Message-ID: <3428CF23-D33C-43B5-B550-0AC863216102@me.com>
Date: 2009-11-12T19:17:02Z
From: Marc Schwartz
Subject: update.packages()
In-Reply-To: <20091112190045.GB11929@slingshot.co.nz>
On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> On Wed, 11-Nov-2009 at 03:47PM +0100, CG Pettersson wrote:
>
> |> Dear all,
> |>
> |> W.XP
> |>
> |> I recently upgraded to R2.10.0 and did what I usually do: copied
> all
> |> "special" libraries from the old installation and then used
> |> "update.packages()" on the command line. Nothing happened. Then I
> clicked
> |> on the same command on the droplist which generated
> |> "update.packages(ask='graphics')", but still with no effect.
> |>
> |> When I tried to load the "gregmisc" bundle I got error messages
> telling me
> |> to upgrade the individual packages (like gmodels and gplot).
> |>
> |> What has happened and why?
>
> Have a look at the checkBuilt parameter to update.packages.
>
> HTH
<snip>
From the NEWS file for 2.10.0:
DEPRECATED & DEFUNCT
...
o Bundles of packages are deprecated. See 'Writing R
Extensions' for the steps needed to unbundle a bundle.
Thus, see:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Package-bundles
I am copying Greg here at his last known e-mail address, albeit I have
not seen any communications from him in some time.
In the mean time, you will need to install/upgrade the individual
component packages.
HTH,
Marc Schwartz