On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Edzer J. Pebesma wrote: > 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.
There is a binary Windows build of 0.8-4 on CRAN for 2.1.*, so maybe try: http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/S/sp_0.8-4.tar.gz or earlier in the same archive location. Roger > > Hth, > -- > Edzer > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo