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installing package 'rqpd' (Regression quantiles for panel data) on windows

4 messages · Roy Sasson, Duncan Murdoch, Brian Ripley

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On 01/08/2014 7:48 AM, Roy Sasson wrote:
You don't say what platform you're working on. On Windows, there is no 
binary for rqpd, but you can get the source. This appears to be an 
R-forge bug, because it will build from source without error. You should 
report this to R-forge. In the meantime, use type="source" when you do 
the install. You shouldn't need any special tools to do this, since it's 
a pure R package, no compiled code.

Duncan Murdoch
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On 01/08/2014 14:31, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
Actually he did, but he did not give the 'an a minimum' information 
asked for in the posting guide.
Not an R-Forge bug as his R is too old: R-Forge only builds binary 
packages for current R.  As the posting guide asked, update R before 
posting ....

See also (as per the posting guide):

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#How-can-I-get-a-binary-version-of-a-package_003f
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#No-binary-packages-appear-to-be-available-for-my-version-of-R

  
    
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On 01/08/2014 9:50 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
We both missed part of the posting:  he said he tried newer R versions 
too.  And I get this (on Windows):

 > install.packages("rqpd",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")

    package ?rqpd? is available as a source package but not as a binary

Warning message:
package ?rqpd? is not available (for R version 3.1.1 Patched)

The log on R-forge shows that it was last built for Windows in 2012.  So 
I think this really is an R-forge bug...

Duncan Murdoch