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library vcd for R rw2001

4 messages · Uwe Ligges, Martin Maechler, Anne

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Uwe Ligges
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Obviously, the most recent version appeared on CRAN on 14-Nov-2004.

            

      
      
      
    

        
The URL in the links got temporarily corrupted on CRAN.

Just type
     install.packages("vcd")
within R, or go "manually" to
     CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/

            

      
      
      
    

        
Obviously, this was a binary package compiled fort R-1.9.x.

            

      
      
      
    

        
Yes, it was compiled under R-1.9.x, hence you cannot use it in R-2.x.y.

Uwe Ligges

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Martin Maechler
    

    

      
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Anne> Is there an upgrate of the vcd library

it's a *PACKAGE*, not a "library" ...

    Anne>  (visualisation of categorical data) for the latest R version?  

    Anne> Trying to download it from CRAN I get

    Anne> URL
    Anne> /data/WWW/ftp/pub/R/bin/windows/contrib/r-release/vcd_0.1-3.4.zip
    Anne> was not found on this server.

Yes, there's a big "problem" on all CRAN mirrors, that all these
links are broken. Unfortunately today is holiday in the country
the CRAN webmasters live.

    Anne> googling it, I found it for instance on
    Anne> http://www.sourcekeg.co.uk/cran/bin/windows/contrib/1.9/
			
and the "1.9" tells you that this was done for R versions 1.9.x,
not version 2.0.0 and upwards

    Anne> but trying to install it gave me the message
    >> library(vcd)
    Anne> Error in library(vcd) : 'vcd' is not a valid package
						       -------
						       see, a "package"
    Anne> -- installed < 2.0.0?

I agree this is a bit misleading for people who install *binary*
packages (as you do when you install a zip file).

In your case, the error message should have meant

 "package built in R version < 2.0.0 ?"

(which of course it has been).

You need to get a windows-binary version of the package that was
built with an R version >= 2.0.0 
{by waiting a bit, till the CRAN links are fixed up}
or then learn how to build it yourself from the *source* of the
vcd package, which is a file  vcd_<vers>.tar.gz

Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Anne
    

    

      
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Thanks! it seems I had a very cumbersome way of installing libraries...

Anne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
To: "Anne" <anne.piotet at urbanet.ch>
Cc: "R list" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [R] library vcd for R rw2001

            

      
      
      
    

        
data) for the latest R version?

            

      
      
      
    

        
was not found on this server.

            

      
      
      
    

        
2.0.0?

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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