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

2015-08-21 Thread Peter Wicher
Peter, Thank you. I tried a different mirror (in TX) and install.packages(“RWeka”) worked. I really appreciate your help. Best, Peter > On Aug 20, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Peter Langfelder > wrote: > > From an older post by Uwe Ligges: > > Anyway: R tried to download the package but got an html

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

2015-08-20 Thread Peter Langfelder
>From an older post by Uwe Ligges: Anyway: R tried to download the package but got an html page, obviously, hence either the mirror you are using is corrupted or someone in between (like some proxy?) delivers html pages rather than packages... In other words, check your proxy/internet settings,

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

2015-08-20 Thread Peter Wicher
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") CRAN "@CRAN@" Then when attempting again to install RWeka I'm able to select the mirror, and after that the result is the same as yours: > getOption("repos")

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

2015-08-19 Thread David Winsemius
> On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Peter Wicher wrote: > > 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 com

[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