Crawford Mark <Mark.Crawford <at> derm.qld.gov.au> writes: > > Hi, > Have just recently downloaded R version 2.14.1 and can't install > packages (Code below), 32bit version on windows. From the looks of > things access is the problem but I don't know where to start, would it > be my system that is the problem or is the repository not set up for the > latest version yet? > Any ideas on how to rectify the problem would be greatly appreciated > Cheers > > utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Warning: unable to access index for repository > http://cran.csiro.au/bin/windows/contrib/2.14 > Warning: unable to access index for repository > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows/contrib/2.14 > Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type > = type) : > no packages were specified > In addition: Warning message: > In open.connection(con, "r") : > unable to connect to 'cran.r-project.org' on port 80. > >
Given that you are unable to reach either repository, and that both are mainstream (and that I have no trouble connecting to the CSIRO repository or seeing the other one), I suspect you are having network and/or firewall troubles. I believe there is some Windows-specific troubleshooting advice in the R for Windows FAQ ... ______________________________________________ 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.
