Dear James and everybody interested, James'idea was correct : the problem was related to the 64bits version of R. Trying on the same computer a 32bits version of R did not produce this 'gplots' error (but many other conflicts linked to 64 / 32 bits) when installing RODBC package.
I will install a 32 Linux version in parallel ... Valère -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Martin Valere Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2010 12:13 An: 'r-help@R-project.org' Betreff: AW: [SPAM] Re: [R] Error in library(gplots) : there is no package called 'gplots' Dear James, i have tried to install the package RODBC1-3.1 with R version 2.9.0 and 2.10.1 (using Opensuse 11.1, 64bits). I have tried install.packages locally (package downloaded and stored locally on the computer) or directly from Internet (using different mirrors !). Same results each time ... Same outcome either if I try to install other packages like for instance e1071. So it appears this is not linked to the package itself but rather with R-base or R-devel (both are installed) ... Regards, Valère -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: james [mailto:ja...@ipec.co.uk] Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2010 10:47 An: Martin Valere Cc: R Help List Betreff: [SPAM] Re: [R] Error in library(gplots) : there is no package called 'gplots' Wichtigkeit: Niedrig Hi Vava, What version of R are you using? I'm not sure but I think that R will refuse to install a package in this way if the version of gplots is incompatiable with the version of R you're using. You can check the depends of packages on CRAN. Regards, James Vava wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion Tal. Unfortunately, still no luck with me ... > still get the usual error message: > > " Error in library(gplots) : there is no package called 'gplots' ", whatever > I try to install. > > This is a mystery to me with respect to why /how. I am really stuck with > that problem. > > Best, > > Valère > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Martin Valere Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. März 2010 10:58 An: 'r-help@R-project.org' Betreff: Error in library(gplots) : there is no package called 'gplots' Dear all, I have an issue trying to install new packages (have tried with RODBC_1.3-1, gplots_2.6.1, gtools_2.7.4 packages) and get the same error message : "Error in library(gplots) : there is no package called 'gplots'" Only clue I have found so far on the Web is related to Perl (Perl modules are installed on my computer, but which one is related to gplots if any ?); no gplots in usr/lib or /usr/lib64 at least ... I am somewhat lost here, having no idea about Perl (if Perl is really the issue ?). I am using OpenSuse 11.1 (64bits); and R version 2.9.0. Installation of package is performed offline as Root. ____________________________________________________ Valère, Switzerland ______________________________________________ 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.