See at [***] below. On 04-Feb-2016 21:23:05 Rolf Turner wrote: > > (1) You might get better mileage asking this on the r-sig-mac list. > > (2) The phenomena you describe are puzzling and are beyond my capacity > to explain. Perhaps someone else will be able to enlighten you. > > (3) Out of idle curiosity I went to the github site and downloaded the > zip file of the package. (I could not see a *.tag.gz file, but perhaps > I just don't understand how github works. Actually, there's no > "perhaps" about it!) > > I unzipped the download and then did > > R CMD build LaplacesDemon-master > > in the appropriate directory. This created a file > > LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gz > > Note that the version number seems to be as you require. > > I then used your install.packages syntax, and the package installed > seamlessly. It also loaded seamlessly. > > So I don't know why the computer gods are picking on you. > [***] > Note that I am not working on a Mac, but rather running Linux (as do all > civilized human beings! :-) )
Might this be yet another candidate for a Fortune today? Ted. > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > On 05/02/16 06:42, lluis.hurt...@uv.es wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I've recently changed my Mac and I am trying to reinstall my commonly >> used R-packages. I'm having troubles with a package called >> LaplacesDemon. >> >> This package is no more in the CRAN list and the developers web page >> (http://www.bayesian-inference.com/software) is out for more than >> half a year. Old versions of the package can still be found in tar.gz >> in >> >> https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/LaplacesDemon/ >> >> and in github >> >> https://github.com/ecbrown/LaplacesDemon >> >> Last version is LaplacesDemon_13.03.04.tar.gz, but I was able to get >> version LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gz time ago (can't find it >> anymore). >> >> I have tried to install this packages from source in my computer >> using >> >>> install.packages("/Users/.../LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gz", repos >>> = NULL, type="source") >> >> answer: >> >>> Warning: invalid package 'Users/.../LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gzâ >>> Error: ERROR: no packages specified Warning message: In >>> install.packages("Users/.../LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gz", : >> installation of package âUsers/.../LaplacesDemon_15.03.19.tar.gzâ had >> non-zero exit status >> >> I also tried the 'Packages & Data' menu in R, selecting the source >> file or the directory from Finder and I got this message: >> >>> * installing *source* package âLaplacesDemonâ ... ** R ** data ** >>> inst ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading ** help >>> *** installing help indices ** building package indices ** >>> installing vignettes ** testing if installed package can be loaded >>> * DONE (LaplacesDemon) >> >> but >> >>> library(LaplacesDemon) >> Error in library(LaplacesDemon) : there is no package called >> âLaplacesDemonâ >> >> Finally I tried >> >>> install.packages("devtools") library(devtools) >>> install_github("ecbrown/LaplacesDemon") >> >> but I am not able to install devtools (for similar reasons). So my >> questions are: >> >> -Do anyone knows how to install this packages in my Mac? -Do anyone >> knows were can I find the information previously content in >> http://www.bayesian-inference.com/software? > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 04-Feb-2016 Time: 22:03:31 This message was sent by XFMail ______________________________________________ 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.
