R help - Feb 2002 - SetupR.exe install problem?

I am trying to download R using the SetupR.exe file from
http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/

I am expecting a dialogue box but all I get is what looks like an image of a
broken quicktime logo.

Thanks!

John Wilkerson

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, John Wilkerson wrote:
> I am trying to download R using the SetupR.exe file from
> http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
>
> I am expecting a dialogue box but all I get is what looks like an image of
a
> broken quicktime logo.
When you run the executable you do get a dialog box, provided you have an
exact copy, and provided your machine is virus-free.  SetupR.exe *is* R;
there is nothing more to download.  There is an article about this in
R-news,

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2001-2.pdf

No one else has reported a problem, so it seems unlikely that the CRAN
original is corrupt.

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> I am trying to download R using the SetupR.exe file from
> http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
>
> I am expecting a dialogue box but all I get is what looks like an
> image of a
> broken quicktime logo.
Dear John,

this sounds like you are trying to run SetupR.exe over the net, and the
Quicktime plugin of your browser is trying to run the executable.

I suggest that you right-click on the file and do a "save as" and save
SetupR.exe on your hard disk.  On completion of the download run the
SetupR.exe from you machine, which should work just fine.

Regards,

Andreas
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