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problem with download.packages

2 messages · David Parkhurst, Brian Ripley

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David Parkhurst
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R Version 1.7.0, under windows XP pro

The help page for update.packages says that {
`download.packages' takes a list of package names and a
destination directory, downloads the newest versions of the
package sources and saves them in `destdir'.  If the list of
available packages is not given as argument, it is also directly
obtained from CRAN.  If CRAN is local, i.e., the URL starts with
`"file:"', then the packages are not downloaded but used directly.
}.

I tried this (while connected to the internet):
with this result:
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/1.7/PACKAGES'
Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 12447 bytes
opened URL
downloaded 12Kb

Error in unique(pkgs) : Argument "pkgs" is missing, with no default

Is there not an inconsistency here?  How can I get this to work?

Thanks.

Dave Parkhurst
Brian Ripley
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, David Parkhurst wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

            

      
      
      
    

        
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not a `list of package names'!

            

      
      
      
    

        
Yes!  *You* failed to supply a `list of package names'!  I don't suppose
you meant an inconsistency in your message, but there appears to be a
gaping one.