> Hello R-help, > > > We are running R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03). I believe that I got it > from www.sunfreeware.com. A number of the packages that we attempt to > download from http://www.r-project.org/ give us the error message > below when we attempt to run them. > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to gett these packages to run > properly? > > Thanks, > > RP > > > require("lars") > Loading required package: lars > Error in library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, > logical.return = TRUE, : > 'lars' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0? > > > They also all have this information in common when I run the library > command (I've added the BOLD for emphasis). > > FinTS ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > KernSmooth Functions for kernel smoothing for Wand & > Jones > (1995) > MASS Main Package of Venables and Ripley's MASS > Matrix ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > R2HTML ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > RWinEdt ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > base The R Base Package > boot Bootstrap R (S-Plus) Functions (Canty) > bootstrap ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > car ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > class Functions for Classification > cluster Cluster Analysis Extended Rousseeuw et al. > codetools Code Analysis Tools for R > datasets The R Datasets Package > foreign ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > gplots ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > grDevices The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours > and Fonts > graphics The R Graphics Package > grid The Grid Graphics Package > lars ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > lattice Lattice Graphics > methods Formal Methods and Classes > mgcv GAMs with GCV smoothness estimation and GAMMs > by REML/PQL > nlme Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models > nnet Feed-forward Neural Networks and Multinomial > Log-Linear Models > pastecs ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > pps ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > prettyR ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > rcompgen Completion generator for R > rpart Recursive Partitioning > sampling ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > spatial Functions for Kriging and Point Pattern > Analysis > splines Regression Spline Functions and Classes > stats The R Stats Package > stats4 Statistical Functions using S4 Classes > survey ** No title available (pre-2.0.0 install?) ** > survival Survival analysis, including penalised > likelihood. > tcltk Tcl/Tk Interface
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