Works fine for me on the same setup. Try this and compare (especially the size of the downloaded file):
> url <- "http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6/ada_2.0-1.zip";; > download.file(url, basename(url), mode="wb") # Note "wb"!!! trying URL 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6/ada_2.0-1.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 971893 bytes (949 Kb) opened URL downloaded 949 Kb > file.info(basename(url)) size isdir mode mtime ctime ada_2.0-1.zip 971893 FALSE 666 2008-03-07 15:43:52 2008-03-07 15:43:28 atime exe ada_2.0-1.zip 2008-03-07 15:43:52 no > install.packages(basename(url), repos=NULL) package 'ada' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked updating HTML package descriptions > library(ada) Loading required package: rpart > /Henrik On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Kauer, Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have been trawling the web, FAQs, and R manuals for help on the following > issue, but have failed and was wondering if anyone has a solution to the > following problem: > > After having installed R 2.6.2 for Windows (binary), I tried to install > various packages. Every time I try loading a package (any package) via the > built-in menu, I run into the following error message. > > > utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > trying URL > 'http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6/ada_2.0-1.zip > <http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.6/ada_2.0-1.zip> ' > Content type 'application/zip' length 971893 bytes (949 Kb) > opened URL > downloaded 949 Kb > > Warning in gzfile(file, "r") : > cannot open compressed file 'ada/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such > file or directory' > Error in gzfile(file, "r") : unable to open connection > > traceback() > 6: gzfile(file, "r") > 5: read.dcf(file.path(curPkg, "DESCRIPTION"), c("Package", "Version", > "Type")) > 4: unpackPkg(foundpkgs[okp, 2], foundpkgs[okp, 1], lib, installWithVers) > 3: .install.winbinary(pkgs = pkgs, lib = lib, contriburl = contriburl, > method = method, available = available, destdir = destdir, > installWithVers = installWithVers, dependencies = dependencies) > 2: install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = NA, type = type) > 1: utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > > I tried saving the ZIP of the package to my C drive, and then installing > from that, but I get the same error message. I then tried calling gzfile with > the filename of the ZIP directly, and I seem to get a file handle without any > error message: > > gzfile("C:/Program Files/R/R-2.6.2/library/ada_2.0-1.zip","r") > description > class > "C:/Program Files/R/R-2.6.2/library/ada_2.0-1.zip" > "gzfile" > mode > text > "rb6" > "binary" > opened > can read > "opened" > "yes" > can write > "no" > > > > It might be worth noting, that I initially I also had problems with the > internet download facility, which I fixed starting R with the flag > --internet2, as indicated in the FAQs. > > Can you please help? > > Many thanks - Philipp > > PS: I did the same on my PC at home, and there everything works without > problems. > > > > ============================================================================== > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important el...{{dropped:8}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
