Re: [R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes [FIXED]

2019-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, Ista Zahn wrote: Install udunits. Ista, Yep. Installing that package allowed the chain to build. Much appreciated. Best regards, Rich __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/m

Re: [R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes

2019-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, Ista Zahn wrote: Install udunits. If you don't know how to do that in slackware go ask on a slackware forum. Ista, Interesting. This must be a new dependency because prior versions of units didn't require it. However, SlackBuilds.org has that package so I'll install it th

Re: [R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes

2019-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 15 Feb 2019, Bert Gunter wrote: You *might* do better posting this on r-sig-debian and/or r-sig-fedora, especially as this is not a question about R programming per se, which makes it off topic for this list, but more on topic for those lists. Bert, Since I run only Slackware I'm no

Re: [R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes

2019-02-15 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Rich, Install udunits. If you don't know how to do that in slackware go ask on a slackware forum. Best, Ista On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:58 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > > Running R-3.5.2 on Slackware-14.2, using my script that updates installed > packages found four that failed. My web searches d

Re: [R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes

2019-02-15 Thread Bert Gunter
You *might* do better posting this on r-sig-debian and/or r-sig-fedora, especially as this is not a question about R programming per se, which makes it off topic for this list, but more on topic for those lists. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep c

[R] Package updates fail: how to fix the causes

2019-02-15 Thread Rich Shepard
Running R-3.5.2 on Slackware-14.2, using my script that updates installed packages found four that failed. My web searches did not find relevant hits, and only the last build failure is explained by the build failure of a specific dependency. The results displayed are: ERROR: dependency ‘sf’ is n