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 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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