Thanks a lot for all your answers. Indeed, i hadn't understood the previous answers. I just downloaded the gdata package and it works perfectly now. Thanks again.
Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > If your purpose is to read Excel spreadsheets on Linux read.xls in the > gdata > packages can do that. It uses perl software underneath which is portable > across systems. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:38 AM, reverend33 <periac_r...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I'm sorry, maybe i didn't explain clearly: i'm trying to install >> xlsReadWrite >> on a Linux-type OS (Ubuntu)... >> >> >> >> >> >> Uwe Ligges-3 wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> reverend33 wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu. >>>> I succeeded at installing the r-recommended package that is present in >>>> the >>>> synaptics, but i can't find the xlsReadWrite package in the >>>> repositories >>>> included in my synaptics manager. >>>> Does anybody know a liable repository in which this package is present. >>> >>> If you consider the CRAN master to be liable, it tells you for >>> xlsReadWrite: >>> >>> OS_type: windows >>> >>> Moreover it tells you that the package's status for R-devel is "ERROR". >>> >>> >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/xlsReadWrite-package-repository-for-Ubuntu-tp22283704p22307883.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/xlsReadWrite-package-repository-for-Ubuntu-tp22283704p22309785.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.