Dear R users,
I have just upgraded R from 2.11 to 2.12 on Ubuntu 9.04 (see more informations
at the end) from the cran apt-get repository. One of the new things concerning
the install.packages() function is stated here :
install.packages() and remove.packages() with lib unspecified and
multiple
libraries in .libPaths() inform the user of the library location used
with
a message rather than a warning.
I am in this case where .libPaths() has multiple libraries:
> .libPaths()
[1] "/home/username/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12"
[2] "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"
[3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library"
[4] "/usr/lib/R/library"
[5] "/usr/lib64/R/library"
and install.packages() gives me an error when lib is not given:
> install.packages("lattice")
Erreur dans sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
format incorrect '%
(ca' ; utilisez le format %s pour les objets caractères
> install.packages("toto")
Erreur dans sprintf(gettext(fmt, domain = domain), ...) :
format incorrect '%
(ca' ; utilisez le format %s pour les objets caractères
whatever package name is given.
For the time being, I am using :
> install.packages("lattice", "")
and it works fine.
Is this the new way of using the install.packages() function or an error?
Best regards,
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
locale:
[1] LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C
[3] LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8
[5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8
[7] LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C
[9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] fortunes_1.4-0
usern...@computer:~$ uname -a
Linux computer 2.6.28-19-generic #65-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:24:42 UTC 2010
x86_64 GNU/Linux
usern...@computer:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
________________________________
Dr Vincent Chouraki
Assistant hospitalier universitaire
Service d'épidémiologie régional
CHRU de Lille, France
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