I got the following warnings when I install R.oo. Are these warnings normal? Should I reinstall the package as mentioned in the warnings? How to reinstall? The sessionInfo() is at the end.
> install.packages("R.oo", dependencies=T) Warning in install.packages("R.oo", dependencies = T) : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/utility/R' also installing the dependency ‘R.methodsS3’ trying URL 'http://cran.sixsigmaonline.org/src/contrib/R.methodsS3_1.1.0.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 16263 bytes (15 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 15 Kb trying URL 'http://cran.sixsigmaonline.org/src/contrib/R.oo_1.6.6.tar.gz' Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 361830 bytes (353 Kb) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 353 Kb > tools:::.install_packages() * installing *source* package ‘R.methodsS3’ ... ** R ** inst ** preparing package for lazy loading ** help *** installing help indices ** building package indices ... * DONE (R.methodsS3) > > tools:::.install_packages() * installing *source* package ‘R.oo’ ... ** R ** inst ** preparing package for lazy loading R.methodsS3 v1.1.0 (2010-01-02) successfully loaded. See ?R.methodsS3 for help. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function attach to attach.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function detach to detach.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function save to save.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function load to load.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function extend to extend.default, which was defined in environment R.oo. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function gc to gc.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function getMethods to getMethods.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setGenericS3.default(name, envir = envir, validators = validators) : Renamed the preexisting function getClasses to getClasses.default, which was defined in environment base. Warning in setMethodS3.default("throw", "default", function(...) { : Method already existed and was overwritten: throw.default ** help Warning: package 'R.oo' claims to be built under R version 2.10.0 but is missing some help files and needs to be re-installed *** installing help indices ** building package indices ... * DONE (R.oo) > The downloaded packages are in ‘/tmp/Rtmp6iZyqg/downloaded_packages’ > sessionInfo() R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 [5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_2.10.0 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.