tried to install spatstat using:
install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
"./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8")

but got the following msg:

--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
<here i selected one mirror, and tried several mirrors)
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
Warning message:
In install.packages("spatstat", dependencies = TRUE, lib =
"./R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8") :
package ?spatstat? is not available


any idea why i am getting this error?

The error message is puzzling; spatstat is certainly available.

However you should be getting a ***warning*** message about being
unable to ``rename'' <stuff>/spatstat.

The somewhat mysterious cause of such warnings is that it is
necessary to supply an *absolute* pathname for ``lib'' rather
than a relative pathname as you have done. I was flummoxed by
this for decades; very recently Simon Urbanek (thank you again
Simon) pointed out to me the error of my ways.

Try something like:

xlib <- paste(getwd(),"/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.8",sep="/")
install.packages("spatstat",dependencies=TRUE,lib=xlib)

and see how you go.

cheers,

Rolf Turner
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