Help required to install package from a website
Eamonn O'Brien wrote:
Hi, I am new to R and I'm looking to perform some method comparison analysis and would be grateful for some help regarding package installation. There is a package 'MethComp' that I want to use (http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~bxc/MethComp/Courses/Sthm.2007/.) Unfortunately I am unable to install it. I have tried numerous approaches but to no avail. this is the first time I have tried to install a package 'outside' of R. My operating system is Windows XP. Here's one attempt that does not work: where="http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~bxc/MethComp/Archive/?C=M;O=D" install.packages("MethComp_0.4.1.tar.gz",contriburl=where) Warning messages: 1: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLI ...' is malformed! 2: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! 3: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' <head> ...' is malformed! 4: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' <title>Index of /~ ...' is malformed! 5: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' </head> ...' is malformed! 6: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting ' <body> ...' is malformed! 7: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<h1>Index of /~bxc/M ...' is malformed! 8: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<pre> "/icon ...' is malformed!
9: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<hr </pre> ...' is malformed!
10: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '<address>Apache/2.0. ...' is malformed! 11: In read.dcf(file = tmpf) ... : Line starting '</body></html> ...' is malformed!
Download MethComp_0.1.19.zip from the web site (assuming you are using Windows) and use the "Install local packages" option under the File (?) menu
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