On 10/26/11 5:49 AM, "Milan Bouchet-Valat" <nalimi...@club.fr> wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 09:46 +0000, ONKELINX, Thierry a écrit : > >> When one tries to load a non-installed package you get the error: >> >> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz' >> >> I noticed on several occasions that this puzzles beginners. Therefore >> I suggest to change the error description in: >> >> Error in library(xyz) : there is no package called 'xyz' installed on >> this machine. Check the name of the package or >> use install.packages("xyz") to install it. > > Couldn't R even directly ask for installing if it exists on CRAN? Like: > Error in library(xyz) : package 'xyz' is not installed on this machine. > Do you want to install it? [Y/n] I'd agree the message should be reworded, but prompting is overkill for normal users. Error in library(xyz) : package 'xyz' is not installed. Nonetheless, Kevin Wright's function is interesting. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel