R.matlab

[Sorry if this is a repost, but I got an odd error message previously 
trying
to reply to 'r-sig-mac-request@stat.math.ethz.ch']

Hi. I (the author) got a similar problem report two weeks ago and it 
was
also from a person running R v2.0.0 on Mac OS X. I do not have access 
to
this system so unfortunately I cannot troubleshoot it myself.

The solution that worked for this person was to download the bundle 
manually

http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.classes_0.55.tar.gz

and run

R CMD INSTALL R.classes_0.55.tar.gz

from the system's command prompt.

Does this work?

If it does, it is a good starting point for troubleshooting. The 
problem
seems to be that R.oo is not available (==installed) when it tries to
install R.audio, which depends on R.oo. I'm not 100% sure from your log
(below), if R tried (failed, succeeded?) to install the R.oo package 
first,
and then tried to install R.audio (your error message), or if it 
starts with
R.audio first.

Have someone else on the R-SIG-Mac list experienced this? Try

install.packages("R.classes", 
contriburl="http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")

Currently, it seems to me that this is a OSX problem only (based on 
sample
size n=2). If not, I will check with the r-devel list.

Best wishes

Henrik Bengtsson

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Weisz [mailto:Nathan.Weisz@uni-konstanz.de]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:22 PM
To: r-sig-mac-request@stat.math.ethz.ch
Cc: hb@maths.lth.se
Subject: R.matlab


Hi,

one of my favourite packages for R is R.matlab which comes with
R.classes (from Henrik Bengtsson). After upgrading to R 2.0
on Mac OS X
I attempted to reinstall this package with:
install.packages("R.classes",
contriburl="http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")
as described on this webpage:
http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.classes/
At the end of the installation I get ugly error messages
(pasted at end
of email). Calling R.matlab shows me that it's not installed.

library(R.matlab)

Error in library(R.matlab) : There is no package called 'R.matlab'

Does any one have any hints how to get this working?

Best,
Nathan



-----UGLY ERROR MESSAGES-----
* Installing *source* package 'R.audio' ...
** R
** data
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
Loading required package: R.oo
Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : The R.oo package is
missing. In addition: Warning message: There is no package
called 'R.oo' in: library(package, character.only =
TRUE, logical = TRUE, warn.conflicts = warn.conflicts,
Execution halted
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.oo'
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'R.audio'
** Restoring previous '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.oo'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.audio'
** Restoring previous '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.audio'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.basic'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.colors'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.graphics'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.io'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.lang'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.matlab'
** Removing '/Users/nathan/Library/R/library/R.ui'

Delete downloaded files (y/N)?
The packages are in /tmp/Rtmp1305/Rinstdir10d63af1
Warning messages:
1: argument 'lib' is missing: using
/Users/nathan/Library/R/library in:
install.packages("R.classes", contriburl =
"http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")
2: Installation of package R.classes had non-zero exit status in:
install.packages("R.classes", contriburl =
"http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")

install.packages("R.oo",

contriburl="http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")
trying URL `http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/PACKAGES'
Content type `application/octet-stream' length 257 bytes
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 257 bytes

Warning messages:
1: argument 'lib' is missing: using
/Users/nathan/Library/R/library in:
install.packages("R.oo", contriburl =
"http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R")
2: No package "R.oo" on CRAN. in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir =
tmpd, available = available,