Thank you very much David. I will also follow your advice. I think polynom was finally successfully installed from source without mentioning it in the call under type.. Fernando
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:53 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:29 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote: > > > Don't uncompress the package first. > > > > Either from within R: > > > > install.packages("/path/to/pgk.tar.gz", repos=NULL) > > I think at least one OS will require that you also include type="source" > and I would advise including dependencies=TRUE. > > > > or at command line > > > > R CMD INSTALL /path/to/pgk.tar.gz > > > > In either case, pay attention to any messages that R returns > > > > Sarah > > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:12 AM, FERNANDO MANSITO CABALLERO > > <fernando.mans...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Madam/Sir, > >> > >> I am trying to understand how to install packages without internet and I > >> have come to a dead end. > >> > >> I choose polynom (Venables & Ripley) which I first successfully > installed > >> on a computer with internet. I found that the installed package > comprises a > >> void "polynom" folder and a "polynom_1.3-8.tar" folder which only > contains > >> a zipped container with the same name. > >> > >> I then donloaded the package successfully using download.packages(). I > >> unzipped the .tar.gz downloaded package then successfully installed the > >> unzipped polynom package using its path and repos=NULL in > >> install.packages() on a computer without internet.. > > Generally one does not need to unzip source versions of packages unless > you want to look at the contents separately. With Windoze and Macs you need > to specify type="source" [unless getOption("pkgType") is set to that value] > and may need to have the appropriate system tools. You did not show your > exact call to install.packages(). > > >> > >> However, when I wrote "library(polynom)" on the computer without > internet, > >> R3.2.2 answers with an error "polynom is not a valid installed package". > > The problem description doesn't allow a definite answer. If problems > persist, then you should post more complete descriptions of your methods, > your OS and R versions. > > >> > >> What am I doing wrong? > >> > > > > -- > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.