> On Dec 16, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > On 17/12/15 07:29, John Karon wrote: >> I am trying to download the “Formula” library using >> install.packages(“Formula”); I have had no problem downloading other >> libraries recently. I receive the error message >> >> Warning: unable to access index for repository >> https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 Warning >> message: package ‘Formula’ is not available (for R version 3.2.2) >> >> I receive the same message adding lib=<path> to the install.packages >> call. An internet search suggests using download.file(), but that >> requires knowing the url of the file in the repository. Can someone >> tell me the url (just add Formula to the url above?) or suggest >> another solution? Thanks. > > I installed "Formula" just now, under R 3.2.2, using install.packages(), with > no problem. Did you have a *look* at the URL > > https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/3.2 > > ???
When I attempt to open that with Chrome I get an error: This webpage is not available DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Like Bert, I also get an error report when I attempt to us the Berkeley repo, but I do not get an error when I use the CRAN repo in Switzerland. > > Going there I see that the file Formula_1.2-1.zip is present and I was able > to download it by clicking on it. Well, those of us using Macs would not choose the zip file. > > So if you insist on using download.file() you could just tack > "/Formula_1.2-1.zip" onto the end of your URL. But there is really no reason > to do that; install.packages() works. Well it works for some people with some repos but not for all people with all repos. I have had problems since upgrading to R 3.2.3. sessionInfo() R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) Running under: OS X 10.11.2 (El Capitan) locale: [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 attached base packages: [1] grDevices utils datasets stats graphics grid [7] methods base other attached packages: [1] maps_3.0.1 rms_4.4-0 SparseM_1.7 Hmisc_3.17-0 [5] ggplot2_1.0.1 Formula_1.2-1 survival_2.38-3 sos_1.3-8 [9] brew_1.0-6 lattice_0.20-33 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] Rcpp_0.12.2 RColorBrewer_1.1-2 plyr_1.8.3 [4] tools_3.2.3 rpart_4.1-10 digest_0.6.8 [7] polspline_1.1.12 gtable_0.1.2 nlme_3.1-122 [10] Matrix_1.2-3 mvtnorm_1.0-3 proto_0.3-10 [13] gridExtra_2.0.0 stringr_1.0.0 cluster_2.0.3 [16] MatrixModels_0.4-1 nnet_7.3-11 foreign_0.8-66 [19] multcomp_1.4-1 latticeExtra_0.6-26 TH.data_1.0-6 [22] reshape2_1.4.1 magrittr_1.5 codetools_0.2-14 [25] scales_0.3.0.9000 MASS_7.3-45 splines_3.2.3 [28] colorspace_1.2-6 quantreg_5.19 sandwich_2.3-4 [31] stringi_1.0-1 acepack_1.3-3.3 munsell_0.4.2 [34] zoo_1.7-12 > > It is a mystery what your problem could be, > > cheers, > > Rolf Turner > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
