Dear all, I installed my R-2.9.2 on my ubuntu version 9.04 successfully using the command
sudo apt-get install r-base-dev The problem is that I cannot install any package. See my details below: > install.packages("epicalc") Warning in install.packages("epicalc") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! > > install.packages("lattice") Warning in install.packages("lattice") : argument 'lib' is missing: using '/home/lmramba/R/i486-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.9' Error in read.dcf(file = tmpf) : Line starting '<html> ...' is malformed! > > sessionInfo() R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) i486-pc-linux-gnu locale: LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tcltk_2.9.2 tools_2.9.2 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel