David Forrest wrote: > Hi All, > > Does the install.packages('sp') on my R V2.1.0 (Debian Stable) report: > > no package 'sp' at the repositories in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir > = tmpd, available = available > > ... because sp from CRAN depends on "R (>= 2.4.0), methods" ? > > The machine is a production server, and I'd like to not mix the > Debian releases on it if I can avoid it. Its using some rusty old > scripts with library(maps) on it. > > Would you advise a separate R 2.4.0 + install for using sp on these > machines? > Dave,
library(maps) does not require sp. If you want to use sp, it doesn't sound rusty to me. Alternatively, you could try to find sp sources that were there when R was 2.1.0 (were they of any use back then?), perhaps in some CRAN area that I couldn't find, or wait until Debian Etch becomes stable, it has R 2.4.0. The general R attitude seems to be to keep up with R release, don't expect backports of current packages. Hth, -- Edzer _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo