[R] Design library installation problem

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> 
> Ian Watson wrote:
>> Dear Listers
>>
>> I have tried to install Frank Harrell's two libaries: Hmisc and Design.
>>
>> I found that Hmisc was listed in the list of packages from the Install 
>> Packages command on the Packages menu, but Design was not. I installed 
>> Hmisc from this list, and when I   issued the library(Hmisc) command, 
>> it loaded into memory correctly.
>>
>> I then copied the Design 1.1-1.zip file from the 
>> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/S/Harrell/library/r/ site and used the Install 
>> Packages from Local Zip file command.
>> I received no error messages and a visual inspection of the R\library 
>> directory shows Design has been installed.
>>
>> However, when I issued the library(Design) command I get the following 
>> error message:
>>
>> Error in library(Design) : 'Design' is not a valid package -- 
>> installed < 2.0.0?
>>
>>
>> I also notice, from a visual inspection of the R\library\Design\R 
>> directory that there is only one file: design. In other directories, 
>> eg. R\library\Hmisc\R there are usually 3 files:
>> Hmisc
>> Hmisc.rdx
>> Hmisc.rdb
>>
>> I am new to R, and a bit lost. I have read the R-admin.pdf 
>> documentation on packages but am still unsure how to proceed from here.
>>
>> I would appreciate any advice, and any answers to the following 
>> questions:
>>
>> 1) is there a reason why Design is not listed in the Install Packages 
>> list as Hmisc is?
> 
> Yes. The current version does not pass the checks under Windows. Please 
> convince the maintainer to fix the package, and a binary will be made 
> available shortly.

Please note that this would be a lot easier if we did not get a segfault 
when running R CMD CHECK --- a segfault that does not happen with the 
example code is run outside of CMD CHECK.  Charles Thomas Dupont is 
working hard on this.

Frank

-- 
Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University