Discard the previous message. Here is a better way... 1. In your home directory, mkdir .R to create a directory for R 2. Create .Renviron file in your home directory, and add the following line at the top of the file. R_LIBS=~/.R/library You can also define other things such as R_NSIZE=5000k 3. Restart R 4. Type options(CRAN ="http://cran.us.r-project.org/") install.packages("car") library("car") _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l