How to install sp (R package) from existing .gz file?

Question

I typed codes in R to download sp package, it says -- Package ‘sp’ is not available (for R version 3.0.1).

I downloaded sp manually from http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/sp_1.0-9.tar.gz. Questions is: how to unpack the tar.gz file? I work with RGui in windows 7.

Thanks!!

Hm, I just downloaded and installed the binary via `install.packages("sp")`. I'm also using R 3.0.1 on Windows, and I even got it from the UCLA mirror just to be sure. Try again and see if it works. — Hong Ooi, Jul 02 '13 at 12:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '13 at 07:39

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Suppose you work with RStudio, hit 'Tools' --> 'Install packages' and you're able to select the .tar.gz file from your local system.

answered Jul 02 '13 at 07:39

fdetsch

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '13 at 08:23

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If you have the file locally, then you can use the following:

R> install.packages(sp_package_path, repos=NULL, type="source")

where sp_package_path is the path to the source package (.tar.gz file).

answered Jul 02 '13 at 08:23

rcs

Does this work on a Windows system? – ialm Jul 03 '13 at 16:55
Rtools are required on Windows, since the package includes some C-Code (https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/) – rcs Aug 25 '15 at 14:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 03 '13 at 16:57

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What was the code that you entered? What was the error message that you received?

Try:

install.packages("sp")

If that fails, try:

install.packages("sp", dependencies=TRUE)

If that fails, please update your question with the exact error message.

answered Jul 03 '13 at 16:57

ialm

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