Thank you very much Dan, Uwe and Duncan. First suggestion by Dan itself worked so I didn't have to try the other ones. But those suggestions and comments are of much value and are appreciated.
Regards, Joe On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/05/2011 10:51 AM, joe j wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to run the function "lambdaSets" using the package "RBGL". >> This package uses another package "graph" which has been removed from >> the CRAN repository, but is available at the archive >> (http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/graph/). >> >> I installed the package from the R menu at "install packages from >> local zip files" (after downloading the "graph_1.30.0.tar.gz" file, >> unzipping it and making it a zip file; gz is not recognized by R.). I >> get no warning here so I assumed installation went well. However, when >> I type "require(RBGL)" I get the error message that: "Failed with >> error: ‘'graph' is not a valid installed package’". > > Installing a package is not that simple. R does various processing when > taking the source tar.gz file and producing the binary image that it puts in > the .zip. You would need to run > > R CMD INSTALL graph_1.30.0.tar.gz > > to do the install, but you probably don't have the tools installed to get > this to work. > > However, graph is available on the Bioconductor web site, so if you select > "BioC software" as a repository selection, the regular menu entry for > installing packages should work. I just tested it on Windows, which I > assume you're using (since other platforms don't use .zip). > > Duncan Murdoch >> >> I am using R version 2.12.2 (2011-2-25). I am a new user so your >> advice would be of great help. >> >> Best wishes, >> Joe >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > ______________________________________________ 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.