update.packages()

|> 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

|> I really liked the automatic scan of my installation followed by semi
|> automatic installation that used to get triggered by "update.packages()"
|> 
|> Thanks
|> /CG
|> 
|> -- 
|> CG Pettersson, Ph.D.
|> Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
|> Dept. of Crop Production Ecology. Box 7043.
|> SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
|> cg.pettersson at vpe.slu.se
|> 
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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