Re: [R] R CMD wants (unnecessary) packages ?

2015-03-01 Thread Sarah Goslee
I would be very careful about removing the packages that are installed by default with R, http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Which-add_002don-packages-exist-for-R_003f either the base packages listed in that FAQ or the recommended ones in the list right below it. Removing those package

Re: [R] R CMD wants (unnecessary) packages ?

2015-03-01 Thread Bert Gunter
1. In future, for Mac issues you are more likely to get a helpful reply on the R-sig-mac list. 2. This is a warning only, not an error. You seem to indicate MASS was uninstalled (???), so I would guess that it wasn't there when it looked for it -- ergo the warning. My question: why uninstall these

[R] R CMD wants (unnecessary) packages ?

2015-03-01 Thread Christian Hoffmann
When executing R CMD check etc. on a package, 00install.out tells me Warning in file.copy(file.path(.Library, pkg, "DESCRIPTION"), pd) : problem copying /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/MASS/DESCRIPTION to /var/ although I do not use MASS ( and all the other recently u