Message-ID: <493E376D.2020502@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
Date: 2008-12-09T09:16:29Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: bayesm package not downloading via any mirror or repository
In-Reply-To: <20906495.post@talk.nabble.com>
ekwaters wrote:
> I am a pretty new R user, I am running the latest linux version on xandros,
> updated with some extra debian packages, and I also run the latest windows
> version, but prefer linux.
>
> I am having trouble downloading "bayesm", it won't do it all from any of the
> sites on the web, I resorted to this one,
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/r-cran-bayesm.
If you use install.packages() note that you are downloading a source
package from a CRAN mirror rather than from some debian mirror.
Uwe Ligges
and got slightly
> further, but I think it is still not recognising a mirror. THis is my error
> message:
>
>> install.packages("bayesm")
> Warning in install.packages("bayesm") : argument 'lib' is missing: using
> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
> Warning in download.packages(unique(pkgs), destdir = tmpd, available =
> available, :
> no package 'bayesm' at the repositories
>
> The package is certainly there.
>
> It could be my version of linux, I know.
>
> All I want to do is sample from a dirichlet prior, so I want rdirichlet and
> ddirichlet commands basically. If anyone can help or suggest an alternate
> package that would be great.
>
> E