Run this code first when you open R: setInternet2()
Ignore any message it gives you, if it does give any message. that should hopefully solve the problem. If it works it would be an idea to add that to the Rprofile.site file so you don't need to do it every time you try to install/update a package. Cheers, Gavin. -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ben Bolker Sent: 16 January 2012 01:44 To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Trouble installing packages on R2.14.1 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
