Thanks, Dan! The package is "assist" which can be downloaded from the following link:
http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/assist/ The one I chose was assist_3.1.2.tar.gz I have changed this file to .zip and installed it from local directory through R. However, this method is still not working. Thanks a lot for your kind help! Best regards, Zuofeng 2013/8/19 Daniel Nordlund <djnordl...@frontier.com> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > > On Behalf Of Shang Zuofeng > > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:26 PM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] How to rebuild an R package that has been removed from CRAN? > > > > Dear All, > > > > My project requires the use of a specific R package. However, this R > > package has been removed from CRAN. But its older version can be found. > > Unfortunately, the older version cannot be used. The thing is, after I > > downloaded the older version and unzip it into the library folder of R, > > and I input library("package name"), it says that the package "is not a > > valid installed package". > > > > After an intensive search, I found a possible solution: to rebuild this R > > package so that it may work properly. I have no idea how to make this > > achieved because of my little experience on rebuilding an R package. > > > > I highly appreciate your help. > > > > Sincere thanks. > > Zuofeng > > > > Well, you haven't told us enough to let us help you. Given that you have > a zip file, I will assume for the moment that you are using some variant of > MS Windows. I don't think you want to unzip that file directly. I think > you want open R, go to the packages menu and choose install package from > local zip file. Whether that will work depends on your version of R, your > OS, the requirements of the package, why it was removed from CRAN, and a > host of other things. If you want more detailed help, you need to provide > the "at a minimum" info requested in the posting guide. It would also help > if you told us what package you are trying to install. > > Dan > > Daniel Nordlund > Bothell, WA USA > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
