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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Andrew Choens wrote:
> I want to learn how to use the reshape package. The reshape package is
> not included in the Ubuntu repositories, so I attempted to install
> reshape with:
>
> install.packages("reshape")
>
> This is what I got for output:
>
>Warning in install.packages("reshape") :
> argument 'lib' is missing: using
>'/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
>--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>trying URL
>'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/src/contrib/reshape_0.8.2.tar.gz'
>Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 38137 bytes (37 Kb)
>opened URL
>==
>downloaded 37 Kb
>
>* Installing *source* package 'reshape' ...
>** R
>** data
>** moving datasets to lazyload DB
>** inst
>** preparing package for lazy loading
>Loading required package: plyr
>Warning in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical.return =
>TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc) :
> there is no package called 'plyr'
>Error: package 'plyr' could not be loaded
>Execution halted
>ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'reshape'
>** Removing '/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7/reshape'
>
>The downloaded packages are in
>/tmp/RtmpMZhsTp/downloaded_packages
>Warning messages:
>1: In install.packages("reshape") : dependency 'plyr' is not
>available
>2: In install.packages("reshape") :
> installation of package 'reshape' had non-zero exit status
>
> I tried this, using several different mirrors, hoping that the problem
> was isolated to the PA mirrors. But, no matter which mirror I use, I get
> the same error. My central problem appears to be an inability to install
> plyr.
>
>> install.packages("plyr")
>Warning in install.packages("plyr") :
> argument 'lib' is missing: using
>'/home/andy/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.7'
>Warning message:
>In install.packages("plyr") : package 'plyr' is not available
>
>
> Again, the mirror does not matter. I can not install plyr. I am pretty
> confident that my syntax is correct, but I do not understand why I can
> not install plyr. I don't think the problem is related to my connection,
> since this computer is able to surf the Internet and send email (such as
> this one). When I googled for problems installing plyr, I got a zillion
> instructions on how to install the player.
>
> Ideas are appreciated.
>
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