Re: [R] Newbie question: error message with install.packages

2015-08-21 Thread Peter Wicher
> Peter > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Peter Wicher wrote: >> Many thanks. >> >> Yes, I am using the R.app GUI: >> [R.app GUI 1.66 (6996) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0] >> >> >> At startup, >> >>> getOption("repos&

Re: [R] Newbie question: error message with install.packages

2015-08-20 Thread Peter Wicher
s yours: > getOption("repos") CRAN "https://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu"; Unfortunately the same error message happens with install.packages, for example: > install.packages("err") Error: Line starting ' wrote: > > > On Aug 19, 2015

[R] Newbie question: error message with install.packages

2015-08-19 Thread Peter Wicher
Hi, I’m starting to work my way through “Machine Learning With R” by Brett Lantz. Running on Mac OS X 10.10.4 I’ve downloaded and installed R and the R Console comes up fine. Whenever I use the install.packages command, regardless of the package I get the same error message: > install.pac