R devel - Feb 2016 - Unable to Install Packages from Binaries on Windows for R 3.2.3

Installing packages from binaries on Windows seems broken, when using
mirrors that are up to date with CRAN

install.packages(
  'httr',
  type = 'binary',
  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
)

Changing repos to the Kansas CRAN mirror installs the package as expected,
but that could be because the KS mirror has not yet synced.

Someone pointed out that the PACKAGES.gz file at
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/ seems to be corrupted
(0 KB), and this could be the issue.

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> On 27 Feb 2016, at 05:22 , Ramnath Vaidyanathan <ramnath.vaidya at
gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Installing packages from binaries on Windows seems broken, when using
> mirrors that are up to date with CRAN
> 
> install.packages(
>  'httr',
>  type = 'binary',
>  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
> )
> 
> Changing repos to the Kansas CRAN mirror installs the package as expected,
> but that could be because the KS mirror has not yet synced.
> 
> Someone pointed out that the PACKAGES.gz file at
> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/ seems to be corrupted
> (0 KB), and this could be the issue.

It's at 202K now in both places. Perhaps just retry?

-pd
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Removing 'type=binary' worked for me.

install.packages(
   'httr',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
)

But I get an error when I select binary as type
---
 install.packages(
     'httr',
     type = 'binary',
     repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
 )
Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this
platform.
---

Same error for another package
---
install.packages(
    'lme4',
    type = 'binary',
    repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/")

Error in install.packages : type 'binary' is not supported on this
platform
---

 Platform session info below:

sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS




Regards,

Steve Bronder
Website: stevebronder.com
Phone: 412-719-1282
Email: sbronder at stevebronder.com


On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:33 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb 2016, at 05:22 , Ramnath Vaidyanathan <
> ramnath.vaidya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Installing packages from binaries on Windows seems broken, when using
> > mirrors that are up to date with CRAN
> >
> > install.packages(
> >  'httr',
> >  type = 'binary',
> >  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
> > )
> >
> > Changing repos to the Kansas CRAN mirror installs the package as
> expected,
> > but that could be because the KS mirror has not yet synced.
> >
> > Someone pointed out that the PACKAGES.gz file at
> > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/ seems to be
> corrupted
> > (0 KB), and this could be the issue.
>
>
> It's at 202K now in both places. Perhaps just retry?
>
> -pd
>
> >
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> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
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It works for me now. Thanks.

Ramnath

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:33 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb 2016, at 05:22 , Ramnath Vaidyanathan <
> ramnath.vaidya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Installing packages from binaries on Windows seems broken, when using
> > mirrors that are up to date with CRAN
> >
> > install.packages(
> >  'httr',
> >  type = 'binary',
> >  repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
> > )
> >
> > Changing repos to the Kansas CRAN mirror installs the package as
> expected,
> > but that could be because the KS mirror has not yet synced.
> >
> > Someone pointed out that the PACKAGES.gz file at
> > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/ seems to be
> corrupted
> > (0 KB), and this could be the issue.
>
>
> It's at 202K now in both places. Perhaps just retry?
>
> -pd
>
> >
> >       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
>
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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