On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Dowkiw, Arnaud wrote:
> How do you install a package from CRAN ? I want to install pls.pcr, so I have
> downloaded pls.pcr_0.1.1.tar.gz but when I try to install it using the install
> package(s) from local zip file(s) option it says :
>
> > install.packages(choose.files('',filters=Filters[c('zip','All'),]),
> > .libPaths()[1], CRAN = NULL)
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: error 1 in extracting from zip file
> 2: cannot open file `pls.pcr_0.1.1.tar.gz/DESCRIPTION'
On Windows? As the error message suggest, use the .zip file, not the
.tar.gz one. You can also install directly from CRAN, without explicit
download.
Göran
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